Scotts Miracle-Gro Removes Phosphorus From Lawn Maintenance Products
Scotts Miracle-Gro today said it has achieved its goal of removing phosphorus from its Turf Builder brand lawn food maintenance products. The company first made this pledge two years ago on World Water...
View ArticleUK Grocers, Brands Target 1.1m Metric Ton Food Waste Diversion
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Unilever, AB InBev and Nestlé are among the 45 UK retailers, manufacturers and brands that have committed to reducing food and drink waste by 1.1 million metric tons by 2015 in...
View ArticleBayer, Syngenta, Rapeseed Producers Possible Bee Vote Losers
Dow Chemical may see an uptick in sales of its pesticide sprays as a result of the European Union ban on neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides linked to bee decline that are produced mainly by Bayer...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: GMO Crop Delay, Arctic Strategy, McCarthy and...
Democrats will attempt another vote on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator on Thursday, the Hill said. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who is ill, will travel to Washington to enable a...
View ArticleSustainability ‘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...
View ArticleInvestor Group Proposes ESG Disclosure Rules
The Ceres-led Investor Network on Climate Risk has proposed that companies listed on US and global stock exchanges be required to include a series of environmental, social and governance sustainability...
View ArticleDallas Waste Haulers Settle with City, Can Dump Where They Want
Several waste haulers and the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) will settle a long-standing waste flow control lawsuit against the City of Dallas that dates to 2011; the settlement...
View ArticleReport: Composting Could Create Two Times as Many Jobs as Landfilling
Composting is a major job creator, according to a new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC, in conjunction with International Compost...
View ArticleHalf of UK Authorities Collect Drink Cartons at Curbside
The percentage of local authorities collecting recyclable beverage cartons in the UK has reached 50%, according to the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK. The latest figures...
View ArticleNJ Senator Seeks to Shut down Rotten-Egg-Smelling Landfill
A landfill in Roxbury, New Jersey, has received hundreds of complaints from nearby residents of a stench like rotten eggs, and a bill has been filed by Sen. Anthony Bucco that would force the landfill...
View ArticleBoston College Recognized for Energy Efficiency
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) will recognize Boston College as a 2013 State Champion and Northeast Business Leader for Energy Efficiency at NEEP’s summit gathering in June. Boston...
View ArticleCorporate Responsibility and Sustainable Investing
The Center for Ethical Business Cultures’ public forum on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Investing: A New Reality in the Marketplace features Tim Smith, senior vice president of...
View Article‘Green’ and Frugal Innovation, Part II
In my last article, the discussion centered on “frugal engineering” or, as it is sometimes referred to as “frugal innovation.” It was noted that frugal engineering usually refers to reducing the...
View ArticleEU Adopts Green Infrastructure Strategy
The European Commission has adopted a strategy to promote green infrastructure by enhancing biodiversity in urban areas. The EC says the strategy will create new jobs, provide economic benefits and be...
View ArticlePaperless Systems Drive Oil and Gas Fleet Savings
Heckmann Water Resources and Blueknight Energy Partners, both of which serve the oil and gas industry, have realized cost savings and made their fleets more efficient using PeopleNet’s paperless...
View ArticleAquatech Acquisition Creates Shale Gas Water Management Network
Water treatment technology company Aquatech has acquired Fluid Recovery Services, thus creating a water management network for the Marcellus and Utica shale region, Aquatech says. Based in Creekside,...
View ArticleGreen Fleet: Amtrak, Airbus and Dell, Tesla and Google
Amtrak says the first of 70 advanced technology electric locomotives (pictured) being built by Siemens began rolling off the assembly line yesterday. The first units of the $466 million order will be...
View ArticleAir Products Carbon Capture Project Online
Air Products is now operating a Department of Energy demonstration project that will capture about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide in an enhanced oil recovery project in Texas. Described by the DOE as...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: EcoLogo for Printing, BASF Water Stewardship
UL Environment has launched UL 2803, its revised EcoLogo third-party environmental standard for printing services. The revised standard combines two former EcoLogo standards – Lithographic Printing...
View ArticleTexas No. 1 State in CO2 Emissions from Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy rose in 18 states and fell in 32 between 2000 and 2010 with Texas showing the greatest absolute decline of 58.8 million metric tons, according to data released by...
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