Circular Economy

Sony Ericsson's new Naite and C901 are made with recycled plastic, boxed in reduced packaging and come with cameras, media players, Bluetooth technology, Google Maps and other features users have come to expect from cell phones. Read More

Energy management startup Hara Software Inc. has entered the market with a software-as-a-service corporate application that enables organizations to track their use of resources, energy efficiency and emissions systemwide -- and take steps to reduce them. Read More

The 40-year-old mint is coming out in brand new packaging made out a different type of plastic that, while generally more recycled than the previous plastic used, is still not easily recycled in many areas. Read More

The annual conference of the National Restaurant Association, called the NRA Show, got a celebrity boost from Ted Turner when the CNN founder and America's Cup champion sailor was the headliner for a session on green restaurants. Read More

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther chats with Adam Lowry, the former climate scientist who started Method, at the Greener By Design conference. The two talk about the latest buzz on the 8-year-old and some of Lowry's ideas for the future. Read More

Not if Starbucks' Ben Packard, the vice president of Global Responsibility, and his running mate, Jim Hanna, the director of Environmental Impact, have their way. They think it's not only worth the effort and the money, but essential to recycle the coffee company's cups - and they invited 30 cup, cupstock and coating manufacturers, recyclers, waste managers and university researchers to Seattle this week to have a chat about it. Read More

Coca-Cola has developed a bottle that is made with up to 30 percent plant-based materials, can be recycled through typical systems and puts out fewer carbon dioxide emissions than all-plastic bottles. Read More

A new EPA ruling, and a nearly unrelated court ruling, highlight the challenges the country faces in trying to weed out the use of harmful chemicals in food, products, and manufacturing. Read More

The furniture maker was given the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' 2009 Design for Recycling award for its years of work on using more recyclable materials, eliminating certain materials and creating Cradle-to-Cradle products. Read More

Waste upcycler TerraCycle has entered a partnership with Frito-Lay to turn trash from Doritos, Fritos and other snacks into tote bags, pencil cases and, eventually, building materials. Their first goal: Collect 5 million snack bags. Read More