E-waste Recycling Could Mean Millions in Profit
More than 6,000 computers go to waste every day in California, according to a new study prepared by a coalition of industry groups under sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cleaning up computer and electronic waste could cost industry as much as $232 million, or generate as much as a $36 million profit, depending on what solutions are chosen, the report found. Read More
John Elkington: Ready, Willing, and Sustainable
John Elkington is quiet and soft-spoken; his message, however, is immensely powerful and direct. His aim? To lay bare the nature, scale and implications of the biggest, most far-reaching experiment underway on Earth. By Katie Sosnowchik. Read More
Turn Soy Oil Into Industrial-Grade Plastic?
Turning soy oil into industrial grade plastic? Call it food for thought, says University of Delaware chemical engineering professor Richard P. Wool, who discussed his research during a recent presentation at the Royal Academy in Dublin, Ireland. Read More
Report Finds Companies Lag on Triple Bottom Line
Companies need to take a stronger leadership role to integrate the triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic considerations, or else suffer as BP, Cadbury and the pharmaceutical industry here have recently, according to a new report. Read More
U.S. Army Unveils 'Green' Ammo
Sure, they’re designed to fly fast and kill swiftly, but that doesn’t mean they have to cost a lot to produce or clean up after. In a multimillion-dollar project, the Army has come up with a new bullet said to be just as deadly as the old lead-based one but cleaner for the Earth. Read More
Amory Lovins: The pro-Business Nature Boy
Who cares about the war against the environment? Amory Lovins is convinced capitalism will clean up after itself. By Damien Cave. Read More
Golf Ball Packaging Drives for the Green
Hot on the heels of Tiger Woods’ record Masters win, a golf ball manufacturer has a historic shot of its own lined up on the green. Read More
Pennsylvania Powers Up New Wind Farm
The wind is blowing wealth and power across Pennsylvania. Representatives of a consortium of private companies, nonprofit organizations and public agencies have confirmed plans to build a new 15-megawatt wind farm in Fayette County. Read More
London Turns Rising Groundwater Into Liquid Asset
ENS) – Engineers are finding innovative uses for London's rising groundwaters, including filling lakes at Buckingham Palace. Read More
Brazil Poised To Join Top Ranks Of Can Recyclers
AP) – Brazilians don't pay deposits on containers, rarely separate their trash and think little of tossing an empty soda can from a car window. "Please Don't Litter" signs are roundly ignored. Yet Brazil is poised to catch up with Japan as a leader among the world's biggest countries in recycling aluminum cans. Read More