Zero Waste Articles
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THE RECYCLING REVOLUTION IN THE LAST DECADE: TRANSFORMATION AND PROGRESS
THE RECYCLING REVOLUTION IN THE LAST DECADE: TRANSFORMATION AND PROGRESS by Picvisa | Nov 10, 2023 | Circular economyEvolución del humano en el reciclaje The recycling sector has experienced an extraordinary revolution over the last ten years, driven by drastic changes in consumption habits and the proliferation of packaging.Europe has always been a conscious society regarding the preservation of ...
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THE 5 R’S OF ZERO WASTE: MAXIMIZING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR
THE 5 R’S OF ZERO WASTE: MAXIMIZING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR by Picvisa | Oct 27, 2023 | Circular economy In the current context, where sustainability has become a cornerstone of business activity, understanding and applying the principles of the “Zero Waste” movement is crucial.This approach, grounded on the 5 R’s (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot), is especially pertinent ...
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The 5 R’s of Zero Waste: Maximizing Sustainability in the Business Sector
In the current context, where sustainability has become a cornerstone of business activity, understanding and applying the principles of the “Zero Waste” movement is crucial. This approach, grounded on the 5 R’s (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot), is especially pertinent at a time when businesses face newer and stricter regulations and societal expectations regarding ...
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Achieving Zero Waste to Landfill
Efficient wastewater management can improve sustainability and conserve resources The Zero Waste International Alliance defines zero waste as the “conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human ...
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How does commercial composting work and how do I get started?
Composting in a residential environment is one thing-particularly if you live in a municipality that offers curbside pickup. In this context, a small group of people simply have to get in the habit of tossing food waste into an appropriate bin, and make sure that food waste is set out on the curb once a week. Composting in a commercial, educational or multi-residential setting, however, is quite ...
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Biodegradable vs. Compostable: What’s the Difference?
Whether you’re a business looking to offer more environmentally-friendly packaging—or a consumer looking for an alternative to plastic products—the green landscape can be a difficult one to navigate. Vague and misleading claims are common in this space—and these various forms of “greenwashing” make it incredibly difficult to identify optimal product ...
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So How Exactly Does a Tire Pyrolysis Plant Work?
Using the advent of pyrolysis plants, it’s now possible to make fuel oil using outdated tires. The pyrolysis plant will first process the tires in the reactor, then converting them into oil which you can use as fuel in cars and also the steel wire industry.Working principle of any tire pyrolysis plantThe working principle of any waste tyre pyrolysis plant requires the reactor heating waste tire ...
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Zero Waste Scotland – Ekko Glass - Super Cullet Crushers - Case Study
Zero Waste Scotland’s “Recycling Innovation Fund”, provided support to Ekko Glass in the development of a hybrid glass crusher. The crusher produces a “super cullet” with individual pieces of broken glass being large enough to allow colour separation. As a result, the mixed glass collected through the crusher meets the high quality standard required for closed-loop ...
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Oil & Gas: A Streamlined Approach to ESG
In today’s business climate, oil and gas corporations must have ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) strategies in place to satisfy a number of consumer and investor criteria that ranges from climate to social change. It’s clear that the need for energy continues to rise as populations across the globe grow. But major financial institutions like BlackRock have already ...
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Public tender - Incentives for NOO 2022 R&D Projects
The aim of the public tender is to contribute to the green transition, to increasing investments in research and development, increasing productivity (including material and energy productivity) and the competitiveness of the economy by co-financing at least 95 research and development projects of consortia of companies focused on the transition to a circular economy, including prevention and ...
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Step Up against Climate Change
Businesses need to adopt Sustainable Technology solutions to achieve Net Zero targets. The world is facing a historic challenge to cut greenhouse gas emissions and keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In 2019, almost 3000 businesses from around the world joined the United Nations “Race to Zero” campaign, pledging to achieve net zero emissions. Customers, employees, and ...
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How to meet the zero landfill goals with effective material flow
Zero landfill has become one of the biggest global trends in many industries, and thus we need solutions that help to curb waste. When it comes to waste, landfilling is a big environmental problem, so reducing waste is the right action in a fight against climate change. Zero landfilling does not only mean reductions, as it also creates new business opportunities. Read further and you will ...
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6 companies that use waste to strengthen their supply chain
Imagine a world where your supply chain creates no waste. Everything gets used in perfect portions. Factories run on 100% renewable energy. There are no carbon emissions to offset. Orders are delivered via an all-electric fleet. Sounds like a dream, right? We’ve got a long way to go before we’re living in a zero-waste supply chain world, but we can take steps today to reduce ...
By Sustain.Life
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Simple ways to make your service business greener
The UK government may be encouraging businesses to become more sustainable, but eight out of ten small business owners in the UK don't know where to start. While they understand the importance of sustainability and want to make eco-friendly changes in the workplace, they're restricted by time and lack guidance. To help your local service businesses become more sustainable, we've identified simple ...
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Recycling and Reusing at Home: Tips from the Experts
Looking for helpful tips on for recycling and reusing at home? Check out this fantastic post by Daniela Gonzalez, an advice author at porch.com. Note the contribution by Harmony Enterprises regarding recycling your home waste! Recycling household items can lead to a cleaner and greener environment. Recycling and reusing items can also help produce less trash that goes into landfills, ...
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Pepin Distributing - Working Toward No Waste
Working Toward No Waste Companies all around the world are looking for ways to reduce waste and the stress it places on our environment. Many businesses look to recoup revenue through recycling processes using Harmony recycling balers. Recyclers pay top dollar for bales of recyclable materials that can be repurposed into reusable raw materials. But, there are times that companies find creative ...
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Sofi Filtration’s mechanically self-cleaning filter
Background In response to growing environmental concerns and increasing water scarcity Sofi Filtration and Ferriere Nord have collaborated in WHAM (Water and related energy Hub Advanced Management system in steelwork) EU project. The aim of this project is to study the water usage in steel production processes to deploy a comprehensive solution that combines on-line monitoring and optimisation ...
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Recovery Rates From Recycling
Introduction Recycling waste material resides at the heart of achieving the objective of sustainable solid waste management. When complemented with the other two pillars of the 3R strategy, i.e., reduce and reuse, recovery rates from recycling can significantly be improved. Higher recovery rates from recycling can significantly reduce the amounts of material requiring the final treatment and ...
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Zero Waste
Introduction With the global population reaching to a whopping 7.9 billion (tripled within the last 70 years), 2.01 billion tons of waste is being generated annually. Unless it is dealt with in some sustainable fashion, the consequences can be catastrophic for the living organisms on planet earth. Zero waste is one such set of principles, laying its foundation on 3Rs i.e., Reduce, Re-use and ...
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Waste Deposit System
Introduction To ensure a zero-waste society, creating a circular economy is the key which creates and retains value by reducing, reusing, and recycling the products. As plastic and glass formulate the major chunk of waste trash, repeated reuse of packing bottles and ultimate recycling serves as the pre-requisite of the zero-waste condition that no waste is leaked into the environment. To achieve ...
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