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Growing City @GrowingCity

We help your business compost, recycle & reduce waste. Let's create a program your staff/tenants love! β™»πŸŒŽπŸ’™

Joined July 2009
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New Technology by @li_cycle is #Recycling Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Canada and the U.S. bit.ly/32Urxxo | @goodnewsnetwork

New Technology is Recycling Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Canada and the U.S.

Boasting that they've created a closed-loop circular economy in lithium-ion batteries, Li-Cycle turns any Li battery into raw materials.

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Wrapping gifts with festive paper and decorations can create anticipation and surprise, but it can also make a lot of garbage! Here are a few ideas to avoid wrapping paper completely: bit.ly/3oPnsTc
Follow these 10 take-action tips for reducing food waste this holiday season! #5. #Compost unavoidable food waste. βœ” Read more: bit.ly/3DtrmFE
Some #plastic alternatives need to be put in industrial #compost facilities or require acres of land for production. @swaythefuture's seaweed plastic needs neither. β™»πŸŒ± bit.ly/3FKjaT0 | @FastCompany
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"If many of us are doing small things, that's going to have a larger impact than one multi-million-dollar national initiative doing one big thing," says Thompson Tran of Wooden Boat Food Company. Read more: bit.ly/3bZ4mmp | @CBCNews
Ralph Lauren Gives Competitors New Way to Dye Cotton, Uses 90% Less Chemicals, 40% Less Energy & Half the Water. bit.ly/3bErzdw | @goodnewsnetwork #ClimateChange #ecofriendly #GreenFashion
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Alternatively, if you don't have a #compost bin but want to add nutrients to your garden, the city recommends burying the chopped #pumpkin under 30 cm of soil. πŸŽƒβ™» More disposal options: bit.ly/3mxz4JA | @viawesome
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10 Simple Ways to Avoid #Microplastics in Your Everyday Life: bit.ly/3vUMkLs | @EcoWatch
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Circular Economy Month@CEMonthCanada
19 Oct 2021
It's #TextilesTuesday! πŸ§₯πŸ‘–πŸ‘’Today we are raising awareness on the environmental impact of clothing & textiles consumption, and looking ahead to a circular future. Information & resources➑️bit.ly/3pfASZm #WasteReductionWeek
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The material that builds our world is the same one destroying it. Researchers in Tokyo have an intriguing solution. Read more: bit.ly/3vpFRro | @FastCompany

Most concrete produces pollution. This concrete is made of it

The material that builds our world is the same one destroying it. Researchers in Tokyo have an intriguing solution.

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McDonald's Is Testing Out Plastic-Free Restaurants in Germany & Canada. Condiments came in edible waffle cups, & burgers were served in wrapping made from actual grass. bit.ly/3CxjrHc #plasticfree
At the age of 12 years old, Ferreira became determined to find a solution to remove microplastics from water. Read more on @BBC: bbc.in/3ktN7gN
Tip Top Australia is rolling out recyclable bread tags in a move that will eventually rid the nation of 400 million plastic bits a year. It might just be the best thing since sliced white bread! πŸžβ™» Read more: bit.ly/3AgyJyK | @EcoWarrPrincess
LanzaTech has announced a partnership with athletic apparel company @lululemon, to create yarn and fabric using recycled carbon emissions. This is a lower-carbon potential game-changer for the apparel industry! β™»πŸ‘ Read more: bit.ly/3rUpHop | @FastCompany

Lululemon is experimenting with the first fabric made from recycled carbon emissions

The material is exactly the same as you'd find in current Lululemon products, except the polyester comes from ethanol that was produced by pollution-eating bacteria.

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It's no secret that single-use plastic waste is a vast problem. Are plastic-eating fungi and bacteria the solution to humanity’s plastic problem? Read more @BBCNews bbc.in/3ji4nVZ

The fungus and bacteria tackling plastic waste

Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale?

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Growing a few vegetables that you buy regularly may seem insignificant, but can save you money, cut down on single-use #plastic, and lower the environmental impact of what's on your plate! 🌱🍽 @EcoWatch: bit.ly/36GvxQc

9 Vegetables You Can Grow (Almost) Anywhere - EcoWatch

It doesn't take much room to grow your own food: a patio, porch, sidewalk, or even a sunny windowsill will do the trick. Container gardening, a practice adopted by many urban growers, provides you...

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Australian brewery @younghenrys is working to fight climate change with an unusual ingredient β€” algae. Their in-house cultivated algae not only absorb the CO2 released, they also produce as much oxygen as two & half acres of wilderness! πŸ™Œbit.ly/36rahhr via @FoodTank
Growing City retweeted
Circular Economy Month@CEMonthCanada
30 Jun 2021
#PlasticFreeJuly starts this week! Challenge yourself to reduce your plastics footprint for the month of July and see the difference you can make. Learn more: plasticfreejuly.org/
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β€œ#Biodegradability does not equal #compostability,” says Xu, a polymer scientist at the University of California. But with a pinch of polymer-munching enzymes it could make biodegradable plastic packaging truly compostable! πŸŒ±πŸ™Œ Read: bit.ly/3dtAXBY | @ScienceNews

A new technique could make some plastic trash compostable at home

Embedding enzymes inside biodegradable plastics makes them truly compostable, which could mitigate the plastic waste problem.

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University of Cambridge Funds 'Vegan Spider Silk' to Replace Single-Use Plastic Packaging. It's great to see all the new & interesting alternatives to help us get to a plastic free World! πŸ™ŒπŸŒŽ Read more: bit.ly/3xVsFLa | @GreenMatters #plasticfree

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