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CDEnviro

CDEnviro Sludge Screening Technology Improves Pharmaceutical Efficiency

Waste reduction and recycling equipment manufacturer CDEnviro says its sludge screening technologies are improving operational efficiencies for the UK pharmaceutical industry. The company says its S:MAX more efficiently separates solid waste material from liquids, minimizing waste and maximizing the opportunity for material reuse. The S:MAX removes rag from sludge, either ... Read more »
Amyris

Amyris to Launch Biopharma Platform

Amyris has announced plans to launch µPharm (microPharm) Discovery and Production Platform, which the renewable products company says will provide the pharmaceutical industry with an integrated discovery and production process for therapeutic compounds for which a natural source is scarce or unavailable, or for which chemical synthesis is not cost-effective. ... Read more »

Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Regulations Bring Compliance Challenges

Complying with the complex array of hazardous waste handling and disposal requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and its state analogues is a substantial undertaking for retail pharmacies and other “healthcare facilities.”  Increased federal and state enforcement against these facilities regarding, among other things, pharmaceutical waste disposal ... Read more »

Drug Manufacturers Responsible for Waste Management

Pharmaceutical manufacturers in San Francisco are now required to dispose of unused post-consumer medicine as the city and county of San Francisco becomes the third municipality in the US to introduce extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation for pharmaceuticals. Alameda County, California (2012) and King County, Washington (2013) are the other ... Read more »

Call for Submissions: 3rd Annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards

Environmental Leader announces the third annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program which recognizes excellence in the areas of environmental and sustainability management by awarding Top Product/Project of the Year status to those that receive a top score from a panel of distinguished judges, headed by a coordinator ... Read more »

Albertsons to End Waste Disposal Case With $3.3M Payout

Albertsons supermarket chain has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations that its California stores illegally dumped hazardous waste, including batteries, pool chemicals and over-the-counter medication. Idaho-based Albertsons did not acknowledge any wrongdoing, but did agree to reform waste management practices at its 118 California stores. The settlement was ... Read more »

2014’s Top Green Companies Named

Media and telecommunications firm Vivendi, pharmaceutical company Allergan and software house Adobe Systems have taken the top three spots in Newsweek’s 2014 Top Green Companies in the World. The annual ranking, which Newsweek publishes alongside a US-only ranking, rates the world’s largest companies’ corporate sustainability and environmental impact, ultimately awarding each company ... Read more »

Sustainability ‘Highly Important’ to 42% of Supply Chains

Less than half of executives say sustainability is highly important to their company’s supply chain, according to a PwC survey. Of the 42 percent of respondents who rated sustainability as highly important, 87 percent named optimizing their carbon footprint as their top priority for green adherence in their supply chain, according ... Read more »
DuPont

DuPont, Abbott Investors Vote on GMO Resolutions

DuPont shareholders today will vote on a resolution on genetically engineered seeds while Abbott Laboratories’ shareholders Friday will ask the company to remove GMOs from its infant formula and other nutritional products until long-term safety testing proves GMOs are safe. Pharmaceutical and nutritional product company Abbott uses genetically modified corn ... Read more »

Walmart Prescribes Green Packaging, Concentrated Clorox

Walmart has launched greener packaging for select prescriptions and is now carrying a concentrated version of Clorox bleach. Earlier this month, 4,600 Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies introduced Ecoslide-RX box packaging, which is made by Keystone Folding Box Company, for select prescriptions. The box is made from 100 percent recyclable material, ... Read more »


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