According to the Australian Institute of Food Safety, in Australia there are around 5.4 million cases of food poisoning each year resulting in an average of 120 deaths. Scientific case studies and subsequent research papers have asserted that “electrolysed water is highly effective in reducing or eliminating foodborne pathogens on kitchen boards and various food products, such as fish, poultry, fruits and vegetables, on which it reduced populations of pathogens to undetectable levels”.
Using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners has been linked to an increased risk of asthma by an international team of researchers.
In October 2015, England introduced a 5p (8c AUD) tax on plastic bags part of a government scheme to reduce litter and positively impact the environment. Six months later, plastic bag usage has dropped by around 80% and remains static.
Boyan Slat is determined to filter rubbish waste from our oceans with his innovative project The Ocean Cleanup
A salmonella outbreak in Northern Territory has affected approximately 80 people around Australia. A published peer-review scientific study has previously highlighted the efficacy of electrolyzed water in preventing salmonella contamination on produce.
Science Minister Greg Hunt has emphatically instructed the CSIRO to concentrate on reviving climate research. The new strategy puts the focus back on climate science and includes 15 new climate science jobs and research investment worth $37 million over 10 years.
The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference in NYC will discuss the current state of the green chemistry industry and share ideas for increasing its innovations and widespread adoption.
Since it’s inception, ChemSec argued in favour of tighter controls on chemicals and has actively pressed for stricter chemical regulation in the EU, publishing analyses which contradicted industry estimates of the economic impact of chemical legislation.
The Chemical Footprint Project has seen companies like Levi Strauss & Co., Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson participating in a first-of-its-kind effort to publicly benchmark corporate chemical management.
The US Senate and House are yesterday reached an agreement on an overhaul of US chemical safety laws. A revised bill could give the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to immediately begin a risk evaluation of any chemical it designates as high priory.
eWater Systems Director of Strategy and Planning, Dawn O'Neil AM will be a guest speaker at this year's Sustainable Brands conference.
The American Sustainable Business Council and the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council has published separate reports to ascertain where business and economic risk and opportunity could be valued.
The report concluded that green chemistry market is poised for unprecedented growth, stating,
"Market growth, capital flows and market demand show an impressive upward trajectory the past five years. The global market for green chemistry, which includes biobased chemicals, renewable feedstocks, green polymers and less-toxic chemical formulations, is projected to grow from $11 billion in 2015 to nearly $100 billion by 2020."
Similarly, the North American market for "green chemistry" is projected to grow from $3 billion to over $20 billion during the same period, according to Pike Research.
Yet despite the financial and environmental positives within the green chemistry market, company efforts to implement safer chemistry appear to be largely reactionary and situational. Sustainable initiatives require a collaborative, harmonized, value-chain approach and this is of paramount importance to progress into the future decades with lateral and innovative discoveries.
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An alarming article has been published by The Independent, which reveals how poisonous chemicals disposed in the sea is contaminating the fish we consume.
Electrolysed water has been tested and trialed by a number of scientists and impartial academic journals to determine the affects eWater may have on bacterial growth reduction on organic matter such as fruit, vegetables and fish.
A cluster of Parkinson's disease has been discovered in north-west Victoria. The discovery "has sparked calls for urgent research into links with pesticides and other farming techniques".
Among companies in our sample, revenues from sustainable products and services grew at six times the rate of overall company revenues Between 2010 and 2013, revenues from sustainable products and services among sample companies grew by 91 percent, while overall company revenues grew by 15 percent. Revenues from these products and services have in most cases significantly outpaced overall company revenues.
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Malcolm Turnbull has announced the creation of a $1 billion environmental sustainability fund, titled Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). The announcement has coincided with a commitment to retain and foster the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. The move reverses the previous Abbott government's sentiments about climate change and sustainability, with both agencies set for abolition under Abbott's leadership.
Turnbull emphasised that "Clean energy is central to the government's strategy to address climate change and meet our emissions reduction targets,". The new fund will provide a combination of "innovative equity and debt products" - essentially encouraging and financially stimulating new technology renewable energy ventures.
The government says the $1 billion CEIF will "drive innovation and create the jobs of the future, while delivering a financial benefit from the investment of public money". It is a great step towards widening the discussion for lucrative and financially appealing sustainable practices.
The global industrial cleaning market is projected to reach approximately AUD$67.6 billion by 2020, stated MarketsandMarkets, a firm that publishes premium market research reports for companies around the world.
This rise would represent a compound annual growth rate of 4.2 per cent between 2015 and 2020 as the market for industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning chemicals was worth over AUD $52.8 billion in 2014.
According to the study, ‘rising awareness on health and hygiene, safety liability on the part of the company or an institution and growing demand from the application industries are the major drivers for the market’.
Manufacturing and commercial offices are currently the largest consumers for I&I cleaning chemicals, which are ‘mainly used for machinery cleaning and general cleaning’. However, healthcare is projected to be the ‘fastest growing application between 2015 and 2020’. This segment of the market ‘is expected to grow due to heavy spending in healthcare activities in developed economies in North America and Europe’. In fact, ‘rising awareness and growth in healthcare investment are the major factors boosting the I&I cleaning chemicals market.’
Nonetheless, the mature western European and North American markets are only ‘expected to grow at a moderate rate,’ noted the report. It’s the Asia-Pacific market, already the largest in terms of value, which ‘is estimated to grow on account of rising awareness on cleanliness and hygiene, and growing demand from the application industries’.
Looking at the chemicals themselves, the study said surfactants—already the ‘most widely used ingredient in the industrial cleaning market’ as of 2015—are projected to experience a high growth rate thanks to their ‘broadened application in a variety of industry cleaning segments’.
The team here loves fish. But we are also becoming increasing alarmed about fish being caught unethically.
