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Book Industry Undergoing Green Transformation

The U.S. book industry emits over 12.4 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, or approximately 8.85 pounds of carbon for the average book (.89 lb), with most of the impact connected to forest carbon loss, according to a new report...

Published 03-19-2008 10:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Recycling, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend
Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Hospitals are starting to recycle and reuse items that are labeled for single use - scissors, scrubs, even surgical blades. The Wall Street Journal (via Earth First) writes that the idea is to save money and clean up the waste stream. Of course, there...

Published 03-19-2008 7:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Waste, Healthcare, Recycling, Strategy & Leadership
Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

By studying the Earth’s biosphere, managers can learn how to build ecologically friendly products that reduce manufacturing costs, Gregory Unruh writes in the Dallas Morning News. To make recycling easier, manufacturers should think fewer materials...

Published 03-10-2008 4:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Waste, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Products & Planning
Subaru Among Companies Nearing Zero-Waste

Subaru says that 99.8 percent of the refuse from its Indiana plant - on track to produce 180,000 cars this year - is recycled or reused so it doesn’t go to a landfill, including about five percent that goes to a waste-to-energy plant that burns...

Published 02-19-2008 2:32 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Strategy & Leadership
Harrah’s Making Environmental Choices

Gwen Migita, director of social responsibility at Harrah’s Entertainment, says that over the past seven years, environmental initiatives have gone from energy management cost cutting measures to an acknowledgment by executives that making green...

Published 02-12-2008 11:49 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Travel, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants
Alpine Waste Offers Denver Hotels Free Recycling

Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recycling has offered area hotels one month of free recycling for every month they can divert 50 percent of their waste from landfills, according to this report (via Waste Age). The program is good for one year and is in...

Published 02-08-2008 11:18 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, U.S., Recycling, Contracts & Installations
Wal-Mart Rolls Out Packaging Scorecard

Wal-Mart’s packaging scorecard, that rates suppliers on their sustainability, has gone live. The idea was unveiled at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006 and put through a trial phase for the past year. Wal-Mart has set the goal of a five percent...

Published 02-01-2008 12:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Conservation, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, Consumption, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants
Green Technology Overview

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

Published 01-28-2008 10:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Electricity, Recycling, Storage, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Today's Green Video
Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling

Alcoa announced a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can rate in North America from 52 percent to 75 percent by 2015. “It’s all about capturing this pool of energy before it is lost to the landfill,” said Greg Wittbecker...

Published 01-23-2008 12:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, North America, Conservation, Consumption, Recycling, Products & Planning
Earth Class Mail Plans Retail Stores, Raises $13 Million

Earth Class Mail has closed $13.3 million in Series A funding, according to CNET. Ignition Partners of Bellevue, Washington, led the round, and more than half of the money was raised by Keiretsu Forum.Earth Class Mail customers have their mail sent to...

Published 01-11-2008 11:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., VC Funding, Business-to-Consumer, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants
Wal-Mart’s Green Electronics Goal Faces Challenges

Wal-Mart set the goal of one day using only renewable energy and creating zero waste, and it challenged its suppliers to similar goals. To help meet that goal, Wal-Mart had an enormously successful campaign for green packaging, but its move into green...

Published 01-11-2008 11:17 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Electricity, Recycling, Pricing, Products & Planning
Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba Form Electronics Recycling Company

Panasonic Corporation of North America, Sharp Electronics Corporation and Toshiba America Consumer Products have established a new electronic product recycling management company, Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company, LLC that will provide...

Published 01-07-2008 12:53 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Government, Hi-Tech, Recycling, Products & Planning
NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent by 2017 as part of PlaNYC. The City...

Published 12-06-2007 11:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., Automotive, Financial, Government, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Recycling, Wind Energy, Utilities, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Water, Policy & Law
Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year

Direct mail and marketing firm PEP-Direct says it will save approximately $500,000 a year working with International Paper Products Corp. to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills and reduce the cost of waste removal, DM News reports. IPP is...

Published 11-20-2007 10:37 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, Waste, U.S., Marketing, Business Services, Recycling, Savings, Biomass, Contracts & Installations
AAMCO Launches Program To Green Its Service Centers

AAMCO Transmissions, which runs the world's largest chain of transmission service centers, has introduced Eco-Green Auto Service Certification. U.S. AAMCO centers can be certified by making changes that help the environment. The certification seeks...

Published 11-13-2007 10:01 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Refitting, Recycling

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Book Industry Undergoing Green Transformation

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

Subaru Among Companies Nearing Zero-Waste

Harrah’s Making Environmental Choices

Alpine Waste Offers Denver Hotels Free Recycling

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Packaging Scorecard

Green Technology Overview

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling

Earth Class Mail Plans Retail Stores, Raises $13 Million

Wal-Mart’s Green Electronics Goal Faces Challenges

Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba Form Electronics Recycling Company

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year

AAMCO Launches Program To Green Its Service Centers