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Earth Overshoot Day: New solutions for greater resource efficiency

August 22 was Earth Overshoot Day - the day on which humans have consumed all the resources that the earth is able to provide for this year. Solutions from Evonik can help to push Earth Overshoot Day back.

Mankind is consuming natural resources faster than the ecosystem is able to regenerate them. On August 22, human consumption of renewable resources overshot the earth’s supply and capacity to reproduce these resources for the current year.

The research organization Global Footprint Network has been calculating the exact date of the Earth Overshoot Day every year since the 1970s.

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We make mobility environmentally friendly

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We provide clean air

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We turn biowaste into green energy

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We help bio-based raw materials look good

Bio-based synthetic materials help to reduce CO₂ emissions and slow down climate change. Green polymer materials have long served uses beyond technical applications – for example in the fashion industry. ... MORE

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Count on us for sustainability

How sustainable is a product really? Environmental certificates issued by independent third parties can help to answer this question. They can be used, for example, to demonstrate the major effects of sustainable products in construction. ... MORE

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How we protect the environment with healthy fish

Fish is not only tasty, but also worthwhile from an ecological point of view: As the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stated, aquaculture has the lowest CO₂ footprint and the lowest consumption of resources compared to livestock farming on land. ... MORE

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We make sense of recycling tires

Closed material cycles allow for reducing resource consumption and CO₂ emissions. The rubber industry is a good example: The use of scrap tire granulate reduces the CO₂ footprint of new products by up to a third. ... MORE