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Kroger Now Offering Free Recycling for Simple Truth Packaging
The Kroger Co. recently announced the launch of its Simple Truth Recycling Program, offering customers a free way to recycle the flexible packaging of more…
Credit system designed to boost plastics recovery launching in 2021
The Plastic Waste Reduction Program, a market-based crediting system intended to drive investment in plastics recovery, is on track for an early 2021 launch. The…
Investors launch climate plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050
Many investors have pledged high-level support to the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, but the “Net Zero Investment Framework” is the first to lay…
New offshore wind-powered hydrogen project approved in Germany
The German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has backed the Westkuste100 pilot project which will build a 30MW electrolyser to produce green hydrogen…
Microsoft announces new recycling, sustainability goals
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has announced it plans to achieve zero waste in its direct operations, products and packaging by 2030. To address its waste creation,…
Transforming electronic waste into new coating for metals
Technologists have a found a means to collect electronic waste and extract the necessary materials that can be used to create a protective, tough outer…
Complete switch to hydrogen fuel flights possible by 2050, CSIRO says
Green hydrogen could be used to reduce emissions within the aviation sector within the next five years, with a complete transition to hydrogen fuelled flights…
New York sets new standards for drinking water contaminants
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a first-in-the-nation drinking water standard for emerging contaminant 1,4-Dioxane, setting the maximum contaminant level of 1 part per billion…
Senbis expands pilot facilities for bioplastics and ‘sustainable’ plastics
Dutch R&D specialist Senbis will be investing €5.5 million through its new subsidiary SPIC Facilities in a testing facility for the development of sustainable plastics,…
Researchers develop faster method to test for toxic metals in food and water
Researchers at the University of Johannesburg have developed a sensitive method to test for dangerous levels of heavy metals in some foods and water. The…
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