Waste

Carbonfund.org Retroactively Adds Offsets for Landfill Project

A landfill is receiving carbon offsets for emissions that were avoided in 2008. Carbonfund.org is certifying the carbon offset project by Casella Waste Systems Inc for ...

McDonald’s Testing 10 ‘Green’ Restaurant Models

In an effort to test various energy saving and waste-reducing methods, McDonald's is evaluating 10 prototype "green" restaurant locations. The restaurant is treating the 10 locations as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oregon Ag Firm Adopts Biogas Generation

A biogas unit will generate twice as much electricity as is needed to run the operations at Stahlbush Island Farms in Oregon. The $10 million plant, ...

MIT Project Uses Electronic Tags To Study Trash, Recycling

With a goal of converting more trash into recycling, volunteers for an MIT research project are attaching electronic tags to items put in the trash ...

Shipping Industry Fears EU Emissions Caps

With the failure so far of global climate talks to set emissions caps on the shipping industry, some fear that the EU will go ahead with ...

New Balance Launches Eco-Friendly Shoe Collection

New Balance is adding an eco-preferred collection of shoes to its outdoor category that uses environmentally-preferred materials, construction and manufacturing processes. As part of the Boston-based ...

Costco Partners with Gazelle to Deliver Recycling Program

To drive responsible recycling of old electronic gadgets, warehouse store Costco has teamed up with Gazelle, an electronics trade-in company, to offer its customers a trade-in ...

Mars, TerraCycle Turn Office Coffee Waste Into New Products

Millions of offices make coffee every day. Mars Drinks, which makes Flavia coffee, is partnering with TerraCycle to recycle all elements of the coffee-making process. Through ...

Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK

Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic biomass to electricity are coming to the United States and the UK. San Jose, ...

WM to Distribute Solar-Powered Trash Compactors

Waste Management Inc. (WM) has inked a deal to distribute BigBelly Solar's solar-powered trash compactors, aimed at municipal governments and high-traffic facilities. The new service ...

Wal-Mart Reduces Carbon Emissions/$1M Sold to 53 Tons

[Editors note: A previous headline mischaracterized Wal-Mart's global emissions based on erroneous information from the chart above from the Wal-Mart report.] While seeing an overall rise in ...

Companies Boost Recycling Efforts Despite Slow Economy

Organizations are increasingly putting more effort into their recycling programs for all types of materials such as aluminum cans, fluorescent lamps, wood waste and scrap metal. Along ...

HSBC Meets Targets for Emissions, Waste and Energy

HSBC Holding plc, one of the world's largest banking and financial services companies, says it has achieved several of its environmental performance goals in 2008 including reduction ...

Sustainable Packaging To Grab 32% Of Market By 2014

Sustainable packaging will grow to 32% of the total global packaging market by 2014, up from just 21% in 2009, according to Sustainable Packaging, new ...

E-Waste to Peak in 2015

The e-waste crisis will worsen over the next several years until 2015, when volume will peak at 73 million metric tons, according to a new report from Pike Research. However, the firm forecasts that ...

ConAgra Facility Cuts Water Use 34%

ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., re-instituted its Sustainable Development Awards program, this year recognizing projects that, in their overall effect, slashed carbon emissions by more ...

Plastic Bag Industry Shoots for 40% Recycled Content by 2015

The Full Circle Recycling Initiative aims for 40 percent recycled content in all plastic bags by 2015, including at least 25 percent postconsumer recycled plastic. The initiative ...

Mars, TerraCycle Turn Packaging Into Consumer Goods

Mars Inc. and TerraCycle are partnering to turn waste and surplus packaging into consumer goods. By making products ranging from cell phone holders and laptop ...