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.
Avon GHG Emissions Fall, But Energy Use Rises
Avon's GHG emissions intensity for its global manufacturing fell 6.6 percent in 2010, from 36.6 to 34.2 metric tons of CO2e per million units, ...
Anvil Cuts Waste 25%, But GHGs Rise 32%
Anvil Knitwear reduced its waste to landfill by 25 percent in 2010, but GHG emissions rose 32 percent, according to its 2011 CSR Progress ...
GM Achieves Zero-Waste Status at 1st US Factory
General Motors' Fort Wayne Assembly Plant has become its first U.S. factory to reach zero waste-to-landfill status, joining 78 other GM manufacturing facilities around ...
Anglo American Uses Coal Waste to House Staff
Anglo American is using gypsum by-products from its mining operations to build energy-efficient houses for its workers, CNN reports.
The company’s South African operations ...
Phone Recycling and Environmental Sustainability
AT&T promo video about designing products with the environment in mind and using environmentally safe packaging.
Puma Ups Environmental P&L by $69m
Puma has updated its Environmental Profit and Loss account to include 51 million euros ($69 million) resulting from land use, air pollution ...
Did Coke Force American Idol to Drop Bottle Campaign?
A sponsor of American Idol, rumored to be Coca-Cola, has forced the TV talent show to drop a public service announcement that features show contestants urging ...
Puma Researching Compostable Shoes
Puma is working to create compostable shoes and clothing, the Guardian reports (via German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche).
CEO Franz Koch said the company is ...
Heinz Cuts Solid Waste 46% Since 2005
Heinz has cut its production of solid waste per unit of production by 45.6 percent since 2005, according to the company’s 2011 Corporate Social ...
Exxon to Recycle 1986 Tanker on U.S. Soil
Exxon Mobil and subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime have sold their 1986 tanker the S/R Wilmington for recycling, in a move that watchdog organization Basel Action ...
Coke Makes 100% Recycling Pledge for 2012 Olympics
Coca-Cola has promised to recycle all clear plastic PET bottles used at the London 2012 Olympics, according to news reports.
The company has ...
Kimberly-Clark Signs Diaper Recycling Deal
Kimberly-Clark has signed an agreement aimed at expanding its recycling of used disposable diapers into Australia, Ireland, the U.K. and mainland Europe over the next ...
Xerox Cuts Water Use 7% in One Year
Xerox brought its water consumption down seven percent in 2010, compared to 2009 levels, according to its sixth Global Citizenship Report and 2011 Environmental, ...
Shasun Wastewater Facility Installs Hach Lange Sensors
Drug company Shasun Pharma Solutions' wastewater plant in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., has installed Hach Lange sensor equipment.
The facility is reporting reduced maintenance and more accurate ...
Chrysler Invests $35m In Emissions Cuts, Conservation
Chrysler Group invested more than $35 million toward reducing facility emissions and enhancing resource conservation in 2010, according to its first sustainability report.
The group, ...
Bombardier Cuts Energy, GHGs 3 Percent
Bombardier's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions each fell by three percent over FY 2011, according to the company's 2011 CSR Overview.
Energy consumption fell ...
Green Drive Saves Hilton $74m in Two Years
LightStay, the sustainability measurement system used by Hilton Worldwide and its portfolio of 10 hotel brands, has saved the company more than $74 million since its ...
Implications of Obama’s National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship
Over the summer, the Obama Administration released its long-awaited National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship. It describes a number of activities ...
Md. Seeks to Buy Power from Chicken Manure
Maryland is seeking proposals for power systems that generate electricity from animal waste, such as poultry litter or livestock manure.
To be eligible, plants must have ...
Clorox Integrated Report Shows Progress on Energy, GHGs, Water, Waste
Clorox has released its first integrated financial, environmental, social and governance report, which shows that energy consumption fell from 1.81 to 1.78 MWh ...
