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Coca-Cola, Columbia Sportswear Reuse Packaging to Reduce Waste

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, ...

September 24, 2009

Lipton Tea Factory Meets Zero-Landfill Goal

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, ...

September 24, 2009

Global Dairy Industry to Pledge Emissions Cuts

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 ...

September 18, 2009

Nestle Nixes Bottling Plant Over Environmental Concerns

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 ...

September 18, 2009

For Food Retailers, LEDs Light the Way to Energy Savings, Higher Sales

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 ...

September 16, 2009

Aussie Winery Goes Carbon Neutral

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 ...

September 14, 2009

ANSI Approves Green Seal for Restaurants

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 ...

September 9, 2009

Tesco, Buehler Food Markets Tackle Emissions

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 ...

September 9, 2009

Diam Reduces Carbon Footprint by 12%

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 ...

September 3, 2009

Facing Declining Demand, Water Bottlers Start Price War

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 ...

September 1, 2009

Maker of Jack Daniels Cuts Energy Use 2.3%, GHG Emissions Rise 9%

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 ...

August 31, 2009

FreshDirect, Draper Valley Farms Adopt Recyclable Packaging

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; ...

August 28, 2009

Ben & Jerry’s May Make Warm Ice Cream to Reduce Emissions

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 ...

August 26, 2009

American Airlines Recycling Wine Corks

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 ...

August 25, 2009

Mars HQ Adds 2MW Solar Garden

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 ...

August 25, 2009

PepsiCo’s Chicago Plaza Earns Energy Star Certification

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 ...

August 19, 2009

Gonzales Winery Claims Largest Solar Installation in Monterey County

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. ...

August 19, 2009

Coke, Pepsi Listed Among Beijing’s Dirty Dozen Water Polluters

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 ...

August 19, 2009

Rooftop Farm in New York Supplies Restaurants

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 ...

August 18, 2009

Protests Push Cadbury to Drop Palm Oil from Milk Chocolate

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 ...

August 18, 2009

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