http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:12:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69755 The EPA has made a few adjustments to its cross-state air pollution rules (CSAPR) that were signed Tuesday. The adjustments increase budgets in 17 states and ease limits on market-based compliance options. These state-level adjustments vary, and the total budget increases by about 2 percent, Clean Air Watch said. CSAPR is still under a stay, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hershey-raises-zero-waste-bar-at-three-manufacturing-facilities/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hershey-raises-zero-waste-bar-at-three-manufacturing-facilities/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:59:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69774 The Hershey Company announced that three of its manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania have achieved Zero-Waste-to-Landfill (ZWL) status by eliminating waste, recycling and converting waste to energy.  Two of the facilities are in Hershey, Pa., and the third is in Hazleton, Pa. The company released its first CSR report in September 2010, stating among its objectives [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hershey-raises-zero-waste-bar-at-three-manufacturing-facilities/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69725 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 be the first retailer to test the packaging on tomatoes and avocados, which are the food items that go to waste most often, The Guardian reports. The company says the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/national-center-for-policy-analysis-describes-hidden-costs-of-bag-bans/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/national-center-for-policy-analysis-describes-hidden-costs-of-bag-bans/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69568 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 two dozen cities – including Seattle and San Francisco – have enacted bans or imposed fees for using such bags, but anecdotal evidence suggests that curbs on plastic bags [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/national-center-for-policy-analysis-describes-hidden-costs-of-bag-bans/feed/ 15 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69412 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” announcements from multinational companies. The food company said it now has 12 zero-waste facilities in North America and 24 in Europe. Kraft also said that it reduced its manufacturing waste, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/super-bowl-host-committee-prez-talks-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/super-bowl-host-committee-prez-talks-sustainability/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69392 Super Bowl Host Committee President Allison Melangton discusses recycling efforts at the stadium and other sustainability efforts.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/super-bowl-host-committee-prez-talks-sustainability/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/intertek-fost-plus-launch-packaging-life-cycle-tool/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/intertek-fost-plus-launch-packaging-life-cycle-tool/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69346 Intertek, a provider of quality and safety services to businesses, and Beligian nonprofit Fost Plus have developed a packaging life-cycle analysis tool. Pack4ecodesign offers guidelines for eco-friendly design, and provides users with the environmental impacts of their packaging designs, suggests various methods for improvement and instantly calculates the environmental gain from proposed changes, Intertek says. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/intertek-fost-plus-launch-packaging-life-cycle-tool/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:27:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69331 U.K.-based sustainable roofing provider International Construction Bureau (ICB) has earned the accreditations ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, adding to ICB’s ISO 9001, and all three ISO cetifications were awarded to its sister company ICB (Solar) which provides solar PV systems, the company announced. Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables announces that its 536-MW gas-fired Klamath Cogeneration Plant [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:15:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69366 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 the average landfill waste generated per vehicle from 5 kg in 2011 to 1.5 kg by 2016. The water target will save 1.3 billion liters a year and €2.3 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:58:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69262 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 a goal of earning more money from product recycling than it spends on sending waste to landfills, also reduced waste costs by 4 percent to $3.81 million. In 2010, Office Depot [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/feed/ 0