Not exact matches
«We can actually put computation in the infrastructure
of the city so that we can make the city not only
greener but more efficient,» he says, referencing innovations that could prevent the
waste of electricity and water from cracks in building architecture.
Every company is looking to trim paper consumption and
waste, and being
green is only part
of the reason: As much as 3 percent
of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because
of the high price
of toner and ink.
In 2014, Unilever issued a «
green bond,» offering clarity and transparency around the use
of proceeds, including a set
of clearly defined criteria on greenhouse gas emissions, water use and
waste disposal for the projects funded.
Popkoff's teamed with GoGreen, a company that reduces the environmental impact
of packaging by using
green materials that minimize product
waste and shrink.
«The campus» short - term goal is to achieve the Governor's «
Greening of the State Government» executive order, setting targets for energy and water reductions, attaining zero
waste and reducing petroleum consumption.
Other efforts include the use
of green cleaning products and programs to maximize
waste recycling and minimize water usage.
CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman
of the Board
of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman
of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President
of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman
of the Board and Founder, Stop
Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder
of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister
of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister
of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister
of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a
Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department
of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic
of South Africa
You'll also be printing «
greener» by not
wasting ink if your designs use more
of one color than another.
This cooking tip shows you how to de-stem fresh kale without
wasting any
of those delicious and healthy kale
greens, while easily removing the unwanted stem.
As for its organic
waste, Limoneira partnered with Agromin — a manufacturer
of premium soil products and a
green waste recycler in Southern California — for a comprehensive organic recycling program.
CST Wastewater Solutions Managing Director Mr Michael Bambridge said the award further demonstrated the enormous potential
of new - generation technologies to transform
waste water byproducts from an industrial disposal expense into
green energy profits.
This partnership recycles 90 percent
of western Ventura County's
green waste to create mulch and compost for its use.
If you have a garden at home with a crop
of stubborn
green tomatoes that just won't ripen, this is a great recipe to try so they don't go to
waste.
While all possible types
of destinations fall under the definition
of food
waste for Delhaize America, food
waste only goes to those marked with a
green check mark.
South Australian Agriculture Minister Leon Bignell injected $ 2.5 million in funds into the Beston dairy facilities on Wednesday and said he didn't think there would be any compromising
of the state's «clean and
green» premium food and wine image if it eventually pursued an underground nuclear
waste facility in the desert lands in the north
of the state, as recommended by a nuclear Royal Commission.
Another municipal
waste - to - energy project — using technology available in Australasia — is designed to convert more than 65,000 tons
of mixed organic
waste a year into environmentally harmonious
green energy and dry fertilizer.
A company introducing some
of the world's most advanced
green energy from
waste water technologies to Australasia is forging partnerships to -LSB-...]
We've made this delicious chutney with ripe tomatoes, but if the weather's not been kind and you're left with a crop
of green tomatoes at the end
of summer, why not use them instead and turn this recipe into a
green tomato chutney, instead
of letting the fruits go to
waste?
SEDERMA At Sederma
green chemistry rhymes with sustainability and more precisely with natural environment preservation, limited use
of solvent, minimised
waste... We are continuously improving our production processes and our daily working routines to reduce our carbon footprint.
Multiple destinations fall under the definition
of «food
waste» for Cranswick, but food
waste in this inventory only goes to the one marked with a
green check: anaerobic digestion.
Reference plants exist and site visits can be arranged, in order for clients to develop an appreciation
of the value
of converting
waste organics into
green energy.
The COHRAL ™ at Oakey Beef Exports» Abattoir on Queensland's Darling Downs extracts
green energy biogas from its
waste water streams to replace millions
of dollars» worth
of natural gas previously consumed at the abattoir.
While multiple destinations fall under the definition
of «food
waste» for Tesco, food
waste in this inventory only goes to the two marked with a
green check: anaerobic digestion or controlled combustion (with energy recovery).
Technology available in Australasia that can covert food and beverage
waste water to
green energy is being employed by one
of the success stories
of beer brewing in Latin America, Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua (CCN).
Anaerobic digestion processes that radically improve the quality
of waste water while delivering
green energy extracted from biological
waste streams are emerging as a profitable way for agricultural and food processing industries to cope with -LSB-...]
The existing
waste management facility for the Island, 900 km off the coast
of Eastern Australia, sorts various
waste streams including food
waste, paper and cardboard,
green waste, recyclable materials re-usable materials and general
waste.
The system also has the ability to accept organic
wastes from other nearby facilities thus augmenting the production
of green energy and reducing the local community's disposal issues,» said Mr Bambridge.
Deploying a coding and marking system that requires no consumables and reduces
waste improves a company's
green credentials, while also making a visible commitment to improving the sustainability
of beverage canning.
She will also set out a number
of green proposals in a 25 - year plan for the environment including eliminating all avoidable plastic
waste by 2042 and a commitment to spend part
of the Government's multi-billion annual overseas aid budget on international measures to cut plastic use.
What is required for this to happen, more than anything else, Is not a technology revolution, but a mindset evolution away from old technology that has passed its use - by date, (such as extensive, polluting and smelly lagoons) and outdated attitudes that treat
waste water as a cost or even place in which to hide process problems, rather than a resource for recycling and generation
of green energy.
Despite surging energy prices and ever - spreading carbon taxes to counter global warming, many primary processing industries are still pouring potential profit down the drain by overlooking the
green energy potential
of waste water.
The anaerobic wastewater biogas technologies — which extract methane to generate
green electricity or to fuel boilers and other factory equipment — are particularly applicable to food, beverage and agribusiness companies, or any industry that has a biological
waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand)
of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.
«We have totally closed the loop on our
green waste services and that's something we can all be proud
of.
High - temperature thermophilic anaerobic digestion technologies, typically operating at 55 deg C, are part
of a combination
of processes that digest
waste water's organic content to produce
green energy (methane) while achieving outstanding
waste water effluent qualities.
GWE is headed by
green Global Water Engineering CEO and Chairman Mr Jean Pierre Ombregt, who has been a world leader in anaerobic digestion
of industrial effluents and
green energy solutions for more than 35 years and whose company has been involved in more than 300 water and
waste water projects in Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, China, Europe (including Eastern Europe) and Russia.
An Australian brewery's
waste water recovery plant, designed to achieve world's best practice standards
of water reuse and
green energy generation, has won a Mercury National Materials Handling Award for Best Green Initia
green energy generation, has won a Mercury National Materials Handling Award for Best
Green Initia
Green Initiative.
One
of the United State's newest dairy processing plants features advanced
waste water treatment technology that not only radically improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses
green energy from
waste streams to drive -LSB-...]
The COHRAL (TM) Covered High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon at Oakey Abattoir on Queensland's Darling Downs will extract
green energy biogas from its
waste water streams to replace millions
of dollars worth
of natural gas currently consumed at the abattoir.
By harnessing both
of its organic
waste streams — contained in
waste water and organic solids — the company is setting world
green energy and water purity benchmarks for food processing, says Pascal Pipyn, Executive Vice President, Process and Research and Development for GWE, who represented GWE at the inauguration.
The Remo - Frit RAPTOR ™ system inaugurated this year converts nearly all
of the potentially environmentally harmful organic content
of the solid
wastes into
green electricity and valuable fertilizer products.
One
of the United State's newest dairy processing plants features advanced
waste water treatment technology that not only radically improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses
green energy from
waste streams to drive production processes and reduce its carbon footprint.
A global exporter
of processed potato products, Remo - Frit, has demonstrated the environmental and economic benefits
of converting
waste products into
green energy, transforming a potential problem into a sustainable solution offering greater profitability.
All destinations are included within the scope
of this FLW inventory; however, food
waste only goes to those destinations marked with a
green check.
«In Växjö, the
greenest city in Europe, we strive to produce meals with a lower effect on the environment in municipal kitchens by purchasing locally produced and ecological foodstuffs, reduce
waste, increase the proportion
of vegetables and adapt menus to the season.»
And it's not a
waste: Save the garlic - infused oil and use it in vinaigrettes, to roast vegetables, or to sauté a pan
of greens.
Finding a cost - effective, speedy and
green way
of treating this additional
waste can be a headache for food firms at their busiest time
of year.
Another major benefit
of covered anaerobic lagoons with efficient
green energy storage is that the methane biogas produced is not only prevented from escaping into the atmosphere (where it is many times more damaging than C02 emissions) but is also harnessed to generate energy — rather than
waste water plants being heavy consumers
of energy in processing and oxygenation.
The
green garlic tips were chopped and tumbled with lemon zest, oil and a pinch
of sea salt, for a bright gremolata garnish — and no
waste.
I switched my original use
of butter lettuce to spinach and beet
greens for the purposes
of this blog post, mostly as I love beet
greens and I hate
waste (the larger, more robust leaves from this bunch were eaten last night, sautéed in olive oil with shallots, garlic and a little bit
of salt).
From the United Nations General Assembly to the First
Green Business Forum to World Water Week and her position as Chair
of the Global Water Partnership, she continues to explain the far - reaching implications
of food loss and
waste to novel groups and to recruit new actors in the fight against food loss and
waste.