Online Directory Links Plastic Waste Buyers and Sellers
PlasticsMarkets.org, an online directory for buyers and sellers of plastic scrap, has been expanded with a wider scope of materials, scrap pricing and an improved search feature. Read More
How Our Bones Inspire Architecture, Chairs and Cars
Material is expensive and so is the energy used to make it. You should put the material where it is needed and take it away from where it is doing no good. Living bone is actually doing this all the time, and some designers have mimicked this process. Read More
Getting Real About Measurement: How to Size Up the Triple Bottom Line
As businesses become increasingly strategic about sustainability, using metrics to measure and manage social, environmental and economic impacts has become standard practice. But how companies use that data to guide their activities varies significantly. Read More
J.R. Simplot, ConAgra French Fry Plants Become Energy Star Buildings
Two J.R. Simplot Company facilities and one operated by ConAgra Foods' Lamb Weston Inc. have become the first three french fry plants to earn recognition for "superior energy performance" under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program. Read More
Nike Shrinks GHG Footprint to 2007 Levels and Dumps Carbon Offsets
Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer purchases carbon offsets, the firm says in its latest corporate responsibility report. Read More
Sainsbury's Targets Tinned Tomatoes in War on Packaging
U.K. supermarket giant Sainsbury's will replace tomato tins with cartons in an effort to cut packaging and emissions. Read More
Milk in Paper-Pouch Hybrid Bottle Offered At Whole Foods
Straus Family Creamery is testing out Ecologic Brands' hybrid bottle, which combines a thin plastic pouch with a recycled-cardboard shell that is recyclable and compostable. Read More
Seven PepsiCo Plants in UK Achieve Zero Waste
Seven PepsiCo manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, including the firm's largest factory in the country, have gone zero waste and no longer send rubbish to landfill, the company announced last week. Read More
Golden State Warriors Hook Up with The Solar Company to Green Practice Facility
The Golden State Warriors and The Solar Company are cutting the ribbon today on a solar installation at the basketball team's practice facility — the first in the NBA to be powered with renewable energy. Read More
Dow Styrofoam Insulation Products Earn Cradle to Cradle Certification
Five insulation products from Dow Building Solutions, including a few Styrofoam products based on different materials, have achieved Cradle to Cradle certification. Read More