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In life, most of us strive to be the best versions of ourselves, and for those of us in the #recycling and #waste industry, we often try to leave the world better than we found it by doing our part to make a difference. This desire to do good is seen through acts like philanthropy, planting trees, volunteering services, leading cleanups, reusing materials and, you guessed it, recycling. However, ensuring materials are recycled properly can be challenging as recycling is not one size fits all, and the concept can be skewed due to many factors. Read more in WasteRecycling magazine: https://lnkd.in/gENU8Pxw

To celebrate and educated about the importance of #EarthDay, here are some quick tips and action items from our library research guide on Sustainability that you can start TODAY... - Support local farmers - Carpool to work or events - Shop at local shops - Volunteer in your community - Get to know, and engage with, your elected officials - Grow your own fruits/vegetables/herbs - Start a compost pile - Eat less meat and more plant-based foods - Repurpose/Reuse items when possible - Educate yourself on environmental issues - Take stairs instead of elevator if you are able - Use reusable towels instead of paper - Carry a reusable water bottle - Avoid using straws and Styrofoam cups - Mend clothes, or donate them, instead of buying new - Exercise outside rather than on a machine - Recycle electronics - Plant native trees and flowers - Borrow books from the library rather than buying (Learn more from the guide here: https://lnkd.in/eXA2G-Dh)

🌿 Today is International E-Waste Day, and this year's theme is "Join the e-waste hunt - retrieve, recycle, and revive!" This year's edition focuses on the forgotten about electronics that people have in their homes, but which contain valuable materials that could gain a new life. At CREDUCE, we believe that it's important to raise awareness about the issue of e-waste and the importance of recycling electronics. E-waste is a growing problem, and it's estimated that there will be over 60 million tonnes of e-waste worldwide by 2021. E-waste contains valuable materials such as gold, silver, copper, and rare earth metals. These materials can be recovered and recycled, which can help reduce the demand for new materials and reduce our environmental impact. We encourage you to join the e-waste hunt and help to reduce the amount of e-waste in landfills. There are several ways to get involved, such as donating your old electronics to a local charity or recycling them at a local e-waste collection event. You can also help to raise awareness about the issue of e-waste by sharing this post with your friends and family. 🤝 #CREDUCE #sustainablesolutions #greenrevolution #agriculture #nbs #ghg #esg #sdg #carbonmarket #carboncredits #carbonreduction #sustainability #climatecrisis #climateaction #climatechange #mitigation #carbonaccounting

One tree planted for every belt sold = >300,000 trees planted⁠ Today it's Earth day. Being part of the fashion industry that's inherently polluting, we are well aware that we leave an important footprint behind. ⁠ When we founded La Boucle in 2018, we decided to plant a tree for every belt sold. ⁠This way, we wish to compensate for the carbon emissions, and show respect for our planet. Now, 6 years later, we have planted over 300,000 trees thanks to our collaboration with the NGO's WeForest (40,000 trees) and Trees for the Future (>260,000 trees). ⁠ ⁠ This means that we have planted trees on a surface of over 250ha, or 333 soccer fields. ⁠ ⁠ But together we do more than just planting trees... ⁠ ⁠ Our partner Trees for the Future shared with us their impact report for 2023. Besides funding nearly 160,000 trees last year, our contributions also helped to train 128 farmers in how to create a sustainable livelihood with regenerative agriculture. ⁠ ⁠ Thanks to this training, these farmers can provide for their families. This way, our contributions play an important role in the livelihood of more than 1000 people. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠La Boucle, not just a belt

🌍The second cause of climate change is deforestation. 🆘 Every year around 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed to meet the demand for raw materials. 🌲Sustainable forest management is essential for people, biodiversity and the climate. ✔In order to ensure responsible management of forests and plantations, an international non-profit organisation, the FSC, has been established. The FSC® label identifies products that contain wood from forests that are properly and responsibly managed according to strict environmental, social and economic standards. 👉We only use products of this brand. What about you? Have you checked whether your products come from sustainable forests? www. globalgreen. ink #forest #sustainable #wooden #prefabricated

When we created Carbon Less Future, we thought about how to make the world greener. Take a look at the key points 👇🏻 and comment below - what are you doing for your business to make the world a better place?🌎

Milestone Achievement: 100,000 kg of Plastic Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! Our oceans are filled with over five trillion pieces of plastic. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, is the largest hotspot. Fixing this crisis requires two steps: cutting plastic use and cleaning up pollution. The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit, has just made a huge impact—removing 100,000 kg of plastic with their innovative 002 cleaning system!

Human Nature produces nutritious vegan foods that contribute to positive social and environmental impacts. They use lentils, peas, and other plant-based natural ingredients to produce flavorful snacks that have more fiber and protein and less fat than traditional fried crisps. 🙌 Their packaging is recyclable and any plastic use is offset through the removal of ocean-bound plastic. Human Nature tracks their climate footprint from production through distribution, works on reduction targets, and offsets emissions by planting new forests. 🌍️ They prioritize suppliers, plastic removal partners, and tree planting partners that create fairly paid green jobs in marginalized communities. 👏 Human Nature is part of 1% for the Planet and donates at least one percent of annual sales to their Planet Impact Fund. Human Nature Food London, England, United Kingdom https://lnkd.in/eac-iesj

🌎 To address climate change in our region, Solana Center relies on four pillars, the first of which is: 🏛 Protection, or the safeguarding of the rights of humans and living things to healthy environments with sufficient natural resources. How do we protect? One way is through food recovery and organics recycling consultations. 🥖 🌿 In a county in which 1 in 4 people are nutrition insecure, and a country in which 30-40% of all food is wasted, redirecting food is critical. Last year, our Environmental Solutions team worked with Hollandia Dairy and the San Diego Food Bank to get 21,500 pounds of milk donated, milk that would have otherwise gone to waste! 🥛 💚 In the past year, we've also connected the Imperial Beach School District with a nearby veterans' organization and a local meat distributor to San Diego Rescue Mission to donate their excess food. 🍎 🥪 If there are inedible parts of food, or the food is no longer fit for human consumption, it must be recycled by large food-generating businesses, according to Senate Bill 1383. ♻ That's because food in landfills lacks the oxygen needed to decompose and releases methane instead, a greenhouse gas with 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. 🔥 In 2014 we worked with a local fast food restaurant to set up a composting program on agricultural land less than a mile away. The project saved them $250 per month in hauling fees, a win-win for the environment and their business! 🍟 🌱 In fact, in a survey of nearly 1,200 business sites across 17 countries, the median return on investment for food waste diversion was 14:1. 💵 📈 In the past year, we have worked with Costco to ensure they have two additional bins, one for food scraps and the other for recyclables, colocated wherever there is a garbage station in the store. We’ve also worked with Albertsons to improve their donation and organics sorting processes. Curious about food waste prevention for your business? Please visit https://lnkd.in/gwbq4Vpk for free resources or to book a consultation. 📚 📋 Want to know more about how Solana Center protects our region and community? Please visit https://lnkd.in/ggeD7Wzd. 🗞 💡

Super interesting. Compostable packaging, cups, plates etc really winds me up. With my Let's Go Zero hat on we’ve visited several schools recently who are using single use options for lunches - I think for some schools the switch away from good old fashioned plates and cutlery happened during Covid but interestingly one school said that even before Covid the students were no longer wanting to sit and eat in lunch halls - they were all wanting things they could ‘grab and go’. All of the schools were using wooden single use cutlery and ‘compostable’ packaging (at considerable extra expense) clearly wanting to do the right thing environmentally. However, unless it’s collected in a separate uncontaminated waste stream and the school has a contract with an industrial composter (and I may well be wrong here but my understanding is that there are a very limited number of these in the country) the it all ends up in residual waste and in landfill or ‘energy from waste’. So no clear environmental benefit (although reduced demand for virgin plastic but is the creation of compostable packaging using up land that could be used for farming/nature???). Will be checking out Hubbub’s report and webinar. Would love to hear from any schools (especially secondary) that have managed to go back entirely to reusable post Covid and have resisted the move to takeaway lunch options.