South Carolina

  • Recycle Cell Phones at South Carolina Tennis Event

    April 7th, 2008


    Sony Ericsson is sponsoring a cell phone take back event at the upcoming Women’s Tennis Association event in Charleston on April 12-20.


  • ENR Ranks Top 50 Green Contractors

    October 17th, 2007


    Engineering News-Record has released its inaugural list of the Top 50 Green Contractors, a ranking of U.S. contractors based on the number of sustainable and green projects they have worked on.


  • Colleges Pitching in to Recycle Waste on Area Campuses

    September 17th, 2007


    South Carolina colleges are receiving grants from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control to build new recycling programs or improve existing ones.


  • Small Businesses and Congregations Honored by EPA for Energy Savings

    September 12th, 2007


    The EPA announced the winners of the 2007 Energy Star Award for Small Businesses and Congregations, who saved more than $1.2 million in annual energy costs and reduced greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 1,600 vehicles annually.


  • Coca-Cola Says it will Recycle 100 Pct of its Plastic Bottles in the U.S.

    September 5th, 2007


    Coca-Cola announced plans to build a $60 million plastic bottle recycling plant in South Carolina by 2009 with the goal of recycling or reusing 100 percent of its bottles.


  • U.S. Plant to Recycle Nuclear Bombs

    August 3rd, 2007


    Aiken, South Carolina will be the home of a new plant to recycle plutonium from nuclear weapons into energy for power reactors.


  • Know Before You Go with Beaches 911

    July 3rd, 2007


    Summer and especially the Fourth of July holiday means throngs of beach goers descend upon the surf and the Earth 911 Beach Water Quality section is here to help you “Know Before You Go.” The beach section was established in 2001 through an EPA grant to help provide coastal states with the beach-water-quality, public-notification tools that are required as part continue …


  • Yahoo! Names Hastings, Nebraska Greenest City

    June 26th, 2007


    Yahoo! Inc. today announced that Hastings, Nebraska, has won its “Be a Better Planet” Greenest City in America challenge. The birthplace of Kool-Aid, Hastings will receive a grand prize of $250,000 to be dedicated toward city greening projects, developed in conjunction with Global Green USA. More than 350 cities participated in the “Be a Better Planet” program, which challenged Americans continue …


  • Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Nationwide Beach Water Quality Program

    May 28th, 2004


    Beach season is officially here! The Memorial Day weekend is the first, big beach weekend of the summer, but before you break out the sunscreen and volleyballs, make sure you check the most comprehensive website in the nation for the latest beach and water conditions for Coastal and Great Lake States.