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Curbside compost collection starting in Brooklyn on Monday

The Villager 01 Oct 2023

2, with the Department of Sanitation set to begin separately picking up organic waste from other refuse in the city’s most populous borough ... Compost can also be sent to “anaerobic digesters,” like at Newtown Creek in Brooklyn, that convert organic waste into renewable energy called biogas.

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Over 30,000 protesters march for climate actions

Korea Times 01 Oct 2023

"Nuclear power, with its incident risks and waste problems, cannot be a sustainable energy source ... She added, "Nuclear energy cannot be a sustainable alternative to pursue since there are no measures put in place to handle its nuclear waste problems. Globally speaking, countries phase down nuclear energy and expand renewable energy.".

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Thinking outside of the box: Southern Champion Tray specializes in eco-friendly food trays and specialty boxes

Chatanooga Times Free Press 01 Oct 2023

The company furthers this commitment through best recycling practices and green energy resources, paper waste is processed through papermaking facilities in the Southern ...

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Prime Minister Robert Abela says national airline transition will be ‘seamless’

The Malta Independent 01 Oct 2023

Asked about waste collection, Abela said that it is impossible to install a camera on every street or have enforcement officials constantly on every road ... The more sense of civic duty people have, the more waste management will be a success, he said. He said that it has improved as there is a rising percentage of recycled waste collected.

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Another fuel crisis causes power outages in Cuba

La Prensa Latina 01 Oct 2023

“We will not have the amount of fuel we need, nor the amount we had in previous months,” said the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy ... Cubans freeze food to cope with shortages, but without electricity, this months-long effort is wasted ... One of the measures to reduce energy consumption is the introduction of telecommuting.

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ADPD seeks capping on tourism, tax on empty property, secretary general says

The Malta Independent 01 Oct 2023

The General Secretary was asked what the ADPD would do to address the waste and energy management situation in Malta ... “I think the solution is obvious.” There first needs to be increased efficiency in the usage of energy as it is not sustainable to stick to the mentality that energy is infinite and can be used as much as we want.

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Brace for the next wave of green tape threatening to throttle bosses

The Times/The Sunday Times 01 Oct 2023

From January, more than 50,000 European companies will have to start reporting data on a plethora of ESG-related topics, from their gender pay gap to the climate impact of staff’s business travel and the energy wasted by electronic devices left idle ...

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California's green drive leaves its oil towns behind

Paulding Progress 01 Oct 2023

President Joe Biden repeatedly invokes the "well-paid" jobs that green energy can bring ... "Those green jobs provide economic benefit to the community intermittently, just as surely as the energy they produce is intermittent," he says. For Holmes, it seems wasteful that the oil remains in the ground while California continues to need it.

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Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt

Niagara Gazette 01 Oct 2023

Still, the toymaker remains "fully committed to making Lego bricks from sustainable materials by 2032,” it added ... Also known as green methanol, e-methanol is composed of waste carbon dioxide and hydrogen, created by using renewable energy to split water molecules ... Lego was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen ... .

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Shutdown would have had wide-ranging effects

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 01 Oct 2023

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ... A funding lapse would have paralyzed other work to develop required environmental analyses for energy projects, highways and other infrastructure ... The White House has warned that most EPA-led inspections at hazardous waste sites, as well as drinking water and chemical facilities, would have stopped.

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Hybrid, electric cars in close contest

Financial Express 01 Oct 2023

“While the 2.3% market share for BEVs is on expected lines, the 1.8% share that HEVs have garnered was possible only by the sales push provided by Maruti and Toyota,” an auto analyst told FE. Follow Us ... The numbers tell the story ... How India can transition its EV battery waste crisis into a green energy opportunity ... .

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Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem

Niagara Gazette 01 Oct 2023

Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.” ... “The overall strategy is to use the waste hierarchy,” Davies said ... For the vast majority of balls that aren’t so lucky, Columbia University’s Themelis believes their final resting place should not be landfills but waste-to-energy plants that burn garbage to generate electricity ... .

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Green building norms: In need of a big push in Bengaluru

Deccan Herald 30 Sep 2023

The study suggested policy interventions to promote sustainable construction of homes and offices.</p><p>What is a green building or construction? Sustainable buildings have demonstrated reduced energy and water consumption and completely eliminate construction and operational waste through recycling.

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Rockwell Automation opens first Digital Center of Excellence in Saudi Arabia

Arab News 30 Sep 2023

Michael Sweet, Director of New Energy at Rockwell Automation ... reducing energy and water use ... One of the speakers was Michael Sweet, director of New Energy at Rockwell Automation who participated in a panel discussion titled ... “Automation and digitalization have a pivotal role in enhancing energy efficiency within manufacturing entities.

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Student-innovators hailed for sustainable ergonomic design

Manila Standard 30 Sep 2023

“To divert food waste from landfills and slow down climate change, methane can be harnessed as an alternative energy source to produce biogas.” Cooltivate by Benilde Industrial Design students Glenn Hernandez, Ralph Dylan, and Justin Osorio.