Industrial Goods
Bioplastics Use Surges, Despite Economy
The bioplastics sector, consisting of plastics that either biodegrade or have bio-based components, surged last year despite the economic downturn, according to an industry press ...
Environmental Leader Introduces EL Insights – Data, Market Intelligence and Insights on Energy and Environmental Technology
Environmental Leader LLC is pleased to announce its latest offering for decision-makers, EL Insights, a subscription-based information source delivering critical data and insights on ...
Gulf Chemical Pleads Guilty to Felony Violations, Pays $2.75M
Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation (GCMC) today announced it has pled guilty to 11 felony violations at its catalyst recycling facility in Freeport, TX, according ...
U.S. Industrial Sector Cuts GHG Emissions 3% in 2009
The U.S. industrial market was the only sector in the U.S. that reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 1990 and 2008, according to the American ...
Industrial Sector Gets $18 Million for Energy-Efficiency Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 48 research and development projects as the winners of the agency's Industrial Energy Efficiency Grand Challenge. The ...
EPA Wants 16 Chemicals Added to Toxics Release Inventory
For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add more chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) ...
ArcelorMittal Saves $200,000 Annually By Idling Machinery During Production Delays
ArcelorMittal's specialty rolling mill plant in Conshohocken has implemented efficiency improvements such as automated systems that idle electrical machinery during production delays, saving the plant ...
China Largest ‘Exporter’ of CO2 Emissions in Traded Goods
More than one-third of carbon-dioxide emissions linked to the consumption of goods and services in many developed countries are emitted outside their borders, according to a ...
Energy Intelligence Results in 15% Efficiency Boost for Manufacturers
The Aberdeen Group has identified Energy Intelligence, the heart of EPS' energy and carbon reduction solutions, as a best practice approach to reducing energy use in ...
PGI to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Water Use, Solid Waste 10% by 2014
Polymer Group (PGI), a global manufacturer of nonwoven materials, has set several goals for 2014 including a 10 percent per square meter reduction in carbon footprint, ...
Olof Kolte on Sustainable Industrial Design
Olof Kolte is a civil engineer and designer working as a designer and part time senior lecturer at Lund University, School ...
EPA Rules to Impact Manufacturers, Utilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two separate actions that could significantly impact several industries including power and water utilities, reports WaterWorld.
The EPA has ...
DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency ...
Energy Efficiency Remains Untapped in the Industrial Sector
The industrial sector's energy savings have remained untapped by many existing publicly-funded energy efficiency programs, according to a new report by the American Council for ...
Study Finds Smart Irrigation Controllers Not So Smart
Tests of "smart" irrigation controllers found that most of the devices currently on the market were not as smart as advertised, according to a new study, ...
Land Reuse, Recycling Aid in GHG Reductions
Strategies focused on land reuse practices - including the reuse of formerly contaminated sites, recycling, waste reduction, and smart growth - can reduce greenhouse gas ...
Arclin Cuts VOC Emissions by 70%
While some manufacturers are voluntarily working to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions as part of their environmental initiatives, others are being forced due to environmental ...
Chemicals Industry Works Toward Safe Chemicals Management by 2020
Leading global chemical companies, the United Nations, along with other stakeholders, recently met in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the chemical industry's progress to meet its ...
Stimulus Funds Boost Trane’s Energy-Efficiency Business
Aimed at lowering the amount of energy needed to power the blowers and distributors of commercial and institutional air conditioning systems, Trane has rolled out its ...
Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus
Siemens AG expects to win new orders of around $21 billion in the next three fiscal years (2010 to 2012), which will be generated by ...
