Waste
25% of UK Construction Projects Achieving Goal to Halve Landfill Waste
About a quarter of construction projects in the United Kingdom are projected to comply with an government objective to cut the industry's landfill waste ...
SCA Sees Environmental Benefit From New Wastewater Treatment Plant
A wastewater treatment plant at SCA’s Munksund paper mill in Sweden went online in June. The mill produces paper mass and kraftliner, a starting material for packaging. SCA says that the new treatment plant will ...
Puma to Reduce Energy, Water, Waste 25% by 2010
Puma has set aggressive goals to reduce energy and water consumption and waste creation 25 percent by 2010, based on 2005/2006 results, according to the company's ...
AFS, CGA Promote Reusable Grocery Bags
To reduce plastic bag waste, Associated Food Stores in Salt Lake City and the California Grocers Association are separately promoting the virtues of reusable bags. Associated Food ...
Green Meetings and Events Guidelines Drafted
To help businesses conduct more environmentally conscious meetings and events, a new set of guidelines has been drafted by members of the Convention Industry Council. The council's Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Panel on Green ...
Northrop Grumman To Pay $21 Million For San Gabriel Valley Water Cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $21 million settlement with Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation that requires Northrop Grumman to clean up groundwater contamination at ...
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 ...
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miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
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Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
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peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
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Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
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Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."