GE Puts a Quarter-Million Cows to Work in Chinese Biogas Plant
In an effort to help ease China's energy shortage and put tons of biowaste to good use, a 250,000-head cow farm in north eastern China will use animal dung to power four GE Jenbacher biogas engines and produce an estimated 38,000 MWh a year. Read More
Pepsi's Dream Machine Aims to Make Recycling a Slam Dunk
The beverage company has teamed up with Waste Management to launch a multi-year partnership to roll out thousands of reverse vending machines that make it easy for individuals to recycle containers for rewards. Read More
Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Walmart Lead Retailers' Sustainability Efforts
A new report published by Five Winds International on GreenBiz.com finds that many major retailers are walking their green talk quite well, and explores the factors that affect sustainability efforts for retailers of any size. Read More
Starbucks Tackles Green Goals Except One: Recycling
From buying green power to reducing the amount of water it uses, Starbucks is on track to meet the majority of its long-term environmental goals, the coffee giant said Monday. One high-profile impact continues to vex the company: recycling. Read More
America's Most- and Least Wasteful Cities Unveiled
For the second year in a row, Nalgene is ranking the country's 25 biggest cities on just how wasteful they are. The results may surprise you. Read More
Abercrombie & Fitch, Weight Watchers Land on Worst Companies List
As a companion to its recently released "Best Corporate Citizens," Corporate Responsibility Magazine has named and shamed those firms that are the least transparent. Read More
Target Goes from Zero to 60 on In-Store Electronics Recycling
Target has added recycling bins for electronics, ink cartridges and bottles to its stores, and Canada is gaining more ewaste recycling thanks to Goodwill and Dell. Read More
New 'Smart Pickup' from UPS to Trim Emissions from SMEs' Shipping
UPS yesterday released a new, on-demand shipping pickup service targeted at small to medium-sized businesses that promises to make shipping more efficient and to cut emissions along the supply chain. Read More
Unilever Leads Food and Beverage Industry on Sustainability
Unilever's early efforts and comprehensive sustainability platform propelled the London-based company to the top of its sector in the latest Tomorrow's Value Rating. Nestle and Danone followed behind in second and third place, with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola rounding out the top five. Read More
P&G Launches U.S. Campaign to Highlight 'Future Friendly' Products
Three years after its launch in the U.K. and Canada, next month will see the U.S. kickoff of a campaign aimed at educating consumers about buying and using environmentally friendly products from a number of P&G brands. Read More