E-Waste
GAO Report Finds Feds Not Always Managing Own E-Waste Responsibly
A report, "Electronic Waste: Actions Needed to Provide Assurance That Used Federal Electronics Are Disposed of in an Environmentally ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Energy Star, SFI, eRecyclingCorps, IEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
Brookfield Canada Office Properties said that its Exchange ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Squared, Chain of Custody, Supplier's Declaration of Conformity, WEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has certified its first ...
Consumer Electronics Firms Upped Recycling by 53% in 2011
Members of the consumer electronics industry's eCycling Leadership Initiative - including Apple, Best Buy, Dell and HP - increased the amount of goods they recycled ...
HP, Staples Offer Free E-Recycling
Hewlett-Packard and office products retailer Staples have teamed up to offer free electronics recycling for all brands of office technology at Staples stores nationwide.
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LG Joins EPA’s Green Power Partnership with 100% Green Energy Use at HQ
LG Electronics USA is purchasing more than 1.5 million kWh of green power over the next 18 months in cooperation with the EPA's Green Power ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Guideline 32, Cool Planet, e-Stewards, Greenguard, FSC
ASHRAE's newly published Guideline 32-2012: Sustainable, High Performance Operation and Maintenance aims to give facility managers guidance on operation and maintenance of buildings to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Air Standards, Supreme Court Ruling, EU ETS, Chevron, Keystone Fast-Track
The EPA is retaining the existing secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for NOx and SOx. The agency said that though the standards ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: PTC, China Solar Tariffs, Chemical Reporting, India and ETS
New bipartisan legislation seeks an extension to the production tax credit for wind energy under the American Energy and Job Promotion Act, after the measure ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Superfund Sites, OECD Report on GHG, Tier 3 Standards
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the release of emergency oil reserves during a bilateral meeting this week, but no agreement ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Basel and R2, Fuel Economy, Greenguard Select, LEED, B Corp
The Basel Action Network's e-Stewards Certification for electronics recyclers now includes the earlier EPA-developed R2 (Responsible Recycling) practices. E-Stewards certifications already require adherence to the ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Smart Grid Roadmap, Energy Star Objections, ISO 14001, LEED
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finished incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ARoTech Process is NSF Certified, ISO 50001, e-Stewards, LEED, HERS
APTwater's ARoTech module used to treat oxidized contaminants in water including nitrate, perchlorate, selenium, and chromium (VI) is now NSF certified. ARoTech water treatment process ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 14001, e-Stewards, R2, LEED
U.K.-based sustainable roofing provider International Construction Bureau (ICB) has earned the accreditations ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, adding to ICB's ISO 9001, and all three ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED Certifications, WEEE
Hershey's says that later this year, U.S. consumers will be able to purchase Hershey's Bliss products with 100 percent cocoa from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. The ...
GM’s John Bradburn Talks Waste Reduction
John Bradburn, GM's manager of waste reduction efforts, talks about how GM's landfill-free projects relate to real world situations.
EU Passes WEEE Recast, Requires Up to 85% E-Waste Recycling
The European Parliament has passed more stringent targets under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, requiring member states to collect 65 to ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Minnesota Farming Conservation, Indian Telecom Targets, RoHS 2
JPMorgan Chase has earned LEED Platinum for the renovation of the 50-year-old building that houses its global headquarters in Manhattan, and the company says that ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Apple Supply Chain Audits, Council for Responsible Sports, e-Stewards
Apple, Inc. released information on 229 supply-chain audits of compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, along with the names of its suppliers and manufacturing ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: BPI Compostable Logo, 2012 IgCC, WEEE, LEED, ISO 50001
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) "Compostable Logo" effort will now be administered by NSF International. The NSF will verify claims of compostability in large-scale composting facilities, ...
