Good News Notes: “When Walmart rolled out a new grocery delivery service, it tested a bold premise: customers letting a stranger walk into their homes to deliver milk, eggs and other products directly into the fridge. Now that expanding service, InHome, is testing whether the country’s largest grocer and its shoppers can phase out reliance on single-use plastic bags and…
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Israeli start-up devises way to convert used nappies into green plastics
Good News Notes: “UBQ Materials is researching a way for turning common household waste into sustainable plastics. The Tel Aviv based start-up is set on developing a material out of the likes of paper, mixed plastics, food residue and dirty diapers that could serve as a substitute to conventional plastic, wood and concrete. This material…
Large-scale CO2 conversion to bioplastic: Dutch Photanol factory in Delfzijl takes first step
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This start-up has developed a way for businesses to quickly compost food waste
Good News Notes: “When food waste goes to landfill it releases methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. One way to make sure your leftovers aren’t left to rot like this is to put them to use by turning them into compost. Properly composting food waste can significantlyreduce the amount of methane it…
Making Conventional Plastics Biodegradable
Good News Notes: “With decades of experience in the polymers industry, the Radical Plastics founders have targeted the agricultural market as the initial testing ground for the commercial viability of their product. The company has been working with a third party to validate that their resin can meet the standard for degradation of a soil…
Amazon begins testing Rivian electric delivery vans in San Francisco
Good News Notes: “Amazon said it selected San Francisco as one of the initial cities to test electric vans from Rivian because of its ‘great customers, unique terrain and climate.’ Deliveries will initially be conducted out of Amazon’s delivery station in the San Francisco suburb of Richmond, but Amazon expects to start deliveries from other…
Sustainable sneaker start-up Allbirds is selling sweaters, T-shirts
Good News Notes: “The start-up known around Silicon Valley for its comfy slip-on sneakers is hoping to take over another part of your closet. Allbirds is venturing further into the clothing category, debuting four new items Tuesday: A T-shirt made out of discarded crab shells; a wool cardigan; a wool jumper (a Briticism for a…