Food & Beverage
Coca-Cola, Columbia Sportswear Reuse Packaging to Reduce Waste
Food and beverage companies and retailers, alike, are creating new ways to reuse their packaging to reduce landfill waste and their environmental footprint. As an example, ...
Lipton Tea Factory Meets Zero-Landfill Goal
Lipton has achieved its zero-landfill goal at its Suffolk, Va., plant, reports Wavy.com. About 70 percent of the plant's waste is recycled or reused, ...
Global Dairy Industry to Pledge Emissions Cuts
Dairy industry associations are poised to promise emissions cuts with the coming signing of the Global Dairy Agenda for Action (PDF) during the ...
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 ...
For Food Retailers, LEDs Light the Way to Energy Savings, Higher Sales
A significant increase in utility rebates, a steady rise in electricity costs and the Obama administration's funding earmarked for energy-efficiency projects makes it the best time ...
Aussie Winery Goes Carbon Neutral
Wakefield Wines has completed a life-cycle analysis of its Eighty Acres wines, resulting in a rating that the wines ...
ANSI Approves Green Seal for Restaurants
Restaurants seeking to be "green" have another measure of confidence now that the American National Standards Institute has approved the Green Seal Environmental Standard for ...
Tesco, Buehler Food Markets Tackle Emissions
Supermarkets are aiming to reduce their carbon footprints, but considering initiatives at Tesco and Buehler Food Markets, there are many different routes to achieve the same ...
Diam Reduces Carbon Footprint by 12%
Diam, a wine bottle closure manufacturer, has reduced its carbon footprint by 12 percent to bring it in-line with the carbon footprint of natural cork ...
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 ...
Maker of Jack Daniels Cuts Energy Use 2.3%, GHG Emissions Rise 9%
Brown-Forman Corp., a producer and marketer of several leading beverage alcohol brands, has cut its energy use by 2.3 percent, although its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
FreshDirect, Draper Valley Farms Adopt Recyclable Packaging
Two farm fresh brands and one chocolate maker are adopting sustainable packaging for their products. FreshDirect is moving to an environmentally friendly package that reduces breakage; ...
Ben & Jerry’s May Make Warm Ice Cream to Reduce Emissions
Unilever, maker of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, is pondering how to make an ice cream that is made, shipped and sold warm, with the ...
American Airlines Recycling Wine Corks
At its numerous Admirals Club locations, American Airlines will begin recycling wine corks to prevent them from ending up in landfills. In conjunction with ReCork America ...
Mars HQ Adds 2MW Solar Garden
A new solar installation at the corporate headquarters of Mars Snackfood U.S. will provide up 20 percent of the plant's energy during peak operating hours. The ...
PepsiCo’s Chicago Plaza Earns Energy Star Certification
By implementing several energy-efficient initiatives and upgrades, PepsiCo's Chicago downtown corporate plaza has earned Energy Star certification. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) also ...
Gonzales Winery Claims Largest Solar Installation in Monterey County
Pacific Power Management, LLC (PPM) has installed the largest solar power plant in Monterey County, California, at the Gonzales Winery, owned by Constellation Wines U.S. ...
Coke, Pepsi Listed Among Beijing’s Dirty Dozen Water Polluters
While Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have done much to publicize their environmental initiatives worldwide, the two soda bottlers and a host of other water users could not ...
Rooftop Farm in New York Supplies Restaurants
A rooftop farm in Brooklyn, N.Y., is commercially growing fruits and vegetables. Area restaurants are flocking to the farm, which cost $60,000 to build, Reuters ...
Protests Push Cadbury to Drop Palm Oil from Milk Chocolate
Due to widespread consumer protests, Cadbury New Zealand will eliminate palm oil from its dairy milk chocolate products, reports the New Zealand Herald. The candy-maker ...
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