Manufacturing

Canon, Motorola Unveil Eco-Friendly Products

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 ...

September 25, 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

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

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 ...

September 22, 2009

Green Manufacturing: The Next Great Leap Forward

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 ...

September 18, 2009

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

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. ...

September 17, 2009

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

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 ...

September 17, 2009

Abbott to Launch 40 Sustainable Packaging Initiatives

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 ...

September 17, 2009

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

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 ...

September 11, 2009

Ford Plant to Become Renewables Factory

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, ...

September 11, 2009

GHG Allowances Fall 32% to $2.19 in RGGI Auction

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 ...

September 10, 2009

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

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 ...

September 10, 2009

Section 48C Big Opportunity for Advanced Energy Manufacturers

Section 48C Big Opportunity for Advanced Energy Manufacturers

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) authorizes the Department of Treasury to award $2.3 billion in tax credits for qualified investments ...

September 10, 2009

EPA Ups Ante for Energy Star TVs

EPA Ups Ante for Energy Star TVs

To gain an Energy Star rating, TVs next year must be 40 percent more efficient than standard models. The new requirements take effect May 1, 2010. The ...

September 4, 2009

Crayola Adding 1.5MW Solar to Factory

Crayola Adding 1.5MW Solar to Factory

Solar panels at the Crayola headquarters will provide about 10 percent of the energy used at the Forks Township, Penn., operation. That's enough to make ...

September 4, 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

EPA ‘Endangerment Ruling’ May Omit Small Business Emissions

EPA ‘Endangerment Ruling’ May Omit Small Business Emissions

If the EPA draft ruling declaring carbon dioxide a pollutant goes through as written, it would regulate emissions only from large industrial sources. EPA's new take ...

September 3, 2009

Manufacturers Should Consider GHG Emissions on Site-by-Site Basis

Manufacturers Should Consider GHG Emissions on Site-by-Site Basis

Last time we discussed some of the motivators for companies paying attention to green manufacturing - that is, drivers for incorporating green in your business strategy. ...

September 3, 2009

The Five Stages of Adopting Corporate Sustainability

The Five Stages of Adopting Corporate Sustainability

Adopting sustainability as a goal now will help corporations develop business models that will leave competitors scrambling to catch up, according to a new report from ...

September 2, 2009

Cash For Clunkers Upgrades Fuel Efficiency 58%

Cash For Clunkers Upgrades Fuel Efficiency 58%

Vehicles upgraded through Cash for Clunkers gained 9.1 mpg on average, the goverment reports upon the conclusion of the Cash for Clunkers program. Under the program, a ...

September 2, 2009

Kyocera Reduces AC Bill With Natural ‘Green Curtain’

Kyocera Reduces AC Bill With Natural ‘Green Curtain’

By encouraging climbing plants to climb trellises placed in front of windows, Kyocera has lowered the load on its air-conditioning systems. The new initiative, in place ...

September 1, 2009

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