Going Green on the Plains: AU Recycling
July 10, 2009
What’s that buzzing sound? No it’s not an old cell phone.
It’s the sound of new ideas being generated by the people at AU Recycling as they expand their electronic waste recycling program.
July 10, 2009
What’s that buzzing sound? No it’s not an old cell phone.
It’s the sound of new ideas being generated by the people at AU Recycling as they expand their electronic waste recycling program.
July 8, 2009
The Daily Green by Jim MotavalliThe car I’m driving this week is fast, quiet, environmentally friendly, very well-made and gets excellent fuel economy. It’s a Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI, and it’s a diesel. Uh oh. Until recently, diesels were a very hard sell in the U.S. because they were dirty and polluting. The fuel was […]
July 7, 2009
International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down to Earth environmental series, “Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?” which takes the stance that paper is friendlier to the environment than electronic devices.
July 7, 2009
GreenBiz Greenpeace International today released the 12th edition of its quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics scorecard, ranking the 17 manufacturers on their achievement of environmental goals. Nokia once again remained in the top position, with a score of 7.45 points out of a possible 10, while Samsung held on to second place with its score […]
July 3, 2009
REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments’ (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design.
July 3, 2009
By GreenBiz Staff Coca Cola Enterprises signed a 10-year contract with UTC Power that will bring two fuel cells to its southern New York bottling plant. The UTC Power fuel cells will produce heat and energy that can satisfy nearly a third of demand at Coca Cola’s bottling plant in Elmsford, N.Y. The project received […]
July 2, 2009
Australia is joining the UK in using the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label, touted as the world’s first carbon label for consumer products.
July 1, 2009
The earliest tires were made from rubber, a renewable resource. But demand for tires outstripped the supply of rubber. A new development brings the tire full-circle.
June 25, 2009
The owners of the Sears Tower have announced plans to upgrade the building for sustainability, which will make it the tallest building in the western hemisphere to undergo such an overhaul to date.
June 16, 2009
Environmental Leader Lawyers, environmentalists and marketing groups say they’ve seen an increase in greenwashing suits over the past year, according to the National Law Journal. These groups are questioning everything from household cleaners to automobiles for their eco-friendliness. Patent attorney Eric Lane for San Diego-based Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, who runs the Green Patent […]