Two independent studies funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California respectively, reveal that obsolete or non-working mobile phones qualify as hazardous waste even with their batteries removed. Read More

Some Xerox Corp. employees stopped using plastic spoons and forks in company cafeterias. Others found a way to turn more waste into electrical power to heat homes. And still others devised a process that reduced the amount of water used in a key manufacturing process. Read More

Starbucks Coffee Sourcing Guidelines are coming to the end of a two-year pilot; this has proved a surprising success for the coffee company whose brand has become synonymous with cappuccinos and skinny lattes on main streets around the world, as well as the target of activists in the wake of the Seattle protests. By Yasmin Crowther Read More

Potlatch Corp. has become the first U.S.-headquartered, publicly traded forest products company to certify its forest management practices under the standards of the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council. Read More

Introducing "total corporate responsibility," a new form of CSR focused on promoting system changes that hold firms fully responsible. By Frank Dixon Read More

Starbucks Coffee Co. is brewing up a month of environmental awareness in stores throughout the U.S. and Canada from now through Earth Day. The first-ever campaign for Starbucks will engage customers “in a dialog of environmental stewardship,” says the company. Read More

Innovative construction materials that can absorb air pollution are being tested and developed by a European consortium and the EC Joint Research Center as part of the PICADA (Photo-catalytic Innovative Coverings Applications for De-pollution Assessment) project. Read More

Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches. Read More

DuPont Composite Recycle Technology has received the 2004 environmental award for New Technology in Materials and Processes from the Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers for its closed-loop nylon recycling process. Read More

Chiquita Brands International recently announced that independent auditors have certified its banana farms in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama to the Social Accountability 8000(1) labor and human rights standard and the EUREPGAP(2) food safety standard. Read More