Environmental News Bits

JULY 15, 2022

Launches of food and beverages containing upcycled ingredients saw a 122% compound annual growth rate in the five years ending third-quarter 2021, according to a report from Innova Market Insights. This figure was higher than products using recycled plastic in packaging (59%) and those carrying carbon-emissions claims (47%).

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Upcycling is now “the new recycling,” presenting an attractive opportunity for businesses to curb food waste and loss, while scaling a host of new value-added F&B products from these sidestreams. Read the full story at Food Ingredients First.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In a bid to reduce the environmental burden associated with both the manufacturing and disposal of plastics, scientists have demonstrated a new upcycling technique that turns one common form of it into another.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Rheaply will use the Materials Marketplace's network of 2,200 partners and expertise in the upcycling of building materials, improving the company's efforts to divert building waste from landfills.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 16, 2021

Matt and Jonny, the UK-based siblings and content creators of Brothers Make, have designed an upcycled cutting board made from used plastic bottle tops. Read the full story at Springwise. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 22, 2021

Moreover, current mechanical recycling approaches do not typically incentivize the reclamation of many waste plastics, and mechanical recycling is not universally applicable to all synthetic polymers. The accumulation of plastics waste in landfills and in the natural environment is creating a global pollution crisis.

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Earthava

JUNE 14, 2021

One of these eco-friendly and easily recyclable materials is aluminum. Is Aluminum Foil Recyclable? Is Aluminum Recyclable? Considered “the most recyclable of all materials”, Aluminum is touted as 100% percent recyclable. As aluminum can be recycled back to itself many times, it also forms a closed loop.

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Brag

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is further complicated by the need for more robust processes that can convert diverse and contaminated plastic waste streams into useful chemical intermediates that can be upcycled into high-value products. According to the SPI, a lack of robust chemical and biological mechanisms limits the deconstruction of existing plastics.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 11, 2021

The funding will support the development of its environmentally friendly technology that extracts and upcycles… Read more →

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Brag

MAY 2, 2023

While they are biodegradable in the ambient environment, they are brittle and cannot easily be melt-processed and recycled. ” CSU notes that the new PHA can be chemically recycled back to its building-block molecule with a simple catalyst and heat, and the recovered clean monomer can be reused to reproduce the same PHA again.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 26, 2022

The workshop included recommended application of the Best Practice Framework for the Management of Fishing Gear, how to use the Ghost Gear Reporter App, existing efforts by the Mexican government and local partners to tackle ghost gear, and net recycling opportunities. They agreed to donate 20 tons of end-of-life nets to Bureo and NANCI.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Accurate recycling rates are not available and even those that are available are suspect, but it is widely claimed that only 9% of plastic (one of the most reused materials) is recycled. Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart later acknowledge flaws in their reasoning in their not nearly as popular follow up book, The Upcycle.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Other topics include, enforcing litter and illegal dumping laws, the role infrastructure plays in ensuring convenient and affordable waste disposal and recycling, exciting education initiatives and more. Attendees will enjoy an Upcycled Art Exhibit curated by Red Raven Art Company. The exhibit will continue for both days.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2022

Not only is she teaching our youth and their families that they can come to the garden learn about how to plant and grow your own food but also these children and their families are learning about sustainability, upcycling, recycling, and working in neighborhoods that they are growing up in.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Bureo’s Net Positiva program operates through a shared-value model built around the ability to upcycle end-of-life fishing nets into products. This way, nets will be collected for recycling and kept out of Mexican and U.S. Transform end-of-life fishing nets into high-value consumer goods.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

ANS Biogeochemist Michelle Gannon started seedlings in upcycled containers. Purchasing recycled goods, carpooling with friends and eating locally grown veggies all will help to reduce our water footprint. Will you purchase your veggie plants at a local farmers’ market or a big box store? Under what conditions will your plants be grown?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News Upcycling plastic waste into graphite, used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, could positively contribute to the global economy, preserving resources, saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to Penn State researchers. president and CEO.

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Brag

MAY 27, 2021

million in investments for research and development (R&D) to reduce waste and energy use related to the recycling of single-use plastics. As the largest subset of plastics found in landfills, single-use plastics, including plastic bags, wraps, and films, are also among the most challenging to recycle.

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Onya

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Make sure you will have clear signage so your guests know where compost and recyclables belong. When considering your decorations keep it minimal and use things that are either recyclable or compostable. Upcycle items you already have to make decorations – for example old glass jars for table centerpieces. OzHarvest.

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Brag

JANUARY 21, 2022

The selected R&D projects, led by industry and universities, will focus on converting plastic films into more valuable materials and designing new plastics that are more recyclable and biodegradable. ” According to DOE’s EERE, less than ten percent of plastics are recycled currently. .”

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Onya

JULY 19, 2017

To say plastic pollution is a widespread problem is not doing it justice: Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled with 12% of all plastic waste having been incinerated. By purchasing recycled plastic products you are helping to close the loop of the circular economy. Recycled Ocean Plastic Eyewear.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2022

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