Waitrose Dumps Bagged Milk, Another U.K. Retailer Embraces It

U.K. supermarket Waitrose is switching from plastic bags back to plastic bottles for its milk at the same time Sainsbury's is rolling out bagged milk at all its stores. Read More

Inside the World's Greenest Data Center

Hewlett Packard's Wynyard data center in Stockton, U.K., has turned an old transport warehouse into a supersized, super-green computing facilty -- one the company says is the world's greenest. 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

PUE to Become Global Standard for Data Center Efficiency

The Green Grid today announced a global effort to develop an Energy Star-like rating for data center energy efficiency, using its popular power usage effectiveness ratio as the benchmark for green data centers. Read More

Intel Adds Sustainability to Corporate Charter

In response to a shareholder resolution filed by Harrington Investments, Intel has agreed to amend its corporate charter, calling efforts on sustainability a "fiduciary duty" to its stakeholders. Read More

Snyder's of Hanover Packs Organic Pretzels in Corn-Based Bioplastic

Snyder's of Hanover is now packing its line of organic pretzels in bioplastic derived from corn.   Read More

Can GMO Pigs Shrink the Gulf's Dead Zone?

The latest crazy idea of the day combines genetic modification with industrial agriculture to reduce water pollution from hog farms. Read More

Scorpion Venom Strikes at Pain Without Morphine's Addictive Sting

Scorpion venom could lead the way to morphine alternatives without side effects like addiction, according to research at Tel Aviv University.   Read More

Shell-Based Ceramics, Bone Cars, and Other Biomimicry Challenges

Biomimicry has the potential to improve ceramics, cars and other objects with materials that copy the strength of clam shells and bones, but such investigations will also need to look at the end-of-life for those materials. Read More

A Roadmap for Crafting Corporate GHG Programs

The sheer number of voluntary GHG programs these days can be bewildering. To help solve that problem, EDF has created a step-by-step guide for developing a strategy for GHG emissions that can lead to credible and lasting reductions. Read More