Spinoff of popular recycling company TerraCycle, Loop aims to upcycle unusable PET plastic and polyester fiber waste into high quality, infinitely recyclable content.
Articles by Nathalie Voit
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Meet Carbon Mapper: The NASA-backed Watchdog Group on the Lookout for Methane and CO2 Super-Emitters
This methane-tracking non-profit will help countries deliver on emissions reductions
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Meet the Company that Grows Veggies With Recycled Rainwater
The world must produce 56% more food by 2050 to meet global population demand, according to a 2019 World Resources Report from the United Nations. With over three-fourths of the world’s freshwater already set aside to agriculture, water scarcity will be the foremost threat to our global food systems. That’s where AppHarvest comes in, the...
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This Company Is Pioneering Self-Cycled Phone Cases
Pivet, an innovative startup founded by Michael Pratt, is disrupting the consumer electronics industry with biodegradable plastic phone cases that basically recycle themselves.
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This Tree-Tracking Startup Is the Most Innovative of Its Kind
Companies looking to offset their carbon footprint can purchase carbon credits directly from Pachama’s marketplace. Organizations can choose from a list of high-impact, curated projects that have been pre-selected to meet international standards for carbon removal. Once chosen, projects are actively monitored using the company’s remote sensing technology.
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Meet Marrone Bio Innovations: Pioneer in Bio-Based Pest Solutions
Marrone Bio is focused on developing solutions that can meet the industry’s next-generation needs for both sustainability and efficiency. The company has proven that there is room for improvement in the pesticides market and that it is possible to develop plant solutions as renewable as they are reliable.
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Sierra Energy’s New Gasification System Turns Trash into Treasure
That is precisely what Sierra Energy, a Davis, CA-based company, has in mind. The startup, founded in 2004, is focused on developing clean energy solutions to waste management.
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AltaRock Energy Wants to Power the World Through Geothermal Energy
AltaRock’s ongoing research into millimeter-wave technology and discoveries like self-healing cement have the power to transform the energy industry’s future.
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Reef Re-Growing Breakthrough Seeks to Reproduce Lost Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Between 25% to 40% of the world’s corals have already been lost in our lifetimes. Even worse, the coming two decades may see their numbers decline as much as 90%. But one bold startup has a plan to save the world’s corals. Plant A Million Corals Foundation,...
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Meet FRED: The Trash-Collecting Sea Robot Cleaning San Diego Bay
Plastic pollution is not only damaging to the environment but creates real economic harm. Plastic litter that breaks down into microplastics disrupts the food chain, altering the reproductive system of fish and stunting growth.
