Waste Management
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling, disposal and monitoring of waste. We also include articles on EPA efforts to enforce regulations that prevent hazardous waste.
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
Tesco is trialing a packaging strip developed by It'sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste.
The U.K. supermarket giant will ...
Plastic Bag Bans ‘Present Hidden Environmental, Economic Costs’
Plastic bag bans incur hidden economic and environmental costs that are "virtually ignored," according to conservative think tank the National Center for Policy Analysis.
More than ...
Colgate Sustainability Report: Goals Met for GHGs, Water Use, Energy, COD
Colgate-Palmolive beat goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and water use by five and 25 percent from 2002 to 2010, achieving reductions of 7.8 ...
Zero-Waste Phenomenon Grows, as Kraft Hits Milestone
Kraft has 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills, the company has announced, the latest in a string of “zero waste” ...
DuPont Film ‘Cuts Energy and Waste’
Appliance manufacturer Miele is among the first to use new DuPont packaging film that both saves energy and reduces waste, the companies say.
The ...
Ford to Cut Landfill Waste 70%, Water 30% in Europe
Ford's European operations plan to cut landfill waste 70 percent and water use 30 percent under a five-year sustainability strategy.
The waste reduction goal will cut ...
Office Depot Recycling Earnings up 37%; CO2 Down 11%
In 2010 Office Depot earned $2.43 million from recycling, up 37% from 2009, according to its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report.
The company, which has ...
Fleet Briefing: AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG Vans; Waste Management, BAE, Caterpillar
AT&T has ordered 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas cargo vans for delivery to its service centers nationwide. General Motors says it is its largest ...
Albe Zakes Discusses TerraCycle’s Retailer Recycling Program
Beyondtheline.org interview with Albe Zakes, the 25 year-old Global VP, Media at TerraCycle, Inc., an'upcycling' company, which converts waste materials into ...
Honda NA Hits Another CO2 Goal, a Year Late
Last year Honda met its 2010 goal of a 20 percent cut to CO2 from power equipment production, with a 27.2 percent drop from ...
Crown Holdings Cuts Direct GHGs 8%
Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of cans and other metal packaging products to consumer marketing companies, cuts its direct greenhouse gas emissions by ...
GM’s John Bradburn Talks Waste Reduction
John Bradburn, GM's manager of waste reduction efforts, talks about how GM's landfill-free projects relate to real world situations.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Marine Protection, Clean Water Act, NYC Recycling, Keystone XL
The Obama administration announced an ocean-protection strategy that outlines steps for federal agencies to meet the goals of a 2010 executive order. Elements of ...
GM Sets Energy, Carbon, Water Goals in First Report as New Firm
The General Motors Company has committed to reduce its facilities' energy intensity and carbon intensity by 20 percent, and water intensity by 15 percent, ...
Intuit Cuts Electricity Per Dollar Revenue, Absolute Consumption Rises
Intuit has steadily improved its electricity usage relative to revenue since 2007, but its absolute electricity usage has increased since FY08, according to the ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Chemical Safety Board, New Mexico Waste Pit Rule, ISO 50001
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) reiterated its call for the creation of a national fire code for hazardous waste facilities following a deadly chemical ...
Teck American, Dow Were Top Toxics Emitters in 2010
Teck American, Dow Chemical and Incobrasa Industires were the companies that reported generating the largest quantities of toxic chemicals in production-related waste, according ...
Nissan Employee Sustainability Event
The Nissan Americas team recently took steps to share best practices in energy management and sustainability during the first-ever Nissan Americas ...
Most Read Sustainable Business Stories of 2011
Every day this week we've been looking at a different aspect of environmental and sustainability management and counting down the top stories that grabbed ...
Chicken-Manure Biodigester to Power Md. Prison, Wisconsin at Work on $255m Biomass Plant
Maryland's state Board of Public Works has approved a biomass project at an Eastern Shore prison. The project gives Virginia company EcoCorp a 30-year lease ...
