"Republic, which is based in Phoenix, operates 198 landfills, 71 recycling centers and collection routes in 41 states."
Let’s Not Paper Over Our Recycling Success
"Paper recycling is widely accessible and used every day by citizens across our country, and it’s a crucial way to support the circular economy. It is vital we build on these valuable sustainability gains – created over the decades. Let’s work toward a regulatory climate that strengthens paper recycling’s future success."
PepsiCo set to grow sustainability-related investments
"Among the ways PepsiCo plans to use funds from the new green bond is regenerative agriculture. The company said investments from the new green bond may be used toward farmer training, practices to reduce fertilizer and watershed enhancement and improvement projects."
Global nuclear hydrogen group forms
"The group plans to pursue nuclear hydrogen demonstration projects, engage the financial sector to finance such technologies, and advocate for policies that support deploying nuclear hydrogen, members tell Axios. It is not a lobbying organization, however."
Big-Name Investors Pour Billions Into Clean Hydrogen Projects
"Monolith’s fundraising is being led by TPG’s climate fund and Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Ltd. Past backers NextEra, South Korean conglomerate SK Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. also invested. That makes it one of the largest startups in the sector."
Gas crisis spurs Germany to mull extending life of nuclear plants
"Germany's remaining nuclear plants are scheduled to be shut down by year-end after former Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to phase out nuclear power following the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan in 2011."
This startup just raised millions to make cement more climate friendly
"The startup’s process partly replaces Portland cement, the limestone-based 'glue' in concrete, with silicate rocks that are dug up in aggregate mines, which are already in operation all over the country."
Panasonic plant in De Soto will be ‘largest private investment’ Kansas history
"The state competed against Oklahoma for the investment as well as hundreds of new jobs that are expected to come with the plant."
Simplifyber Secures $3.5M Seed Investment to Reinvent How Clothing is Made, with Sustainable, Advanced Manufacturing
"The company has developed a novel approach to clothing and accessory manufacturing that removes traditional spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing and replaces it with a sustainable, less resource-intensive process, and fully biodegradable solution – cutting out 60% of the steps and reducing the 35% of materials in the fashion supply chain that ends up as waste."
Atomo raises $40 million to scale beanless coffee
"In a recent blind study conducted by National Food Labs, Atomo’s cold brew outranked competitive conventional cold brew products on preference 2:1. Panelists were unable to recognize that Atomo was made without coffee beans, said Ed Hoehn, head of growth at the Seattle-based startup."