Wal-Mart Canada Turns Foam Waste Into Insulation
Eight Wal-Mart Canada stores are sending expanded polystyrene packaging to be recycled and turned into fire-resistant insulation. Read More
U.K.'s Valpak to Issue Guidelines for Green Dot Symbol
Valpak, a recycling and producer responsibility services provider, plans to issue a code of practice for the Green Dot symbol due to consumer confusion over what the logo means. Read More
How Does Green Impact Mergers and Acquisitions?
A new white paper by Deloitte examines how a company's environmental and sustainability activities can impact mergers and acquisitions. Read More
Putting the Hanger Out to Dry
Those innocuous-looking plastic, metal and wood hangers you get at the dry cleaner and stores have a dark side: not only do they clog landfills, they muck up recycling streams and create extra waste. Read More
Largest U.S. Pillow Maker Aims for Zero Waste
Hollander Home Fashions is finding recycling streams for its garbage as part of a plan to send no waste to landfills by 2010. Read More
Coca-Cola Taps WWF to Cut Water Use and Emissions
Days after releasing environmental performance data in its latest Sustainability Report, Coca-Cola unveiled new targets for reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions as part of an extended partnership with WWF. Read More
Should You Power Down Your Servers to Save Electricity?
For years, there's been a great debate among consumers whether turning off their PCs at night is a good way to save electricity, or whether it reduces the lives of their computers. Now, with power-savings one of the core missions of Green IT, professionals are debating whether they should power down servers at night as well. Read More
Deadly Toys, Now Safer, Return With New Names
Toy companies have taken some big hits recently with recalls over lead, magnets that kids can swallow and other dangers. Some of those toys that were pulled off the shelves are returning, all cleaned up and with new names Read More
Nike's Considered Design Seeps Into More Products
Nike has announced 11 new products, spread among its major sports and fitness categories, developed with its Considered Design principles. Read More
AMD Aims for Lower Emissions, Greener Products
The chipmaker released its eighth annual Global Climate Protection Plan to offer a glimpse into its efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of its products and operations. In addition to setting new goals for trimming GHGs and energy use, the company is also reporting the indirect Scope 3 emissions. Read More