Waste Management
Paint Made From Recycled PET Bottles Wins EPA Award
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Ceilings & Walls , Consumer , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management Oil-based "alkyd" paints have high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that become air pollutants as the paint dries. Previous acrylic paints contained lower VOCs, but could not match the performance of alkyds. Read more
Roll Out of Ecofriendly Recyclable and Compostable Cups
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management PepsiCo recently announced that it has begun offering five options of eco-friendly, recyclable and compostable cups to foodservice customers in the United States through company-owned and independent bottler distribution systems. Read more
Goodwill Sponsors Thrift Store Project: Documenting America's Consumption Patterns
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management With today's focus on our planet's limited resources, consumers' purchases of previously used items are not only a choice that is healthy for the planet, but offer an antidote to the consumerism that has pushed Americans' spending habits to the max. Read more
Turning Fat, Oil and Grease into Biogas
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Communities , Energy , Featured , Organic Waste , Waste Management Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada - Metro Vancouver is using the fat, oil and grease collected from the food processing industry to generate energy-rich biogas. Read more
Recycle the Old, Before Giving Dad the New Electronic Gadget
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Consumer , E-Waste , Waste Management Hundreds of fathers will be celebrated with the latest and greatest electronic gadget. But before tossing that old cell phone into the junk drawer, or carting that outdated computer to the basement, dads are reminded that there is a safe Read more
Pilot Program Announced to Reduce Trash to San Francisco Bay
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Communities , Featured , Green Initiatives , Recycling , Waste Management , Water Management San José Mayor Chuck Reed and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld on Thursday launched the Clean Creeks, Healthy Communities pilot Program at a press conference in San José, California Read more
New Milestone in Foam School Lunch Tray Recycling
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Communities , Recycling , Waste Management Corona, CA - A collaborative effort involving public school systems, a waste hauler, a foodservice distributor, and Dart Container Corporation to recycle foam school lunch trays has hit a new milestone in California – with more than one million Read more
Consumer Interest in Green Products Expands Across Categories
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Business , Recycling , Waste Management Consumer appetite for green products has increased significantly in the past year, according to findings from the annual ImagePower® Global Green Brands Study, one of the largest global consumer surveys of green brands and corporate environmental responsibility. Read more
