Irrigation Mats Save Walmart Millions of Gallons of Water
Walmart is using WaterPulse irrigation mats to reduce the amount of water used in about 3,700 of the retailer’s garden centers inside its stores across the US. The mats are saving “millions of gallons...
View ArticleDe Nora Acquires Severn Trent Services’ Water Purification Group
Global electrochemical technology company De Nora has acquired Severn Trent Services’ Water Purification group. The new business, De Nora Water Technologies, will focus on delivering sustainable water...
View ArticleHDPE Bottle Recycling Plant Now Handles 2 MTPH
Biffa Polymers, the world’s first food grade high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottle recycling plant, based at the Wilton International Petrochemical Complex in Redcar, UK, has installed a new swan...
View ArticleOklahoma Awarded $1.2M to Reduce Water Contamination Risk in Underground Tanks
The EPA has awarded the Oklahoma Corporation Conservation Commission $459,000 to respond to petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks (UST). The agency will also receive $809,000 to clean...
View Article5 Ways to Untap the Value of your Corporate Footprint
Driven by initiatives like GRI and CDP, many companies are measuring the environmental impacts of their business and reporting on these results and other aspects of their sustainability-related...
View ArticleSensors Provide NOx, SOx Emissions Control
Neo Monitors says its new-generation mid-infrared sensors will help global industries better control emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx), helping decrease environmental pollution...
View ArticleSuncombe Launches Hazardous Waste Treatment System
Suncombe has launched its EDS+ BioWaste Treatment System for biologically hazardous waste decontamination and growth media sterilization. The systems, certified to ASME and ISO/EN standards, are now...
View ArticleCES to Provide Demolition, Recycling Services at Navy Air Station
CES Synergies, a full-service environmental, asbestos abatement and demolition company, has been selected to remove three Navy hangers located at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. The scope...
View ArticleBoeing Biofuel ‘Roadmap’ to 2020 Olympics Takes Flight
Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Initiatives for...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Call2Recycle, CTX, Xylem, Geo-Tech Polymers
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Call2Recycle: The consumer battery stewardship organization has named Tim Michaels (pictured) managing director...
View ArticleMitsubishi Makes First Bioplastic Smartphone Screen
Sharp will use Mitsubishi Chemical’s bio-based plastic for its smartphone screen — a world’s first as bio-based engineering plastic has never been used on the front panel of any smartphone. Most front...
View ArticleWater Recycling Required in San Francisco Large Buildings
Developers in San Francisco must install water recycling systems on large, new buildings in the city per an ordinance unanimously approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The vote happens as...
View ArticleCSR Programs Increase Revenue up to 20%, Says Verizon, Campbell Soup Study
Well-designed corporate social responsibility programs increase revenue by as much as 20 percent, command price premiums up to 20 percent and increase customer commitment by as much as 60 percent,...
View ArticleWinery Uses Wastewater to Create Sustainable Agricultural System
De Bortoli Wines’ Lindsay Gullifer talks about the winery’s sustainability efforts, which earned it a Green Globe Award.
View ArticleRotork CMAs Enable Shale Gas Well Emissions Compliance
Rotork CMA electric control valve actuators eliminate venting and greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with new environmental protection legislation at remotely sited shale gas installations in the...
View ArticleBioplastic Filament Ready for US 3D Printing Market
3Dom USA has launched a bioplastic filament for the 3D printing market that is designed to bring together the easy processing of plant-based materials with a finish quality to match oil-based products....
View ArticleGE Joins Forces with GMTS, Shell to Accelerate Trucking Industry’s Move to...
GE Capital, Canada and Gaz Métro Transport Solutions (GMTS), a subsidiary of Gaz Métro, have joined forces to facilitate the trucking industry’s adoption of natural gas as a fuel in Eastern Canada....
View ArticleBrewery Slashes Water Footprint 40% with Cambrian Polishing Process
Lagunitas Brewing Company has cut its water footprint by 40 percent after installing Cambrian Innovation’s EcoVolt Membrane Bioreactor (MBR), a polishing process that removes more than 99 percent of...
View ArticleLawsuit Demands Monsanto Pay for PCB Contamination
The city of San Jose, California, has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto that alleges the company knowingly polluted the San Francisco Bay with PCBs and says Monsanto should pay to clean up the...
View ArticleReborn Recycling Facility Increases Output 60%
A bottle recycling facility that closed two years ago is now up and running at capacity, 24-7, and has increased its output by over 60 percent since March 2013. PQ Recycling (PQR), a branch of North...
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