Research shows that the fashion business is one of themost polluting industries in the globe. According to the EPA data, in the U.S, an average person wastes 70 pounds of textile per year. Each year, clothing brands produce 13 million tons of waste each year, of which 95% can be recyc...
Steel production is one of the most carbon polluting industries, responsible for nearly 9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The International Energy Agency has set a target for 37% of global steelmaking capacity to rely on lower-emission electric arc furnaces by 2030. Current projections by GEM...
10,000-50,000 | http://www.appliedmaterials.com | Public Company Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display and related industries. It operates through the following segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display...
” she explains. “Broadly speaking, these hubs can be divided into two categories: those with an extensive list of partner companies and financial resources, and those that are seeking to attract industries and develop capabilities to create local economic and employment opportunities.”...
Eco-friendly investments can provide profits as well as environmental benefits. Older technologies such as fossil fuels and polluting industries are likely to face higher costs and regulatory barriers as the world adjusts to climate change, providing a market opportunity for alternatives. Manymutual fun...
From workshops on conducting citizen science in order to make our living environment a healthier space, to exploring the potential of dying fabric with bacteria (!) as an alternative to the highly polluting textile industries, it’s all happening at theWaag Society, an institute ...
This enables us to express the CO2 emissions of the top polluting facilities as a proportion of the remaining carbon budget for the host country of the facility and the European Union as a whole.41 Table 2. CO2 emissions, climate avoidance costs, and consumed carbon budgets of the top 100 ...
salt glands to survive salty ocean water and a shell, which can’t hide them like other turtles. They are killed for meat, eggs, leather and tortoise shells to be sold in the market for high prices. Human activities of polluting water bodies and laying of fish nets have killed and threat...
Perpetual Nextis a Dutch startup that provides more eco-friendly solutions to common high polluting industries, such as steel, cement, chemicals and more. You can make use of its products, such as Bio Gas and Bio Coal along with its carbonisation technologies to minimise your impact on the...
But even its most ardent supporters, men like T. Boone Pickens, concede that it should be a bridge fuel between more polluting fossil fuels and cleaner, renewable energy. In the meantime, the U.S. should continue to invest in solar and wind, conserve power and implement energy-effici...