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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TerraCycle, 3M Reusing Scotch Tape Dispensers

TerraCycle is working with 3M to convince consumers to save empty Scotch tape dispensers and cores and collect them, to save the dispensers from being sent to landfills. TerraCycle has ...

Adventist Medical Center Reduces Paper Waste by 120 Tons

By shredding and recycling confidential documents, a Northwest medical center has saved more than 239,000 pounds of paper from the landfill. Adventist Medical Center, a not-for-profit, faith-based health system in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., ...

Electric Marketing & Recycing Fleet Rolls In London

In London, electric recycling vans are promoting waste reduction and reducing carbon footprints.

Remanufacturing Medical Devices Saves Hospitals $82M

Reprocessing and remanufacturing programs from Ascent Healthcare Solutions has saved its hospital partners more than $82 million in supply chain costs during the first half ...

Facing Newsstand Nightmare, Publishers Gain From Sustainable Thinking

With newsstand sales in a freefall for nearly all publishing segments, publishers can streamline their distribution process, reduce paper use and do a good turn for ...

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 ...

California Recycling Proposal Aimed at Businesses

California's Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMG) is drafting a mandatory recycling directive that would require most businesses to provide collection bins and regular pickups for many ...

Pitney Bowes Cuts CO2 Emissions 4.5%

Pitney Bowes Inc. has reduced its overall carbon emissions by 4.5 percent and increased its waste recycling/prevention by 45.5 percent, according to the company's Corporate ...

AT&T California Cuts Fleet Emissions by 300+ metric tons

In 2008, AT&T California deployed 105 alternative-fuel vehicles in more than 30 cities, received Energy Star certification for five facilities, installed a one-megawatt solar system and ...

Kimberley-Clark to Boost Use of FSC, Recycled Content 71%

Facing pressure from Greenpeace, Kimberley-Clark has committed to a new fiber procurement policy. The paper goods company has received Forest Stewardship Council certification for more ...

Aluminum Can Recycling Inches Upward

The rate of growth is slow, at 0.4 percent, but the percentage of aluminum cans recycled continues to grow year over year. In 2008, 54.2 percent of ...

Nestle Loses Plastic in 100% Recyclable Christmas Boxes

It may be more than four months until Christmas, but Nestle already is finding ways to reduce the expected piles of holiday gift waste. The candy ...

Tesco Diverts 100% of UK Waste From Landfills

Tesco has achieved its goal of diverting from landfills 100 percent of waste from its UK operations. This comes about a year ahead of schedule, according ...

New Group Aims to Cover All Recycling Interests

The Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA), a new group, plans to provide a larger umbrella to the recycling industry than that offered by the ...

Chicago Partners with RecycleBank To Increase Recyclables

In its quest to increase the city's recycle rate, the city of Chicago has teamed up with RecycleBank, a recycling rewards program that encourages additional ...

Red Bull Pays Record U.K. Fine for Failing to Recycle Packaging Waste

Soft drink company Red Bull has been fined £271,800 (about $448,400) for failing to meet its requirements to recover and recycle packaging waste for eight years ...

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