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Regional district gives preliminary approval to bylaw that would ban plastic checkout bags.
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Regional district gives preliminary approval to bylaw that would ban plastic checkout bags.
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$62.5bn is lost in 50 million tonnes of electronic waste a year, but tech can help the process of dematerialisation, changing physical assets to electronic.
GERMANY – The post headline comes from the title of a panel session scheduled to take place at the Global Food Summit in Munich this March.
Clayton Home Building Group, a builder of off-site and site-built homes, is a bellwether of the systems-built industry, and it has its sites on sustainability. Recent news shows the company recognizes the importance of adopting more innovative and sustainable building methods along with providing energy-efficient housing. Ecobee smart thermostats come standard in every Clayton Built® home and are engineered to help enhance energy savings and control comfort.
The company received the 2021 ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction Market Leader Award for 34 of its off-site home building facilities. These facilities were awarded for the construction of energy-efficient manufactured and modular homes. From January 2020 through April 2021, Clayton built more than 20,000 ENERGY STAR certified homes.
Improving the sustainability performance as well as achieving an eco-label accreditation for existing activities in this field will be core topics for Julia Massey.
Noida-based Attero Recycling has been tackling the problem of mounting electronic waste as consumers discard their electronic gadgets and electrical appliances once their lifespan is over. The startup extracts important elements and compounds from these discarded products that can be used in various industrial applications, using its proprietary technology while trying to minimise the negative impact on the health of the waste collectors in this largely unorganised sector.