Compost/Organic Recycling — January 25, 2021DS Smith Partners with Wakefield Biochar to Use Paper Mill Waste as Soil Replenishment for FarmersFarmers and agriculture markets stand to get tons of soil additives converted from wood waste once headed to landfills, thanks to a partnership between sustainable packaging leader DS Smith and premium soil producer Wakefield Biochar. Under plans announced today, Wakefield Biochar will look to turn waste produced by DS Smith’s Riceboro, Ga., paper mill into […] Compost/Organic Recycling — January 25, 2021
Circular Economy — January 25, 2021ecomaine Issues Call for Upcycled Inventions from Maine Studentsecomaine announced that, continuing the success of its inaugural ‘Upcycle 2020’ Challenge, it will continue its upcycling invention contest for students to compete for a $500 prize for their school’s green team, STEM club, or project graduation. Last year, the Challenge saw entries like: hair scrunchies made from old clothing, furniture made from old tires, and movie […] Circular Economy — January 25, 2021
Circular Economy — January 24, 2021ReCircled Acquires CirclarityReCircled, LLC, a Denver-based industrial sustainability company serving the textile, apparel and footwear sector, announced the acquisition of Circlarity, LLC, a leading digital sustainability intelligence technology company. ReCircled provides the infrastructure for the circular economy by facilitating apparel and footwear brands’ transition to a sustainable, fully circular business model. Built around a partnership between the […] Circular Economy — January 24, 2021
Circular Economy — January 20, 20217 Ways the Circular Economy Will Grow in 2021The idea of a circular economy—one in which materials are used in a closed loop, running on renewable energy—is gaining traction, and many companies are setting goals to become circular in the next few decades. The coming years will be crucial in solidifying the growing circular economy. Here are seven trends that are likely to […] Circular Economy — January 20, 2021
News and Press — January 20, 2021Keep America Beautiful Demonstrates Tri-Sector Partnership with Appointment of Seven New Members to National Board of DirectorsKeep America Beautiful® (KAB), a leading community improvement nonprofit organization, recently elected seven individuals, including affiliate representation, foundation leadership, and senior executives from partner companies, for a three-year term to its 31-member national board of directors. The appointed individuals embody the organization’s tri-sector model for social good in which businesses, nonprofits, and others work together […] News and Press — January 20, 2021
Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021Federal Grant Aims to Reduce Plastic at Louisiana Festivals, ParadesFor the past few years, Alma Robichaux has been searching for ways to make Louisiana’s festivals and Mardi Gras season parades less threatening to the environment. She wants to keep the tradition but leave the plastic in the past. That means eliminating, or at least curtailing, some of the thousands of cheap, China-produced plastic throws […] Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021
Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021This Canadian Start-Up Turns Millions of Chopsticks into Sustainable FurnitureSince 2016, Felix Böck’s company ChopValue has been taking used bamboo chopsticks from restaurants in Canada and the US, and transforming them into attractive wooden tiles which are used in a range of furniture and homewares. A simple idea, born from a passionate aversion to waste. “These chopsticks travel 6,000 miles to arrive on your […] Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021
Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021KBR Furthers Sustainability Commitment with Innovative Plastics Recycling Process in Alliance with Mura TechnologyKBR, Inc. announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Mura Technology Limited to offer Cat-HTRTM, an innovative advanced plastics recycling process. Cat-HTR is a sustainability-focused, innovative technology that recycles end-of-life plastic such as thin plastic packaging, which would otherwise be combusted, sent to landfills or leaked into the environment. Cat-HTR converts these mixed […] Newsletter Headline — January 19, 2021
Landfills — January 19, 2021BCCK Holding Company Signs Contract with Archaea Energy for High BTU Landfill Gas to Energy PlantBCCK Holding Company (BCCK), a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication and field construction services, has signed an agreement with Archaea Energy to provide a 13,700 SCFM Style IV NiTech® Nitrogen Rejection Unit (NRU) to the world’s largest high BTU landfill gas to energy plant in Pennsylvania. BCCK’s patented NiTech®technology performs a key role in transforming […] Landfills — January 19, 2021
Newsletter Headline — January 18, 2021AZEK Cracks Recycling Code for Post-Consumer PVC Building MaterialsThe EPA estimates that 230 million to 530 million tons of construction waste are produced annually — and much of that material ends up in landfills. The bulk of construction and demolition waste is old bricks, masonry, concrete, wood and metal; but it’s not exclusively that. Some plastic-based building materials — such as windows, flooring […] Newsletter Headline — January 18, 2021
Collection/Transfer — January 17, 2021Charah Solutions Awarded Large-Scale, 12-Year Ash Marketing Contract by Dominion Energy for Beneficial Use of 8.1 Million Tons of Reclaimed Ponded Coal AshCharah® Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical environmental services and byproduct sales to the power generation industry, announced that it has been awarded a marketing contract by Dominion Energy for the beneficiation and utilization of up to 8.1 million tons of reclaimed ponded coal ash at its Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, VA. Dominion […] Collection/Transfer — January 17, 2021
Circular Economy — January 17, 2021Companies for Zero Waste’s Supply Chain Workshop Drives Ideas Forward Through Collaboration and InnovationOn Thursday, January 14, Companies for Zero Waste (CZW) held their virtual meeting on “Supply Chain Problem Solving Workshop” where attendees were treated to a mix of both speaker and interactive, roundtable format. Kicking off the meeting, President and Founder, Scott Donachie, introduced the session and the emcee, Deborah Dull, Founder of the Supply Chain […] Circular Economy — January 17, 2021
