First Single-Use Battery Recycling Program Launching in US
The state of Vermont yesterday approved Call2Recycle to implement the first mandated US primary (single-use) battery recycling program beginning Jan. 1, 2016. Vermont’s Primary Battery Law requires...
View ArticleWaste Management Firm Recycles 100% of Commercial, Industrial Waste with...
Waste management company MJ Church now recycles 100 percent of waste material from commercial and industrial customers with Middleton Engineering’s twin ram baler. The new baler has six times the...
View ArticleWill the VW Scandal Spark ‘Real World’ Emissions Testing?
Comparing “real-world” fuel economy and emissions data with “official” numbers from major automakers reveals striking differences, according to Nick Molden, CEO of Emissions Analytics. The UK-based...
View ArticleAre Regulatory Delays Exacerbating Drought Conditions?
This article was co-authored by Lori Anne Dolqueist. As we enter the fall season, substantial portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are experiencing extreme to exceptional drought...
View ArticleESG Can Create Value for Business — or Destroy It
eRevalue interviews Ernst Ligteringen, former Global Reporting Initiative chief executive, about how ESG issues have shaped business over the past 20 years and what the future of corporate transparency...
View ArticleMondelez Targets 15% CO2 Reduction
By 2020, snack food manufacturer Mondelez International intends to reduce absolute CO2 emissions from manufacturing by 15 percent against a 2013 baseline. In announcing its 2020 sustainability goals,...
View ArticleClimeworks Builds Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture Plant
Carbon capture technology firm Climeworks AG, says it will construct and operate an industrial-scale CO2 capture plant that will be operational by mid-2016 and annually capture 900 tons of CO2....
View ArticleHoneywell Boosts Projections for GHG Emissions Reductions by 36%
Honeywell has launched a climate ticker that tracks how many million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions are saved through the adoption of Solstice products, Honeywell’s low-global-warming-potential (GWP)...
View ArticleFord Looks to Lizards to Increase Recyclability, Improve Adhesives
Ford is looking to create adhesives inspired by the gecko. The automaker will also work with Procter & Gamble, sharing research findings as both companies look to biomimicry for a host of business...
View ArticleExxon, BP, 10 Others Pay $3.5M, Clean Up Hazardous Waste at Superfund Site
ExxonMobil, BP, DuPont and Veolia are among the 12 private parties that will pay more than $3.5 million as part of a settlement with the EPA related to the Metro Container Superfund Site in Trainer,...
View ArticleWaste Management Companies Failing Small Businesses, Report Says
Waste and recycling companies are failing New York City’s small businesses, according to a report released today by the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition. According to the report, New York City’s...
View ArticleWhat to Look for When EPA Publishes Its Final Guidelines to Curb Carbon...
Any day now, the Federal Register will publish the Environmental Protection Agency’s final standards to curb carbon pollution from power plants. That will trigger a stampede to the courthouse by the...
View ArticleIMS Launches Reusable Dewatering Technology
IMS has introduced dewatering technology that it says is inexpensive, reusable, scalable and does not require polymers. The GeoPool technology was invented by an IMS Versi-Dredge customer and then...
View ArticleDart Makes NYC a Recycling Offer It (Hopefully) Can’t Refuse
In its ongoing battle with New York City — to recycle or ban polystyrene foam — Dart Container Corporation president Jim Lammers argues his case to NYC mayor Bill de Blasio, urging the mayor to...
View ArticleExxon Calls Climate Research Reports ‘Inaccurate and Deliberately Misleading’
ExxonMobil has responded to a series of reports about the company’s internal climate research, calling the reports by Inside Climate News “inaccurate and deliberately misleading.” The reports allege...
View ArticleOil & Gas Industry Partners Sought for End-of-Life Guidance for Offshore...
DNV GL, in collaboration with Decom North Sea, is seeking oil and gas industry partners to participate in a project that will develop end-of-life guidelines for offshore oil and gas installations. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft Carbon Neutral Across Manufacturing Ops
As of July 1, Microsoft has achieved carbon neutrality across its manufacturing operations, according to the company’s newly published 2015 Citizenship Report. Microsoft’s data centers, software...
View ArticleHow Dow Protects Its Business Assets Using Nature
Dow Chemical and The Nature Conservancy have released a new study focusing on how nature can help protect business assets from natural disasters. Based on research completed as part of the ongoing...
View ArticleClean Power Plan Becomes Law, 24 States Sue to Block Carbon Rule
The EPA published the Clean Power Plan in the federal register today, making existing power plants in the US legally responsible to limit carbon pollution for the first time. Under the new carbon law,...
View ArticleEmissions Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants
Carbonxt and United Conveyor Corporation have partnered to provide new emission control systems and sorbents for coal-fired power plants in North America and Europe. The companies say the partnership...
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