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The article discusses the 2022 US Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed in the Senate and the House and was signed into law by US President Joe Biden in August 2022. The legislation provides a boost to the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and commercial air transport industries. It mentions that the performance-based tax credit will reduce the price premium for SAF, which costs two to three times that of fossil-based jet fuel.

Lidl US has released its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights the company's environmental and social impact initiatives over the past two years. The report focuses on three key themes: Good for our Planet, Good for People, and Good for You. Lidl has made significant progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, procuring renewable energy, donating food to Feeding America, providing training to its team members, and setting responsible sourcing targets for critical raw materials. The company is committed to acting responsibly and addressing the environmental and social issues that matter most to its stakeholders. [Extracted from the article]

A new report from Energy Vision suggests that building 300 anaerobic digesters in New York could reduce methane emissions by 15 percent. The report emphasizes the importance of addressing methane emissions in combating climate change. Organic waste currently contributes to one-third of New York's methane emissions, and the construction of additional anaerobic digesters could create jobs and attract investment. This initiative aims to help New York reach its goal of reducing methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and could also replace diesel demand with renewable natural gas. [Extracted from the article]

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has opened a new renewable natural gas (RNG) station in Baltimore, providing heavy-duty truck fleets with access to a low carbon, sustainable fuel. RNG is made from organic waste and significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The station is strategically located near the Pulaski Industrial Area and aims to meet the demand for an affordable, clean fuel that reduces emissions. Clean Energy is also investing in the production of RNG at dairy farms to further lower greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the importance of recycling and improving the end-of-life options for plastic materials. It emphasizes the benefits of plastic, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing protection for healthcare workers, but also acknowledges the need to increase recycling rates and improve accessibility to recycling. The article calls for accurate and up-to-date data on recycling rates, easier access to recycling for all Americans, and improved recycling infrastructure. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration between government, the private sector, and communities to achieve sustainability goals. [Extracted from the article]

The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) has successfully recycled over 10 million mattresses in California through its Bye Bye Mattress program. This has resulted in the diversion of over 380 million pounds of materials from landfills, including steel, foam, fiber, and wood, which are then used in new products. The program has also contributed to California's environmental goals by saving water, conserving energy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. MRC collaborates with solid waste providers and nonprofit organizations to establish collection sites and events across the state. They also support research projects to discover new uses for mattress materials. Additionally, MRC offers an environmental certification program for mattress manufacturing facilities and funds initiatives to address illegal dumping. [Extracted from the article]

EVENSOL LLC, a renewable energy project developer specializing in biogas and methane mitigation, has announced the successful launch of two state-of-the-art renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities in North Carolina. The landfill RNG projects announced today directly contribute to Republic's long-term sustainability goal to beneficially reuse 50 percent more biogas by 2030. The projects - the Foothills Renewables Project in Caldwell County, NC, and the Upper Piedmont Renewables Project in Person County, NC - will covert gas from Republic Services' landfills into RNG. [Extracted from the article]

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Foundation today announced the scholarship award recipients and entrepreneurial pitch competition results from its third annual Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). "I can't say enough about our talented students who competed during Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Challenge program", said Dr. Harry Williams, President & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. B About Thurgood Marshall College Fund b Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation's largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. [Extracted from the article]

Officials in Pittsburgh said they're looking for ways to cut back on waste and be more environmentally friendly as they prepare for the impacts of climate change as part of the city's Climate Action Plan. Pittsburgh's energy advisor, Flore Marion, commented that the city's sustainability and resilience team is working to combat climate change, starting with reducing greenhouse gas emissions. [Extracted from the article]

The carpet and flooring industry has been in the limelight for its sustainability practices, and sometimes lack of such practices, for years. Aquafil and Interface are among just a few in the industry who lobbied for California's stewardship law. In Part 2 Heidi Sanborn, executive director of the National Stewardship Action Council, discusses California's carpet stewardship bill, the first of its kind in the world. [Extracted from the article]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & FRANKFORT, Ky.-- Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at Republic Services' Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky. B About Ameresco, Inc. b Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading cleantech integrator and renewable energy asset developer, owner and operator. [Extracted from the article]

Since its inception in 2017, REMADE has launched or selected almost 100 R&D projects with a combined value of nearly $100 million. The REMADE Institute, a pioneering public-private partnership consisting of 167 members and established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced an additional $19.6 million in funding for new technology research. [Extracted from the article]

Dickinson College Farm is building a small-scale anaerobic digester as a replicable model for other small farms. Three outstanding U.S. renewable energy projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by converting organic wastes into clean energy have been recognized with leadership awards from the NGO Energy Vision: BioTown Biogas, Dickinson College Farm and EMG International's project for the beverage manufacturer American Fruits & Flavors B . b BioTown Biogas (BTB), a partnership with Green Rock Energy Partners B , b expanded BioTown Ag's anaerobic digester facility on its Reynolds, Indiana farm into one of the largest on-farm digester operations in the world. This avoids methane emissions, eliminates farm runoff, and generates renewable electricity to power the farm and sell back to the grid. [Extracted from the article]

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. --Denali, the nation's leading full-service recycler of organics, announced today that it has renewed its agreement with Walmart to provide food waste recycling at its 4,700 stores in the U.S. Through this partnership, Denali and Walmart will annually divert millions of pounds of food that is no longer edible away from landfills and toward beneficial uses such as creating compost, feeding animals, and generating renewable energy. Denali is proud to provide services that bring Walmart closer to its goal of zero waste in its U.S. operations by 2025", said Denali CEO Todd Mathes. [Extracted from the article]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today issued the following statement in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to award California up to $1.2 billion for a regional clean hydrogen hub[1]. SoCalGas is working to shape California's 21st century energy system through investments in clean hydrogen, renewable natural gas, fuel cells, and carbon management. [Extracted from the article]

The report notes that Novelis has decreased carbon emissions intensity by 17 percent from the FY2016 baseline; reduced waste to landfill intensity by 10 percent from the FY2020 baseline; and Novelis donated $7.5 million to charitable causes. In an era marked by growing environmental concerns and a fight to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Novelis has announced its progress to advance sustainability in aluminum rolling and recycling. [Extracted from the article]

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has published its annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, highlighting significant progress in the company's sustainability initiatives, The Cincinnati-based company's ESG Strategy, known as "Thriving Together", has made progressed in several key areas, most notably its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste program. Rescued and donated 106 million pounds of surplus food through Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Food Rescue program. [Extracted from the article]

ISS has made significant progress against its global food service sustainability targets with a collective 30% food waste reduction from its 2019 baseline. Love food and behave sustainably In addition to enhancing its culinary training of ISS chefs, both in waste and Co2 reduction efforts, ISS is initiating awareness campaigns across customer sites and its own locations. [Extracted from the article]

Israeli tech company UBQ Materials has developed a plastic substitute made from hard-to-impossible-to-recycle municipal solid waste (MSW) ranging from banana peels to chicken bones, diapers, fiber, and mixed plastics. Arcos Dorados, the world's largest independent McDonald's franchisee, purchased more than 112 thousand reusable UBQ trays in 2022 alone. [Extracted from the article]

"EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling funds are helping communities across the nation reuse waste and reduce local and global environmental impacts," B said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. In the coming months, EPA will announce the selected recipients of the recycling grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia, as well as the recipients of EPA's new Recycling Education and Outreach grant program. B Logan, Utah b - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to develop a Regional Green Waste Facility in Logan City, Utah, that will provide composting services for biosolids and yard waste for the city and communities across Cache County. [Extracted from the article]

Headquartered in Annapolis, MD, Bioenergy Devco has built more than 250 and currently manages more than 150 organics recycling and clean energy generation facilities worldwide, and its anaerobic digesters help mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuel. SEAFORD, Del.-- Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, LLC and global leader in the design, engineering, construction, financing, and operation of anaerobic digestion facilities, has announced today that it has received permitting approval for construction of its organics recycling facility at its Bioenergy Innovation Center in Seaford, Delaware. [Extracted from the article]

HILLIARD, Ohio-- Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) (NYSE: WMS), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions and one of the largest plastic recycling companies in North America, today announced that it has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative - a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices. ADS manages the industry's largest company-owned fleet, an expansive sales team, and a vast manufacturing network of approximately 70 manufacturing plants and 40 distribution centers. Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 15,000 companies and 3,800 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than 69 local networks. [Extracted from the article]

Recent NASA data suggests that the EPA is underestimating the amount of methane being released into the atmosphere as a result of an outdated approach to measure methane emissions. SALT LAKE CITY-- Nodal Power, a company that develops and operates landfill gas to energy power plants, announced that it has raised a $13 million seed round to aggressively mitigate methane emissions at landfills. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that landfills account for approximately 14.3% of fugitive methane emissions in the United States. [Extracted from the article]

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), the second most abundant GHG, and is responsible for roughly 17.3% of global emissions. SAN FRANCISCO -- Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Brightmark LLC, announces the delivery of the first renewable natural gas (RNG) from its Larson Project in Okeechobee County, Florida. [Extracted from the article]

In addition to climate change, PFAS contamination, and coal ash initiatives, EPA is modifying its Clean Air Act initiative to focus on hazardous toxic air pollution in overburdened communities in each EPA region and is continuing its drinking water and chemical accident prevention initiatives that began under prior administrations. LENEXA, KAN.- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for 2024-2027, including for the first time initiatives to mitigate climate change, address exposure to PFAS contamination, and protect communities from cancer-causing coal ash. [Extracted from the article]

Elizabeth Rhue, vice president of Global Environmental, Sustainability, & Technical Services, with Sonoco is based in Hartsville, South Carolina. Whether it's the footprint of our packaging itself, such as trying to understand how we can design and shape our packaging in a way that it minimizes the carbon footprint, and also looking at the carbon footprint of our operations. [Extracted from the article]

Village of Ossining Mayor Rika Levin said, "The Village of Ossining extends heartfelt thanks to Senator Harckham. Ossining, NY - New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today that $2.1 million in grant funding is available to local municipalities for electrification projects; the announcement came at a press conference held at the EV charging station here in Louis Engel Waterfront Park. [Extracted from the article]

"Greenhouse gases are a global issue, and our commitment to a lower carbon future extends beyond our borders with our ability to lower global greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing RNG from outside of the province. Viridi, just over a year old, is mainly a group of tech gurus who had worked at Air Liquide to grow its RNG business, then came together to build out this new RNG platform, with backing from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. [Extracted from the article]

SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- Mill, a first-of-its-kind home food-recycling service, announced an important milestone in its mission to make it easy for people at home to send food back to farms, instead of landfills: last week a new animal feed ingredient definition for Dried Recovered Household Food received a unanimous vote of approval from the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Ingredient Definition Committee. The new animal feed ingredient definition unlocks a historic new regulatory pathway to conserve nutrients and keep household food in the food system by feeding it to poultry. [Extracted from the article]

Allpay cards, a UK-based card manufacturer, is moving forwarding with its sustainability initiative for lowering the environmental impact of card production. Using PVC in card manufacturing reduces greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption and decreases CO2 emissions. [Extracted from the article]

A landfill in Lowellville has started repurposing its gas emissions into natural gas that can be used for heating homes or firing electrical generating plants. An Australian-based sustainable energy company has begun converting gas from a landfill into natural gas. [Extracted from the article]

Working with renewable energy company Anaergia, VVWRA is co-digesting postconsumer food waste with the wastewater biosolids that it was processing all along in its anaerobic digesters (AD). Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) is the first facility of its kind in California to go this route. [Extracted from the article]

Earlier this month, the city of Anaheim, Cali. rolled out a new organics recycling program which will attempt to reduce the amount of organic waste making it to landfills. The program considers organics as food scraps, food-soiled paper and paper bags, plus yard waste, grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and small branches. [Extracted from the article]

CHARLOTTE, N.C.,-- Enerdyne Power Systems, a Landfill Group Company based in Charlotte, commenced operation of a project collecting and upgrading landfill gas into pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Twin Chimneys Landfill in Honea Path, SC on March 31, 2023. In addition to their 40+ RNG Development projects they have 50 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations, more than 100 RNG delivery points, and four thermal energy supply projects. [Extracted from the article]

The retailer is partnering with PepsiCo in an aggressive regenerative agriculture program that will cover more than 2 million acres of farmland in the U.S. and Canada. "This collaboration aims to help elevate farmer livelihoods, engage them on how to more sustainably manage soil health, increase yields and create a model that others can mimic across other product categories, including encouraging additional investments in regenerative agriculture by other brands". [Extracted from the article]

Bioenergy Devco's newest organics recycling facility, located on the Maryland Food Center campus in Jessup, MD, is the first anaerobic digester of its scale in the state. Milwaukee, WI-based BCA Industries, an OEM with decades of experience that provides turnkey, closed-loop, recycling systems, has formed a division called LithiBatt which is now providing complete lithium ion (Li-ion) and lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery recycling systems in collaboration with leading global partners. The AZEK Company Inc. (NYSE: AZEK) ("AZEK" or the "Company"), the industry-leading manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance and environmentally sustainable outdoor living products, including TimberTech SP ® sp decking and railing, Versatex SP ® sp and AZEK SP ® sp Trim, and StruXure™ pergolas, announced that it has been named to USA Today's first-ever list of America's Climate Leaders, recognizing the Company's reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2019 and 2021. [Extracted from the article]

Anaergia's project at the East County AWP is expected to produce renewable power from biogas created by anaerobically digesting wastewater solids and potentially locally sourced organic waste. BURLINGTON, Ontario - Anaergia Inc. (TSX: ANRG) today announced it has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia plans to integrate a waste-to-renewable power system that includes a biogas conditioning system, combined heat and power (CHP) generation, as well as an optional receiving station with storage tanks for organic waste deliveries. [Extracted from the article]