6 sustainability tips for Earth Day
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a policy memorandum entitled Accelerating Nutrient Pollution Reductions in the Nation’s Waters. In the agency’s memo, EPA commits to supporting innovation and pursuing science-based and data-driven strategies to reduce excess nutrients in our nation’s waters, along with technical assistance and other support to help scale effective nutrient loss reduction strategies. Funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law will provide resources to accelerate these efforts, such as the work happening through the Gulf Hypoxia Taskforce on state nutrient reduction strategies. EPA plans to accelerate progress in controlling nutrient pollution in our nation’s waters by pursuing three primary strategies: Deepen collaborative partnerships with agriculture. Double again EPA’s efforts to support states, tribes, and territories to achieve nutrient pollution reductions from all sources. Utilize EPA’s Clean Water Act authorities to drive progress, innovation and collaboration.
Explore how businesses creating circular solutions conver consumers into believers and advocates of the circular economy.
Calls to consider new incentives and VAT reductions for repair activities and to encourage take-up of innovative digital technologies that can support repair, are among the recommendations to Government in a new report from techUK.
In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay $1,700,000 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of dollars.
On March 16, all Cerner associates began working from home in an effort to help slow the spread of Covid-19. As Cerner Chairman and CEO Brent Shafer mentioned in a recent note, we have accomplished some amazing things during that time, even while adjusting to a new work environment.
Ashlee Jahnke, director of research at plastic substitute specialist, Teysha Technologies, explains how a breakthrough in bioplastics could help to reduce the amount of single-use plastic.