Compostable stretch kitchen wrap business Great Wrap has launched its Australian-made compostable catering wrap for businesses across the country.
Made from food waste, Great Wrap initially launched a domestic
Compostable Cling Wrap, but now provides a solution for commercial waste
challenges that is suitable for restaurants, grocers, delis, bakers and
more.
The company also takes pre-orders for for pallet wrap.An easy solution for businesses to eliminate single-use plastics.https://www.innovationaus.com/great-wrap-launches-compostable-catering-wrap/?
Uni of New South Wales materials scientist
Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been named the New South Wales Australian
of the Year in recognition of her innovative research into recycling and green
manufacturing. She is best known for her invention of Polymer
Injection Technology, or ‘Green Steel’. Prof Sahajwalla has pioneered the transformation of waste to new green materials and products.
These include green ceramics made from recycled glass and textiles,
3D printing filaments from plastics salvaged from ewaste, and acoustic
panels made from coffee grounds.https://www.innovationaus.com/unsw-green-steel-inventor-named-nsw-australian-of-the-year/?
While CoP26 in Glasgow is now
finished and we're all a bit deflated, we can still act positively. In Australia we lead the
world in domestic solar panel installation – so it’s time to catch up with the
electric vehicle (EV) revolution and reduce emissions by up to another 25%.This webinar boasts three great speakers: Will Edmonds who knows the
EV markets, Alexandra Kelly who knows what policies are needed to encourage us
to buy EV's and Paul Fox who is delivering the charging stations. All
experts, at the top of their game.Register via www.climateandpeace.com.au
All the ideas in Ideaspies; Climate Category as of 7th July 2021, were reviewed rigorously under two main aspects; feasibility and impact. This objective assessment resulted in following Top 10 ideas: 1. Shareholder Activism2. Negative Emission Tech3. Two step Decarbonisation recommended by Mckinsey4. Government's Active Role in Climate Agendas and Actions5. Seaweeds Plantation6. Mckinsey's 1.5 degree challenge7. Green Hydrogen for fuel and energy8. Elysis9. Green Innovation Investment10. Domestic Hydrogen Battery
"Big money supporting climate:
A coalition of major financial organizations —composed of more than 450
banks, insurers and investors from 45 countries— announced (3rd Nov 2021) the alignment
of $130 trillion of private finance towards net zero goals. The Glasgow
Financial Alliance for Net Zero is the largest coalition of private
climate financiers and the “breakthrough
in mainstream climate finance the world needs.” from COP26 Daily Tracker.Climate Finance involves 2 big issues - transition investment financing from companies & institutions and government financing for the developing countries. So articles on each below from very different perspectives: