Sourcing Sufficient Quantities ‘Major Concern’ for E-Waste Reuse
Two of the biggest barriers for organizations refurbishing e-waste are the availability of sufficient quantities of good quality used equipment and a lack of legislation that encourages or enforces...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Reporting, CDM ‘Coma,’ SC May Sue Feds
The EPA is amending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to implement technical corrections, clarifications and other amendments, including revisions to global warming potentials for certain greenhouse...
View ArticleFrost & Sullivan: What’s Hot in Environmental Markets?
Urbanization and smart cities, the changing dynamics of unconventional gas, and opportunities generated from increased environmental awareness and legislation will be the key topics in 2014 and beyond,...
View ArticleNew Car Engines Dirtier than Diesels
New gasoline direct injection (GDI) petrol engines for cars emit about 1,000 times more harmful particles than traditional petrol engines and 10 times more than new diesel engines, according to a...
View ArticleE-Waste Incentives: Taiwan Lights the Way
E-waste producers, recyclers and policymakers in North America may want to turn their gaze to Taiwan, which in the past two decades has transformed itself into a recycling powerhouse. The island has...
View ArticleChina’s Green Economy Faces Significant Challenges, Report Says
China has a strong policy framework in place to transition to a green economy, but significant challenges stand in the way including its pollution problems and the technology gap between Chinese firms...
View ArticlePetroChina Buys First Chinese Carbon Offsets
PetroChina, the state-owned oil and gas company, bought 10,000 Chinese carbon offsets from wind power producer Longyuan on Friday for 16 yuan ($2.62) each, which Reuters reports is six times higher...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Carbon Market Caps off Successful First Year of Auctions
The results of California’s fifth carbon auction were released recently, marking an important environmental milestone for the state – one year since the debut of its cap-and-trade system. While...
View ArticleFood Waste Cost UK Hospitality, Food Service Sector £2.5 Billion
Food waste cost the UK hospitality and food service sector £2.5 billion ($4.1 billion) in 2011, according to a report by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Unless the sector takes steps...
View ArticleHow to Conserve Water Using Demand Management
Despite a 500 percent population increase since 1957, Arizona’s water use has stayed the same with demand management — a water management strategy that involves policies that help control consumer...
View ArticleGM Landfill-Free Facility Count Reaches 109
General Motors’ manufacturing facility in Rochester, NY, is now landfill-free, bringing GM’s landfill-free facility count to 109, which it says is more than any automaker. The company has committed to...
View ArticleEcolab Expands Industrial Water Treatment Business
Ecolab has completed its acquisition of AkzoNobel’s Purate business. Purate provides patented, proprietary chlorine dioxide (ClO2) chemistry for use in an array of water treatment applications and...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Water Treatment, Smart Grid, LEED
Three Water Quality Association standards will be promoted and advanced for recognition as consensus American National Standards by ANSI: WQA/ASPE 1201: Electrochemical Drinking Water Treatment...
View ArticleDrinks Industry Awash with Sustainable Packaging
Budweiser, Veuve Clicquot and 360 Vodka are just some of the beverage companies pairing sustainable packaging with more traditional design, according to TheDrinksReport.com. Along with many other...
View ArticleSki Resort Reduces Water Evaporation 90%
California’s Mt Baldy Ski Lifts says it’s the first ski area in the world to install hollow plastic conservation balls in its reservoir (pictured) to reduce water evaporation by up to 90 percent....
View ArticleCopper Mining’s Environmental Challenge
Proposals by PolyMet Mining for an open pit copper-nickel mine just north of Hoyt Lakes, Minn., are raising environmental concerns, but the company says it will meet its sustainability obligations....
View ArticleDow Exits EV Battery Business
Dow Chemical has sold its majority stake in electric vehicle battery maker Dow Kokam to an affiliate of Townsend Ventures, an investment company that is one of three remaining owners, Chemical &...
View ArticleCoke Sustainability Report: Emissions Intensity Down 2%
Coca-Cola’s emissions intensity, a ratio of emissions to sales volume, improved nearly 2 percent last year versus 2011, and 19 percent since 2004. Its emissions ratio in grams CO2 per liter fell to...
View ArticleDelta Joins Biofuel Fight
Delta Air Lines has joined oil industry trade groups in fighting the US biofuel mandate. Through its refinery unit, Monroe Energy, Delta has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District...
View ArticleNike’s Waterless Dye Factory Cuts Energy Use 60%
Nike has opened its first water-free facility, which will end the use of water and process chemicals from fabric dyeing at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century. The process,...
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