While government think tanks and big business ponder ways to increase recycling rates and reduce the mountains of waste still going to landfill, a growing grassroots network is making inroads on a global problem. Read More

The Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program has awarded the first Forest Stewardship Council certification of a national park to Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont. Read More

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has launched an "Eco-Rail Mark" program as a means to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the distribution sector. Read More

Patagonia has partnered with Japanese textile firm Teijin to implement a polyester product recycling program starting next month. Read More

The Holland, Inc., owner of Burgerville and Noodlin' restaurants throughout Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington, has committed to use renewable wind power to provide 100% of its electricity needs. Read More

Australian scientists have developed a technique to use waste plastic in steel making, a process that could have implications for recycling scrap metal that accounts for 40% of steel production. Read More

The new technology can reduce by about one liter the consumption of petroleum in the production of a notebook personal computer. Read More

A new report analyses the views of U.K. employees on ethics at work and suggests how corporate ethics surveys might be benchmarked, says Simon Webley. Read More

Wal-Mart, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Recycling, is stepping up a pilot program that promises to keep tons of plastic out of landfills. Read More

The Fannie Mae Urbana Technology Center, a 247,000 square-foot data center and office building, has earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making the data center the first of this type of facility in the country to obtain a LEED rating. Read More