Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The rankings list how each state fares on topics such as recycling, food waste, and landfill use. The post LawnStarter Ranks States for Waste Management Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Ritz Carlton in Arlington, VA has closed the loop on food waste. The hotel, along with BioGreen360 and Garick, announced the successful 12-month collaboration that has resulted in the development of a 100% circular food waste solution for the hotel.

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Waste Recycling 290

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The deal will help Waste Management with processing post-consumer resin, which includes many commercially used plastics. The post Waste Management Acquires Avangard Innovative to Increase Plastic Recycling appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Recycling Waste 290

Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The post Sustainability Boosts Zero-Waste Packaging Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Edible and compostable materials join recyclables as key components of the segment's growth.

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Waste Recycling 277

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 31, 2022

The company has been striving to reduce its environmental footprint by setting bold energy, emissions, waste, and water targets. The post Mandarin Oriental Sets Energy, Emissions, Waste, and Water Reduction Targets appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Waste 2012 Carbon Emissions Clean Energy 289

Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The post Cority Upgrades Waste Management Platform Enhancing Reporting, Tracking Abilities appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The system enhancement is part of a 2020 acquisition of Enviance.

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Waste 2020 Recycling 278

Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The group aims to turn waste from manufacturing into renewable natural gas. The post Farm Powered Strategic Alliance Grows, Turns Food Waste to Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Renewable Energy 275

Renewable Energy Waste Natural Gas Clean Energy 275

Yale E360

AUGUST 1, 2023

When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, exporters in wealthy countries targeted other developing nations. Faced with an unending stream of unrecyclable waste, Indonesia has tightened its regulations and has begun to make progress in stemming the plastics flow. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

MAY 31, 2023

But critics say that by converting waste to petroleum feedstock, it will only perpetuate a dependence on fossil fuels. Proponents of a process called pyrolysis — including oil and gas companies — contend it will keep post-consumer plastics out of landfills and reduce pollution. Read more on E360 →

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Waste Fossil Fuels Recycling 252

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

As Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State states, this represents “a tsunami of human waste inundating our rivers and dams, without respite, for more than a decade.”. The Green Drop report itself shows a significant failure in wastewater treatment quality over almost a decade.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Since attorney and activist Tiza Mafira cofounded PlasticDiet Indonesia in 2013, the group has helped more than 100 local governments pass single-use plastic bag bans and is now tackling straws, cutlery, and sachets. Next up: slashing subsidies for petrochemical companies. Read more on E360 →

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2013 Waste Government 322

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEPs Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 19, 2023

This collaboration represents a significant step toward contributing to a circular economy and increasing the availability of flexible packaging applications.

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Recycling Waste 245

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act response at the Tub Mill Farm and Clearview Farm waste site in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County. (

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Brampton facility owner recently completed a second Environmental Screening Report to get its proposal to expand annual waste burning capacity nearly four times to 900,000 tonnes per year rubber stamped by Queens Park. Burning this waste releases massive amounts of toxic pollution and carbon emissions it’s a climate disaster.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Bioethanol made from fermented agricultural waste can be turned into zero-carbon hydrogen through a new process that uses much less energy than other sources

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Waste 140

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This is wasting time and when time is wasted it threatens our communities as well as verifiable science, both Western and Indigenous. Painting the issue of climate change, or any other issue for that matter, as solved by Indigenous science is like calling John Wayne movies accurate.

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Climate Change Waste Climate Scientist Cooling 63

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The Planet Tracker analysis finds the group is significantly short of its initial waste diversion and recycling goals and says it needs to be more transparent with its results. The post Report: Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s Progress Slow, Clearer Targets Needed appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Recycling 312

Recycling Waste 312

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One hundred personal care brands based in more than 15 countries are partnering in an effort to remove 4127 tons of plastic waste every year. The post Personal Care Brands Partner to Fight Plastic Pollution appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Waste Recycling 355

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

To be more specific, the law forbids the California Energy Commission from issuing a permit to any new nuclear fission power plants until theres a way to dispose of toxic and long-lived nuclear waste. Third, safety, security, and waste concerns matter greatly with nuclear power plants, and those must be considered as well.

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Nuclear Power Clean Energy Technology Technology 240

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Revolutionizing the supply chain: Cutting-edge strategies and technologies for food waste reduction. link] Abstract Food waste has significant environmental, economic, and social impacts. Bioresource Technology Reports, 29, 102047.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 7, 2025

Industrial waste can make rudimentary batteries. That's likely no good in electric cars etc, but could be ideal for stashing away vast surpluses of renewable power.

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Renewable Energy Waste Electricity 129

Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 28, 2023

Early on in Divert’s history, we met with an investor who sat us down, literally banged on a table, and told us to “stop trying to chase venture capital and go secure a customer.”

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Waste Recycling 245

Cleannovate

MARCH 4, 2025

When we think of circular agro-processing, we imagine producing value-added products from agricultural produce devoid of waste. And there’s something magical about converting waste into value… It generates new incomes and creates new possibilities. And to this end, the coconut is exceptional.

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Waste 130

Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 16, 2025

Resource utilization of waste solar photovoltaic panels for preparation of microporous silicon nanoparticles. Waste Management, 193, 495505. Zhou, Y., & Zheng, Y. link] Abstract With the exponential growth of global photovoltaic (PV) installed capacity, the quantity of discarded PV modules continues to rise.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) sets a bold goal for the state—no carbon pollution from electricity generation by 2045, which means zero global warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.

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Electricity Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Waste 246

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

The House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee is scheduled to meet March 18 to consider six pieces of legislation-- -- Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits: House Bill 43 (Conklin-D-Centre) require publication of newspaper notice of oil and gas well permits; -- Invertebrate Biodiversity: House Bill 441 (Pielli-D-Chester) amends the (..)

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Regulations Waste Renewable Energy Natural Resources 74

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Upcycling of photovoltaic waste graphite into high performance graphite anode. link] Abstract High-value recycling of photovoltaic waste graphite (WG) is an effective path to achieve carbon neutrality. However, the current most … Continue reading Upcycling of photovoltaic waste graphite into high performance graphite anode

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The complaint is a cri de coeur : clear, outraged, and horrifying in its recounting of the plastic waste problem and its causes. In fact, Mobil patented the co-processing of plastic waste in cokers in 1978. million tonnes of plastic waste escaped into California’s environment. In California, from 1990 to 2022, an astounding 2.7

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 6, 2023

This report assesses how well the OEM is reducing its impact on the environment by reusing materials, recycling devices, and minimizing waste at each stage. The post New Report Shows Apple Leads Circular Smartphone Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Recycling 295

Recycling Waste 295

Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.

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Recycling Waste Law 2019 274

Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 3, 2023

When data types like electricity, water, waste, gas, supplier data, performance KPIs, and more exist in many siloed systems, the question is: Where do you even start? The post How Organizations Can Prepare Their ESG Data for Sustainability Reporting appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Waste Electricity 347

Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 24, 2023

By 2040, the EPA aims to completely eradicate the discharge of plastic and other waste from land-based sources into the environment. The post EPA Unveils Draft National Strategy to Combat Plastic Pollution. But, is it Feasible? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Waste 292

Waste Recycling 292

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

More than two-thirds of our diesel comes from renewable, non-petroleum resources, and many California refineries are shifting from refining fossil fuels to refining waste oils and other renewable feedstocks. Over its short lifetime, the program has already transformed many segments of the fuels market.

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Air Pollution Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 2010 279

New Scientist

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A waste-water surveillance network of strategic international airports could quickly detect outbreaks of new diseases and provide early warnings of future pandemics

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Waste 116

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Schuylkill Keep It Pretty is supported by the Schuylkill County Commissioners and is in partnership with the Schuylkill Office of Solid Waste & Recycling. Schuylkill Keep It Pretty is dedicated to cleaning up litter and educating communities on litter prevention, solid waste management, recycling and waste reduction.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 22, 2025

Waste manganese sand activated peracetic acid for efficient degradation of emerging contaminants: Resource utilization and dual-phase mechanism. Li, Q., & Ma, J. Chemical Engineering Journal, 504, 159144.

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