Food Waste from Golden Corral Restaurants Diverted from Landfill via BioHiTech
BioHiTech America is installing its commercial food waste disposal system at Golden Corral restaurants in 10 franchised locations throughout Florida, in a move the company says will divert food waste...
View ArticleCheap Oil’s Biggest Losers
Crude oil, which closed at about $32 a barrel yesterday, now costs less than a drum to transport it. A video from The Independent says the drums cost about $99 each — three times as expensive as the...
View ArticleAddressing Climate Change At Origin
The adoption of The Paris Climate Agreement marks a pivotal moment in the history of addressing climate change. For the first time ever, 195 countries adopted a universal deal that places the world on...
View ArticleWaste Treatment Tech Produces Renewable Energy, Commercial Products
Livestock waste treatment technology provider Bion Environmental Technologies says it has modified its technology platform to enable the capture of ammonia and its conversion into commercial products,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Leader Q&A Podcast: How Did the Environment Fare in Congress...
Most people consider Congress to be hopelessly deadlocked. However, things do get done. At the end of last year, according Elizabeth Noll, a huge spending agreement was reached — and it contained a...
View ArticleCarbon Capture: First Waste-to-Energy CCS, CO2 Solutions Project Results
In carbon capture and storage news, Aker Solutions has announced a first-of-its-kind project to capture CO2 emissions from a waste-to-energy plant in Norway and CO2 Solutions has released the verified...
View ArticleWaters New ProteinWorks Digest Kits Address Challenges of Protein Bioanalysis
Waters Corporation has a new line of Waters ProteinWorks Digest Kits that simplify, accelerate and standardize the LC-MS quantification of proteins via the surrogate peptide approach. The company says...
View ArticleExxonMobile Steps Up Biodiesel Research with REG Agreement
ExxonMobil announced an agreement with Renewable Energy Group to study the production of biodiesel by fermenting renewable cellulosic sugars from non-food sources such as agricultural waste. Through...
View ArticleWhy Most Companies Don’t Link ESG Performance to Executive Pay
Linking executive pay to corporate environmental, social and governance performance isn’t a new idea but it’s been slow to gain traction. Some 75 percent of large US companies don’t explicitly link...
View ArticleThe State of EHS in 2016
Most environmental, health and safety professionals feel their department is understaffed and say it won’t be growing in 2016, according to Triumvirate Environmental’s first annual State of EH&S...
View ArticleWastewater Recycling Process Can Reduce Disposal Costs 98%
A vacuum distillation system by H2O GmbH has reduced the amount of wastewater produced and saved more than €100,000 ($108,280) annually for thermofin, a German metalworking company. Bernd Löffler,...
View ArticleHow to Prevent Another Flint Water Crisis
The Flint water crisis, resulting in potentially toxic levels of lead in the city’s water supply, shines a spotlight the devastating environment, health and safety ramifications of bad decision making...
View ArticleFlint Water Crisis Website Now Includes Interactive Map, Chlorine Sampling...
As the Flint water crisis continues, the EPA has released preliminary water quality data about chlorine levels in Flint’s drinking water, as well as an interactive map of sampling results in the...
View ArticleGreen Building Standard User’s Manual Offers Help to Engineers, Architects,...
A newly published user’s manual clarifies the intent and implementation of the building industry’s leading green building standard by explaining its requirements and providing example applications. The...
View ArticleIs Amazon Getting a Sustainability Makeover?
Amazon, which has never published a sustainability report, has recently hired sustainability executives that may change the online retail giant’s strategy — and reputation — according to the Guardian....
View ArticleWhat Plastics Makers are Doing to Increase Packaging Recycling, Recovery
Plastics recycling in the US is at an all-time high, according to two reports released today at the 2016 Plastics Recycling Conference. The 2014 National Postconsumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic Recycling...
View ArticleUL Acquires cr360, Creates Environment, Health, Safety Giant
Underwriters Laboratories has acquired environment, health and safety management and sustainability software company cr360 for an undisclosed price. The new business will be named UL EHS...
View ArticleWhy Best Buy Changed its E-Waste Recycling Program
Best Buy this week changed its in-store e-waste recycling program, charging customers $25 for each TV and computer monitor they recycle at its stores, because it is losing money on the program. “Our...
View ArticleVeolia Buys Kurion for $350M, Expands Nuclear Waste Cleanup Biz
Veolia, the Paris-based waste and water giant, has bought Kurion, a nuclear waste cleanup firm based in California, for $350 million. Kurion was involved in stabilizing Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi...
View ArticleImproved Sensor Capabilities Advance Air Quality Monitors
Particles Plus says its latest environmental sensors improve performance and accuracy of the company’s line of air quality monitors. The enhanced sensor for CO2 employs a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR)...
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