Wisconsin Fights Icy Roads with Cheese Brine Waste
Milwaukee is using cheese brine waste to de-ice city roads as a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to rock salt, which can wash away and pollute waterways. Wisconsin, which makes...
View ArticleVerizon Helps Super Bowl Recycle E-Waste
The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee and the NFL are partnering with Verizon and the Broadway Green Alliance to collect and recycle electronic waste in New York and New Jersey. The host committee and...
View ArticleHow Ski Resorts Can Go Green
Powdr Corp, which owns Park City Mountain Resort in Utah and eight other ski areas, has reduced its carbon footprint about 60 percent in seven years, reports The Aspen Times. The company has invested...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: NYK, Tesla, VW, BYD
NYK will build Japan’s first liquefied natural gas-fueled tugboat (pictured). The dual fuel engine can be powered by LNG or heavy oil. NYK says using LNG as a fuel will cut the tugboat’s CO2 emissions...
View ArticleToxic Waste Oversight Slow, Disorganized, Investigation Finds
A quarter of the 118 major hazardous waste facilities in California are operating on expired permits that may not meet current standards, just one example discovered by the Los Angeles Times in an...
View ArticleToyota, Honda and Hyundai: Are Fuel Cells the Future of Sustainable Cars?
If these giants of the automotive industry are to be believed, the future for cars is definitely electric. Toyota recently announced their intention to scale-up production of their fuel-cell powered...
View ArticleFrozen Food Packages Recalled After Pesticides Found Inside
A major Japanese food company has recalled 6.3 million frozen food packages after discovering a pesticide in some products, the Wall Street Journal reports. Maruha Nichiro Holdings is recalling all 90...
View ArticleElectric Truck Manufacturers Should ‘Focus on Lowering Costs’
Global annual unit sales for hybrid and electric trucks — including light duty trucks used by commercial fleets and all medium and heavy duty on-road trucks — will rise from less than 10,000 in 2013 to...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ASTM Venue, ISO 50001, Wastewater Pipes
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre says it is the first conference venue in Canada to be certified to the ASTM Venue Standard, awarded to venues that achieve highly sustainable meetings, trade shows...
View ArticleDrought Brings Water Rationing
With December 2013 ending without rainfall, California’s driest year on record is hurting crops and cattle and will likely cause more water rationing in 2014. Ranchers are being forced to spend on hay...
View ArticleNYC Cuts GHG Emissions 19%
New York City has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 19 percent since 2005, Reuters reports. The emissions cuts put the city about two-thirds of the way to meeting the goal former mayor Michael...
View ArticleSustainability, Local Sourcing Top Restaurant Trends
Locally sourced food, sustainability and waste reduction will be among the top restaurant trends this year, according to a survey of about 1,300 US chefs. The National Restaurant Association’s What’s...
View ArticleEPA Adopts ASTM Site Assessment Standard
The EPA on Monday formally adopted the new ASTM E1527-13 standard into its rule governing “all appropriate inquiries” for site contamination. The agency’s AAI rules outline the steps that site...
View ArticleFord Debuts Off-Grid Solar-Powered Car
Ford will debut its C-MAX Solar Energi concept, a solar-powered vehicle that doesn’t depend on the electric grid for fuel, next week at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas....
View ArticleUS Biodiesel Production Hits Record High
The US produced 132 million gallons of biodiesel in October, a record amount that is 75 percent more than the same month in 2012, according to the latest data released by the US Energy Information...
View ArticleGlobal Cities: Our Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
Each of you has likely been involved in a meeting with the following characteristics: - Discussion takes place using common “terms of art” such as “global cities.” - Conclusions are reached...
View ArticleGraco Acquires QED, EcoQuip
Graco has acquired two companies: QED Environmental Systems (QED), which manufacturers fluid management products for the environmental monitoring and remediation markets, and EcoQuip, which designs and...
View ArticleGreenstone CSR Software Achieves G4 Certification
Greenstone’s enterprise level software has achieved G4-certification by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI’s Certified Software and Tools program guarantees that software and digital tools are...
View Article‘Lead-Free’ Standard Takes Effect
Coffee brewers, point-of-use water purification systems, ice machines, coffee vending machines and postmix cold drink venders that are plumbed to a building’s water supply must comply with a...
View ArticleBanning ‘Biodegradable’ from Sustainability Conversations
The B word — biodegradable — is outdated and doesn’t belong in sustainability conversations, Adam Gendell, project manager at GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition, writes in a Packaging Digest...
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