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
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, 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
Collection/Transfer — January 19, 2021New Initiatives Help Bloomington, IN Residents Manage WasteThe City of Bloomington and the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District have rolled out two initiatives to help Bloomington residents manage their household waste in an environmentally sustainable way. Bloomington residents can now access a website for sanitation information and buy rain barrels and compost bins at a discount. The city introduced the website […] Collection/Transfer — January 19, 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
Circular Economy — January 14, 2021American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division Welcomes New Member, INEOS StyrolutionThe American Chemistry Council (ACC)’s Plastics Division announced its newest member, INEOS Styrolution America, LLC. INEOS Styrolution is a leading global styrenics supplier, with a focus on styrene monomer, polystyrene, ABS Standard and styrenic specialties. With a wide product portfolio, they provide styrenic applications across a broad range of industries, including automotive, electronics, household, construction, […] Circular Economy — January 14, 2021
Education — January 14, 2021Metro Public Works and Urban Green Lab Partner on New Educational Series to Help Nashvillians Live More SustainablyMetro Public Works and Urban Green Lab, a nonprofit that teaches communities how to live sustainably, are partnering on a new educational series titled “Sustainable in the City: Thinking Upstream” focused on how Nashvillians can better reduce, reuse, and recycle, and live a more sustainable lifestyle. Free and open to the public, the series will […] Education — January 14, 2021
Circular Economy — December 28, 2020Closing the Circle on WasteIn 2010, structural engineer and architect, Arthur Huang and his Taiwan-based building materials solutions company, Miniwiz, made headlines with EcoArk, a nine-story, earthquake and fire resistant exhibition building in Taipei constructed of bricks made from 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles. In the Miniwiz Trash Lab, about 70 engineers have also made furniture from sneaker soles, […] Circular Economy — December 28, 2020
Education — December 23, 2020EPA Awards Grants to 32 Student Teams for Innovative Technology ProjectsThe EPA announced approximately $792,036 in funding for 32 student teams through its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant program. Each team will receive funding to develop and demonstrate projects that help address environmental and public health challenges. “As EPA celebrates its 50th anniversary, this month, we are highlighting ways the agency supports the […] Education — December 23, 2020
Circular Economy — December 22, 2020S.C. Johnson Joins with Coke, Walmart, Pepsi and Others to Implement ‘Circular Approach’ to Plastic WasteS.C. Johnson is one of multiple companies working together to tackle plastic waste worldwide. The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste was founded in 2020 with the aim of developing a more circular approach to the development and processing of plastic packaging in the consumer goods industry, according to a press release […] Circular Economy — December 22, 2020
