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Oil and gas companies are investing billions to make energy from waste but some climate groups call it greenwashing
The Sierra Club said oil and gas companies touting investments in renewable natural gas are greenwa…
Catherine Boudreau
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Former sex crimes prosecutor Martha Hoover opened a restaurant in 1989 with zero industry experience. Now, she runs an empire of 12 eateries.
Martha Hoover is one of Insider's Luminaries — 25 women pushing boundaries and accomplishing feats.…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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An intersectional environmentalist shares how to host sustainable gatherings and celebrations with minimal waste
Leah Thomas told Insider that an easy way to host more sustainably is to avoid single-use items and…
Armani Syed
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COVID-19 medical waste is putting a strain on removal systems. Here are the companies trying to solve the problem.
Throwing away masks leads to risks like potentially contaminating other recyclables, damaging machi…
Erica Sweeney
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Amazon created 599 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2020, 23.5 million pounds of which ended up in the world's oceans, watchdog report says
So much Amazon packaging ends up in the ocean, it's like "dumping a delivery van payload of plastic…
Ben Gilbert
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OPINION: Tax consolidation schemes is the need of the hour for India’s renewable energy sector
India has made revolutionary development in the renewable energy (RE) sector. In the last 7.5 ye…
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PM Modi urges states to focus on green growth and green jobs to achieve net zero-target by 2070
Modi supplemented his statement by mentioning that it will significantly strengthen the solid waste…
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What happens to NYC's 3.2 million tons of trash
New York City doesn't process its own trash. The city exports it to waste to energy facilities and …
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron,…
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California invested an enormous amount of money into getting EVs on the road, but practically nothing when it comes to dealing with the waste: 'It's totally like the Wild West.'
California has been a leader in EV adoption, but does not have a battery recycling plant, nor tried…
Hanna Kang
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COVID-19 has exposed the dangers of a linear waste-making business model and underlined the importance of reducing our carbon footprint: Mahesh Singh, Flipkart
With the festive season upon us, e-commerce packaging is at an all-time high. Here's how Flipkart i…
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A 600-foot 'garbage belt' has taken over a Chinese UNESCO world heritage site and is overwhelming local herders tasked with cleaning it up
Years of trash building up in the tourist-filled region has littered the region with swathes of pla…
Matthew Loh
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One Amazon warehouse destroys 130,000 items per week, including MacBooks, COVID-19 masks, and TVs, some of them new and unused, a report says
ITV filmed undercover footage showing laptops, TVs, jewelry, headphones, books, and face masks bein…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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DBS Bank India partners with Stellapps to enable dairies to digitize value chain and reduce food waste
It leverages advanced analytics and artificial intelligence through its full-stack IoT platfor…
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I've been using a food-waste app to snap up free food, including coffee-shop salads, cookies, and meat from grocery stores
Olio users also give away clothes, books, and homeware on the food-waste app. There's only one rule…
Grace Dean
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Hong Kong start-up developing 3D technology to weave perfect pair of customised jeans with zero waste
San Francisco-based Unspun, which joined Hong Kong’s The Mills Fabrica “techstyle” incubator in …
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The simple way this Japanese town has become nearly zero-waste
Globally, the amount of trash produced is growing faster than the rate of urbanization, according t…
Leanna Garfield
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AOC says 'a halfway approach' to student-loan forgiveness 'is kind of a waste': 'We can't just pick an arbitrary number'
"We push so people can actually experience the benefits of a policy," Rep. Ocasio-Cortez wrote, ref…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden wastes no time in unraveling Trump's pro-oil agenda
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Benji Jones
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Taco Bell wants you to collect your used sauce packets to help reduce waste
Taco Bell is partnering with TerraCycle, a company known for recycling traditionally non-recyclable…
Madison Hall
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Check out Cuckoo Hostel- Bengaluru’s new zero-waste hostel
It's all kinds of cool.