Circular Economy

In a move to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, the Disneyland Resort is using compressed natural gas to fuel its 16 guest trams at the vast property and powering the Disneyland Railroad steam trains and Mark Twain riverboat with biodiesel derived from used cooking oil harvested throughout the complex. Read More

7-Eleven unveiled its new environmentally-friendly commissary and distribution center last week in Bohemia, Long Island. The facility will prepare and deliver fresh foods to 674 7-Eleven stores on the East Coast. Read More

Clothing retailer H&M plans to increase its organic cotton use this year by 50 percent, starting with its latest spring line. Read More

The CarbonFree label brings carbon neutrality, responsibility and action on global warming to the heart of a business, its products and customers. This can help increase sales, profits and the value of a brand. Read More

KFC has switched from cardboard to paper wrapping in an attempt to reduce packaging by 1,400 tons. Read More

This guide lays out the principles of design for social impact and offers different modes of engagement that design firms can use to form projects that create positive social change in communities. Read More

Businesses are usually focused on greening one, or just a few, buildings. But architects can help reduce the environmental impacts of clients' entire existing infrastructure. Here's how ... Read More

MBDC, which administers Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification for products, has developed a C2C certification for individual materials and ingredients in products. Read More

In this excerpt from the new book Green Graphic Design, Brian Dougherty explains the three layers of design, and how designers can take the initiative to infuse each layer with greener materials, messages and efforts to change. Read More

Sainsbury's, Britain's third-largest supermarket chain, kicks off a major biofuel initiative in Scotland and vows to stop sending all its U.K. food waste to landfill by summer. Read More