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Staples Canada Announces Sustainability Achievements, Partnership

September 9, 2014September 8, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Staples Canada has announced a number of sustainability achievements for its second quarter, and is also expanding its partnership with Bullfrog Power, Canada’s renewable energy provider, to include four copy and print center locations. The copy and print production centers changing over to Bullfrog Power are located in Burnaby, BC, ... Read more »

Ford Assembly Plant Sends Zero Waste to Landfill

September 8, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Oakville Assembly plant now sends zero waste to landfill, an achievement that gives Ford the distinction of becoming landfill free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. Oakville Assembly is the first Ford assembly plant in North America to achieve this environmental designation.

Death Valley Resort Cuts Solid Waste, Water Use

September 3, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

After enacting series of sustainability initiatives, Furnace Creek Resort in Death Valley National Park has reduced solid waste by 44 percent, water usage has dropped 19 percent and electricity use is down 18 percent since 2010. In that same time period, the California resort says sustainably sourced food is up ... Read more »

Farmers Generate Energy from Coffee Wastewater

August 29, 2014September 11, 2014 by Ken Jennison

It is possible to generate energy, tackle climate change and protect water resources by treating discharges from coffee mills, according to project findings by UTZ Certified. The Energy from Coffee Wastewater project was launched by UTZ Certified in 2010 in Central America with the goal of addressing environmental and health ... Read more »

Raley’s Dumps Hazardous Waste, Pays $1.6M

August 27, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Raley’s has agreed to pay about $1.6 million to settle a hazardous waste disposal lawsuit. The judgment is the result of a civil enforcement lawsuit filed in San Joaquin County to stop the supermarket chain from unlawfully transporting and disposing of retail hazardous waste, according to 26 California district attorneys ... Read more »

Cell Phone Recycling Revenue to Increase

August 26, 2014September 11, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Revenue for the cell phone recycling industry is estimated to increase until 2019, according to a recently updated report from IBISWorld. The industry is being fueled by growing cell phone ownership, the emergence of smartphone technologies and rapid rates of mobile phone replacement rates. According to the EPA, between 130 ... Read more »

Michigan Landfill to Take Radioactive Fracking Waste

August 25, 2014September 11, 2014 by Ken Jennison

A landfill in eastern Michigan was ready to accept up to 36 tons of low-level radioactive fracking waste last week that had already been rejected from two other states, according to the Detroit News. A number of local residents, as well as the Michigan director of the Sierra Club, expressed public ... Read more »

OfficeMax Grand & Toy, TerraCycle Launch K-Cup Recycling Program

August 21, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

OfficeMax Grand & Toy, an affiliate of global office products provider Office Depot, and TerraCycle Canada today announced the launch of the nation’s first K-Cup Packs retailer recycling pilot program. K-Cup Packs, the single-serve coffee pods manufactured by Keurig, have become one of OfficeMax Grand & Toy’s most popular coffee products ... Read more »

Staples, ERI Help Firms Reduce E-Waste

August 21, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, has partnered with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to launch a service to make it easier for businesses to recycle old electronics. Staples Advantage says its Technology Recycling Service is a first of its kind in the industry. The global volume of e-waste will ... Read more »

E-Waste Recycling Programs of the Federal Gov Slammed by BAN

August 7, 2014August 5, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

The Basel Action Network (BAN) opposes a claim made by the federal government that the government is “leading by example” in how it handles its own e-waste. The global toxic trade watchdog organization says the government continues to allow use of the weakest available recycling standard, which lets recyclers export ... Read more »

Recycled Jerseys Adorn Detroit Lions Quarterbacks

August 7, 2014August 6, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

The Detroit Lions quarterbacks took to the practice field on August 6 wearing green jerseys made entirely from recycled fibers as part of the team’s sustainability initiative. Made from Unifi Inc.’s Repreve brand of recycled fibers, each jersey is made with 21 recycled plastic bottles. Fans attending the practice received ... Read more »

5 Mistakes that Lead to Hazardous Waste Fines

August 7, 2014August 6, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

Keeping up with federal and state regulations is challenging for many businesses. It takes just one complaint from a neighbor or disgruntled former employee to bring state regulators to your doorstep and begin poking around your business, so you must be prepared to avoid hazardous waste fines and costly legal ... Read more »

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