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Waste & Recycling

Waste and recycling news, best practices and strategies focused on commercial, industrial and municipal waste, hazardous waste and the reduction of waste through recycling and circularity.

Victoria's Secret Caves, Catalog Goes Green

Victoria’s Secret Caves, Catalog Goes Green

With holiday shopping in full swing, some major brands have made announcements that they’re embracing the environmental cause and that paper used in catalogs will come from environmentally friendly, sustainably harvested sources. In late November, Williams-Sonoma announced that it will begin sourcing more than 90 percent of the paper used in the company’s seven catalogs ... Read more »
2006 National Green Power Award Winners & Project Descriptions

2006 National Green Power Award Winners & Project Descriptions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy  and the Center for Resource Solutions recently announced the annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers. Descriptions of each award recipient’s efforts are from the EPA. They can be found in the 2006 Awards Ceremony ... Read more »
Ethanol Plant Could be Fueled by Construction Waste

Ethanol Plant Could be Fueled by Construction Waste

A proposed $175 million ethanol plant in Des Moines could pump about $20 million into city budgets in the next five years, the Des Moines Register reports. In addition, a business is exploring building a $22 million facility next to the plant to convert construction waste to gas that would ... Read more »
Super Bowl, Olympics Offset Carbon Emissions

Super Bowl, Olympics Offset Carbon Emissions

Large sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, Olympics, and World Cup, have been making and fulfilling promises to offset the damage to the environment caused by large crowds and facilities management.  The NFL is planting 3.5 acres of trees to offset about 260 tons of carbon it estimates will be created from this year’s Super ... Read more »
Green Building's Bottom Line Comes into Focus

Green Building’s Bottom Line Comes into Focus

A new white paper from Building Design and Construction (via Jetson Green) reviews the financial and economic dimensions of green building across 10 different building types. Here’s the white paper’s 10-point action plan for green building stakeholders: 1. State and local government pension funds and so called socially responsible investors ... Read more »
Williams-Sonoma Catalogs to Receive FSC Certification

Williams-Sonoma Catalogs to Receive FSC Certification

Williams-Sonoma has begun sourcing more than 90% of the paper used in the company’s seven catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm and Williams-Sonoma Home) from sources certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification will ensure that catalog paper comes from well-managed forests ... Read more »
Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts

Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts

Wal-Mart has reviewed early results of various environmental projects at its experimental stores located in McKinney, Texas, and Aurora, Colorado after one year of operation and is applying some projects to other Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Clubs. “When we conceptualized these two experimental stores, we thought about our environmental opportunities ... Read more »
First LEED Convenience Store Opens

First LEED Convenience Store Opens

LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. In building the new Kangaroo store, which opened earlier this month in Gainesville, Florida, The Pantry used as ... Read more »
Office Depot's Green Book Hits Europe

Office Depot’s Green Book Hits Europe

Office Depot Inc. has expanded distribution of its b-to-b catalog of environmentally friendly products to five countries in Europe, including Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The catalog, called The Green Book, was launched in the U.S. in 2003, with the goal of helping companies understand the environmentally friendly products ... Read more »
Wal-Mart Packaging Reduction Plan Could Save $11 Billion

Wal-Mart Packaging Reduction Plan Could Save $11 Billion

Wal-Mart plans to measure its 60,000 worldwide suppliers on their ability to develop packaging and conserve natural resources. Wal-Mart expects the project to reduce overall packaging by five percent and save 667,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. That’s equal to taking 213,000 trucks off the road ... Read more »
GM Facilities Cut Energy Use by 25%

GM Facilities Cut Energy Use by 25%

General Motors reduced its energy use by 25 percent and added solar and landfill gas as energy sources at its North American facilities over the past five years. According to GM, the company is one of the leading users of renewable energy in the North American manufacturing sector, with renewable ... Read more »


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