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Manufacturing

Manufacturers: Beware of ‘Greenwashing’

There are a number of companies already addressing some of the green manufacturing challenges ... and there are many who are not (yet). Andy Warhol said "Art ...

Steelcase, Whirlpool Top Furniture, Appliance Climate Ratings

Steelcase, Herman Miller and Masco lead the latest Climate Counts rating of furniture suppliers (above), while Whirlpool, LG, Bosch/Siemens and AB ...

EPA May Regulate Chemicals in Many Products

Marking a significant overhaul of the country's chemicals policies, which have been in place since 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official outlined the ...

Product Lifecycles Next on Corporate Energy Agenda

I’m convinced that the principles of environmental sustainability have gained a firm foothold at today’s leading companies. Why? Because even in the ...

EPA to Require Large Emitters to use ‘Best Technologies’ to Reduce Emissions

In a move that could galvanize industrial opposition to cap and trade, the EPA is proposing that large emitters use the "best available" technologies to minimize ...

E-Waste Recycling Bill Floated in Senate

As more and more states institute electronics recycling programs, a U.S. Senator has proposed federal legislation that would standardize the recycling of electronics devices, reports ...

Whirlpool to Produce 1M Smart Energy Dryers by 2011

Whirlpool Corp. will produce one million smart-energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart ...

Manufacturers Would Pay for E-waste Recycling in Connecticut

Despite vigorous challenges from electronics manufacturers over similar program in other states, Connecticut has proposed that manufacturers pay for e-waste recycling. Under the program, which started gaining steam in January, makers of electronics would pay ...

Retail Industry, Truckers Unite to Reduce Port Emissions

A partnership between the Retail Industry Leadership Association and the Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) aims to slash diesel emissions in and ...

Canon, Motorola Unveil Eco-Friendly Products

Business and consumer electronics manufacturers are answering the call for more environmentally-friendly products. Some of the most recent products to take the environment into consideration are ...

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, ...

EPA to Large Emitters: Start Collecting GHG Data Jan. 1

Large emitters of greenhouse gases will have to begin collecting their emissions data Jan. 1 under the new reporting system from the ...

Green Manufacturing: The Next Great Leap Forward

Regardless of your feelings towards the severity of the situation, there are forces moving to make it more and more expensive and difficult to ...

To Thwart Lack of Natural Resources, Go Full-circle in Supply Chain

By 2020, demand for natural resources will outstrip supply, resulting in higher and more volatile pricing in the consumer industry, according to a new research report. ...

Shaw Targets a 60% Reduction in Waste to Landfill by 2011

Shaw Industries Group Inc., a leading carpet manufacturer and floor covering provider, has reclaimed more than 244 million pounds of post-consumer carpet since 2007 through its ...

Abbott to Launch 40 Sustainable Packaging Initiatives

Abbott is in the process of launching more than 40 sustainable packaging initiatives across its nutrition, pharmaceutical and medical product businesses to help achieve its ...

Puma to Reduce Energy, Water, Waste 25% by 2010

Puma has set aggressive goals to reduce energy and water consumption and waste creation 25 percent by 2010, based on 2005/2006 results, according to the company's ...

Ford Plant to Become Renewables Factory

Ford's decision to sell its Wixom manufacturing plant will result in one of the nation's largest renewable energy manufacturing complexes. Xtreme Power of Austin, ...

GHG Allowances Fall 32% to $2.19 in RGGI Auction

The poor economy and a decrease in manufacturing activity led to a precipitous decline in greenhouse gas emissions allowances in the most recent Regional Greenhouse Gas ...

U.S. Carbon Emissions to Drop 6% in 2009

The poor economy has prompted a revised estimate for U.S. carbon emissions. The Energy Information Administration now predicts that overall U.S. emissions will ...

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