Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related greenhouse gasses by one-third.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Handling and storing nuclear waste could add significant costs to Australia's future energy bills, an inquiry has heard. The post Nuclear waste management could add billions to electricity supply costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2023

Nearly all companies and organizations have contributed to the ever-expanding mess of extraction, waste, soil degradation, environmental racism and social injustice all in the name of growth at any cost.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 21, 2025

Originally published in Lenovo's 2023/24 ESG Report Lenovos day-to-day operation around the globe generates non-hazardous waste and minimal quantities of hazardous waste. In this system, environmental focal points at its sites collect and upload monthly waste data from measured data when feasible or calculations based on measured data.

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Green Project Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Environmental Racism: The Toxic Legacy We Can’t Ignore It’s time to call it like it is: the intersection of hazardous waste disposal and environmental racism is a crisis that has been allowed to fester in the shadows for far too long. I’m not sugarcoating this.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 8, 2024

Experts say it could be more than 100 years before Germany finds a final repository for its highly radioactive waste from nuclear power, and then builds it and transports it to the site. The post Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In addition, we have implemented programs to reduce the waste we generate. REDUCING AND ELIMINATING WASTE We have a multi-pronged approach to reduce waste generated and minimize waste to landfill. Quest implemented new programs to reduce waste generation, reuse materials where possible, and maximize recycling efforts.

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3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2025

March 4, 2025 /3BL/ - SCS Global Services (SCS), a pioneer and international leader in third-party sustainability and environmental certifications, announces the first events certified under the SCS Zero Waste Standard two Dell Technologies Forum Events in India. These events met the requirements of the SCS Zero Waste Standard.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. The formation of salts can be problematic for waste processing and storage.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK’s annual Recycle Week launches today (15 October) with a warning that households are wasting over one billion items every year that could be recycled. In 2022, UK households produced 25,691,000 tonnes of waste of which 11,330,000 (44.1%) was recycled. Recycling is key to how the UK will move to a zero-waste circular economy.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 25, 2024

Australia's solar waste problem is arriving quicker than thought, with volumes of discarded panels expected to be equivalent to 1.2GW a year by 2030. The post Australia’s rooftop solar waste problem is hurtling towards 1.2 gigawatts a year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

The post How to stop wasting cheap renewables – and drive a faster transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. The path to 100% renewables is charted. How quickly we get there depends on how we price surplus wind and solar and who controls demand management.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

Is permanent storage the only strategy for dealing with nuclear waste? With the aid of new EU funding, a new project aims to investigate the options for recycling some elements of nuclear waste using novel separation techniques. In order to recycle waste, it has to be separated. It appears not. For the next three years, 2.3

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The post This talk of nuclear is a waste of time: Wind, solar and firming can clearly do the job appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australias economic future would be at risk if we stop wind and solar to build nuclear: Big industries would have to close and the risk of blackouts would be significant.

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Renew Economy

JULY 23, 2024

The post Too slow and too risky, and waste won’t fit in a coke can – engineers debunk Coalition nuclear plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation highlights how applying circular economy principles to the way we make and use products can not only create value, but also significantly reduce global emissions: 4 • By eliminating waste and pollution, we reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain • By circulating products and materials, we retain their embodied (..)

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A technology that converts low-temperature waste heat into electricity has earned the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award for FeTu, the Elland-based green energy business behind the approach. Businesses can use FeTus online calculator to evaluate their own waste-heat-to-electricity case at h2p.co.uk

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2025

2 These Tork systems are designed to help the facility team reduce paper waste, make full use of every roll, and streamline the refill process. The partnership with Tork has been critical to our ability to reduce waste throughout the stadium, said Todd Edlebeck, Facilities Manager, Lambeau Field.

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3BL Media

APRIL 29, 2025

Cutting waste and emissions For Eastmans Global Innovation Summit (GIS), employees from throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America traveled to Kingsport, Tennessee. Hofmann led a team focused on sustainability and waste issues so that the event could be net positive for waste and emissions.

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3BL Media

APRIL 10, 2025

However, a large part of the population isn't aware of this very simple opportunity to reduce waste. Pizza Hut Did you know that nearly 75% of people in the U.S. have access to recycling used pizza boxes in their local community? Want to be part of the solution?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Originally published on The National Park Foundation The National Park Foundation (NPF) and Subaru of America are celebrating 11 years of partnership and nearly a decade of collaboration to address waste reduction and support public awareness efforts in national parks through the Don’t Feed the Landfills initiative.

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3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2025

Amys experience proved part of a pattern that Ive since observed across the financial industry : Many women seem to behave as though they dont have time to waste, and this leads to better relationships, greater excellence at work, and ultimately, greater positive impact on real humans.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 26, 2025

A study has now pioneered a technique for breaking down this rubber waste and transforming it into valuable precursors for epoxy resins. This technique offers an innovative and sustainable alternative to traditional recycling methods while significantly reducing rubber waste in landfills.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This is especially relevant for the waste management sector , which is further burdened by negative connotations associated with being a garbage collector or working for a garbage collection company. Located in Nairobi, Junky Bins aims to mitigate environmental pollution and disease while fostering employment.

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2025

The project is part of the arenas broader environmental strategy, which includes waste reduction, energy efficiency, and community-driven green projects. To learn more about AEG Europes commitment to sustainability, please click here.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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3BL Media

APRIL 4, 2025

Traditionally, much of this material has ended up in landfills, contributing to broader waste management issues. But a recent partnership in Massachusetts aims to address the challenge of plastic waste management in laboratories. According to research from the University of Exeter, UK, approximately 5.5

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Painting operations also contribute to water and chemical waste and increased electricity and gas usage. By eliminating paint from these engines, the site was also able to reduce the energy, waste and water associated with the painting process. What is Cummins doing about VOC emissions? Over 70% of Cummins Inc.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 2, 2025

Single-use waste reduction targets have been exceeded at this year's Australian Open, with Tennis Australia's projection of 100,000reusable items washed increased by almost 37,000. The reusable bettercups will also be repurposed for other events across Victoria, providing a long-term solution to waste reduction." Image: Supplied.

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3BL Media

APRIL 15, 2025

The expansion project exemplifies the goals of Veolias global GreenUp strategy, which strives to lead the ecological transformation of the planet by accelerating water quality improvement, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, decarbonization and technological innovation. billion euros in 2024. billion euros in 2024.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Vaulted Deep, backed with $8 million led by Lowercarbon Capital, is one of about a dozen startups to receive carbon removal contracts through the Frontier buying group.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The post Snowy Hydro-worth of solar and wind wasted in 2024, as curtailment continues to bite appeared first on RenewEconomy. New data reveals that the total amount of large-scale solar and wind curtailment in 2024 was equivalent to the annual output of the original Snowy Hydro scheme.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Employing best-in-industry practices for improving the sustainability of our facilities, we intentionally select products that are better energy, carbon efficiency, air quality and waste reduction choices.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 9, 2025

Researchers have devised a sustainable way of turning waste carbon dioxide into amino acids for humans, in a breakthrough that seeks to reduce carbon emissions and pave the way for green chemistry technologies across various industries.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2024

Public opinion on single-use plastics has decreased in some countries while remaining high in others, according to a GlobeScan survey.

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3BL Media

APRIL 4, 2025

And when the event wraps up, we ensure leftover food is donated to the Houston Food Bank , minimizing waste and maximizing impact. From months of planning to supporting a diverse food scene, Sysco is proud to fuel the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. View original content here.

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