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Refill Stations Challenge London’s Bottled Water Industry

London is planning to set up its first water machines at rail and bus stations this month in a move that could impact England's $2.4 billion ...

Nestle Nixes Bottling Plant Over Environmental Concerns

Nestle Waters North America has abandoned plans to build a water bottling plant at the site of an old mill property in McCloud, Calif., after a ...

Just 38% of AMB Employees Drive to Work

AMB Property Corp., a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, reports that approximately 62 percent of its employees commute to work on ...

Facing Declining Demand, Water Bottlers Start Price War

Despite new strategies by bottled-water companies to offer more eco-friendly packaging, it hasn't been enough to win back environmentally-minded customers. Bottled-water makers have stepped up a ...

Final Thoughts from Stockholm World Water Week 2009

I've been coming to World Water Week for years, in fact since the start, as ITT was one of the first founders and supporters of the ...

Hilton, Kimpton Hotel Chains Go for the Green

Thanks to energy-efficient features, recycling programs and water conservation, among other sustainable features, the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group and Hilton Hotels Corp. have announced the ...

AirTran Serves up ‘Carbon Neutral’ Bottled Water

Airtran, a budget airline, may seem an unlikely place for such an extravagance as bottled water that has been certified carbon neutral. However, the airline is ...

Naya Goes to 50% Recycled Bottle

In its new water bottle, Naya has adopted a mixture of 50 percent recycled plastic. The bottle is the result of seven years of research and ...

Plastics Packagers Step Up Recycling Efforts

The packaging industry is increasing its efforts to deliver sustainable plastic bottles and packaging to food and drink manufacturers and retailers, and in some cases, offering ...

Food Industry Serves Up Best Practices for Sustainability

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Restaurant Associates (RA), a New York City-based foodservice, restaurant and catering company, have released their free Green ...

Bottled Water Firms Sue NY over “Bottle Bill”

Recycling advocacy groups met recently to push a bill to expand the five-cent bottle deposit in New York State to include non-carbonated beverages and sports drinks. ...

NY’s Nickel Water Bottle Deposit Raises Ire of Distributors, Retailers

Buried within the new rule to require a five-cent deposit on every bottle of water sold in New York is the fact that water bottles sold ...

Spring Water in Paper-based Carton Offers Environmental Incentive

A new brand of Canadian spring water sold in paper-based cartons promises consumers that a tree will be planted for every carton purchased. The company plans ...

Music Industry Sets the Tone to Reduce Environmental Impact

Julie's Bicycle, a coalition working to reduce the music industry's climate change impacts, has joined forces with the Mayor of London to produce a new Green Music ...

Danone UK To Recycle As Many Water Bottles As It Sells

Danone, the French producer of bottled waters Evian and Volvic, is responding to environmental critics and falling sales with a plan to increase the quantity of bottles ...

UK Hospitals Cut Carbon by Cutting Meat

According to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), hospitals across the country are cutting meat from the menu in attempts to lower their global warming emissions. Though meat options will still be ...

Nestle Director Shares Secret To Perfect CSR Pitch

Martin Lines, Nestle's professional marketing director, says understanding a client's corporate strategy is the key to the perfect CSR-focused pitch, citmagazine.com reports. Clients need to understand how CSR fits into their clients' ...

Greenwash Brigade Looks Back At 2008

American Public Media has put together a list of its "favorite greenwashes of 2008." Here's a quick look: Fiji Water Last April, the company decided to disclose the carbon footprint of its products ...

Most Beverage Companies Fail Recycling Scorecard

Though there was some progress from last year, most beverage companies continued to fail basic criteria for dealing with environmental implications of their packaging, according to the second annual Beverage Container Recycling ...

Nestle Wants Suppliers To Pursue Sustainability

Nestle Waters North America's president and CEO Kim Jeffery told Plastics & Rubber Weekly that the company is expecting its suppliers to pursue sustainability. “We are going to be pushing more on ...

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