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  • Beijing Pledges to Recycle Half of Olympic Waste

    July 25th, 2008


    Beijing’s 31 Olympic venues are expected to jointly produce some 14,000 tons of trash, including leftovers, paper, plastic bottles and medical waste, reports Sina.

    In the tradition of past host countries, Beijing has pledged to make 50 percent of this waste useful after recycling.

    Food waste must be removed from stadiums within four hours. Other trash will be gathered continue …


  • Minnesota Private College Dines Green

    July 24th, 2008


    It’s a green eating experience at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Campus Dining Services has focused on recycling and product responsibility.

    Examples of this green progress range from fuel to water and everywhere in between.

    Dining Services is responsible for much of the recyclable material gathered on campus. It contributes 50 percent of the cardboard, 25 percent of the mixed plastic and 100 percent of continue …


  • Scottsdale Offers Green Business Awards

    July 24th, 2008


    The Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is looking to recognize local businesses who are practicing sustainability with the Green by Design Awards, and applications are being accepted through September 15.

    Entrants should demonstrate eco-friendly tactics in areas such as waste reduction, energy/water conservation or product stewardship. The winners will receive special recognition by the CVB to commemorate their continue …


  • Pesticides Among Contaminants Not Regulated in Drinking Water

    July 24th, 2008


    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its newest list of what contaminants will be regulated in drinking water, and 11 have been removed from the list, including pesticides and herbicides.

    The EPA held a 60-day period of public comment in regards to subtracting the now non-regulated contaminants from the list, which also includes boron and dinitrotoluene (DNT, a precursor of continue …


  • New Hope For Scrapped Vehicle Shredder Residue

    July 24th, 2008


    When a vehicle is recycled, it is first stripped of all valuable parts and then put through a shredder. Shredding allows the valuable metals to be extracted, and all that’s left in the end is an odd assortment of dirt, plastic, foam and rubber bits.

    Usually shredder residue is shipped off to the landfill, but the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois is completing a continue …


  • L.A. City Council Votes To Ban Plastic Bags

    July 23rd, 2008


    The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday in favor of banning customer plastic bags in supermarkets and retail stores by July 2010, reports the Los Angeles Times.

    But the policy has a catch: it will only apply if the state fails to impose a $.25 fee on shoppers who request the bags. It is hoped that the council’s vote will persuade state lawmakers to put the fee in action.

    Citizens continue …


  • Aluminum Can Recycling Rates Increasing

    July 23rd, 2008


    Aluminum can recycling rates increased by 2.2 percent in 2007, the largest gain in 10 years, reports Business Wire.

    The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute and Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries made the announcement on July 21. Nearly 54 billion aluminum cans were recycled in 2007, about two billion more than in the previous year.

    Recycling cans saves energy, said Robert Budway, continue …


  • Cash Incentives Get Recyclers In Motion In Eugene

    July 22nd, 2008


    The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon is giving a $30 cash incentive to citizens willing to recycle old, inefficient refrigerators and freezers, reports KVAL.com.

    “Many people don’t realize how much energy their older appliances are using,” EWEB Energy Specialist, Colleen Wedin, told KVAL. “By recycling rarely-used second refrigerators or older units that have been replaced with new, energy efficient continue …


  • California E-Waste Recycler Adds 100th Location to Network

    July 22nd, 2008


    After launching six months ago, the GREENetwork has grown to feature 100 locations for Californians to drop off obsolete electronics for recycling.

    The parent company behind the GREENetwork, ASL Recycling, reports it has already recycled seven million pounds of e-waste in 2008.

    Most of the current GREENspot locations are in the San Francisco Bay Area. These locations are committed to offering continue …


  • Analysts Now Research the Sustainability of Large Corporations

    July 22nd, 2008


    An organization called the Sustainable Investment Research Analysts Network has just issued a report that says more than half of America’s largest publicly traded companies now report on their sustainability effort. Over a third integrate elements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting guidelines. The GRI guidelines establish a standard for what should be in a sustainability report.

    This continue …