EPA WaterSense Award Winners Announced
For helping consumers conserve water, Kohler, Delta Faucet, Home Depot and KB Home have won 2015 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Awards. The EPA says the 2015 WaterSense Partners of the Years along...
View ArticleAvery Dennison Glass Labeling Technology Boosts Recycling Yields
Avery Dennison has introduced a labeling technology that allows clear separation of self-adhesive labels from glass pieces thus facilitating clean glass recycling. For single-use bottles, recyclable...
View Article$470M Wastewater-to-Energy Plant Online
DC Water’s $470 million waste-to-energy project is now online, producing a net 10 MW of electricity from the wastewater treatment process, which represents about one-third of the Washington, DC Blue...
View ArticleVW Withdraws Emissions Certification Application
In the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, the automaker is withdrawing US emissions certification applications for its 2016 diesel Jettas, Golfs, Passats and Beetles, according to an Associated...
View ArticleIs Building Efficiency the Next VW Emissions Scandal?
A building advisory official speaking at UK Construction Week has warned the construction and property sector could face legal action over the “performance gap” between buildings’ promised efficiency...
View ArticleGE Backs Climate Change Effort Between Business, States, Cities
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) has launched a new initiative, the C2ES Solutions Forum, to bring together businesses, cities and states to expand clean energy, reduce greenhouse gas...
View ArticleHow to Improve PET Recycling
In North America water bottles account for more than 2 million tons of waste each year. The value chain can improve this through recycling allowing rPet to be recycled back into another PET container.
View ArticlePutting a Price on ESG Risks
A web-based tool to quantify and monetize risks across a range of sustainability indicators has launched today. Anthesis Group — which produced the new cloud-based environmental, social and governance...
View ArticleRecycled Paper’s Climate Impact 100 Times Lower than Virgin Paper
Recycled papers have less than 1 percent of the impact in terms of global climate change and ocean acidification than virgin paper, according to a new Life Cycle Analysis (LCS) released by New Leaf...
View ArticleGRI’s Predictions for Sustainability, Reporting Future Trends
Climate change, increasing world population, wealth inequality, conflicts, human rights violations and population migration will all shape the general context in which businesses operate and...
View ArticleWastewater Treatment Plants ‘Not Equipped to Eliminate New Chemical Compounds’
The most polluted waters are located around wastewater treatment plants, which don’t have the technology to eliminate new chemical compounds, reports Phys.org. The website, reporting on a paper...
View ArticleRecycling Smackdown: Closed Loop Fund vs. John Tierney
John Tierney’s now infamous opinion piece that argues recycling it too costly and isn’t benefiting the environment, published in last week’s New York Times, has been fact checked by the Closed Loop...
View ArticleClean Water Rule on Hold Nationwide
The Clean Water Rule is on hold across the US after a federal court ruled the guidelines, which aim to protect US streams and wetlands from pollution, are likely illegal. The Cincinnati-based Court of...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Land Use Management and Water Security
Water conservation practices are just one component of a sustainable and resilient water system. The public’s relationship with and influence on their water system extends far beyond the boundaries of...
View ArticleOutdoor Odor Control for Landfills, Waste Treatment Facilities, Processing...
An industrial odor control technology manufacturer has a new heated model in its lineup of mobile equipment engineered to manage outdoor odor vapor from landfills, waste treatment facilities, livestock...
View ArticleBruker Launches Hand-held LIBS for Alloy Scrap Recycling
A new hand-help portable alloy analyzer for the scrap recycling industry has been launched by Bruker, which makes hand-held, mobile and portable (HMP) metals and alloy analyzers. The EOS 500 hand-held...
View ArticleGuidance for Water Utilities to Validate Water Audits
As water utilities are increasingly focusing on controlling water loss because of the ongoing drought in part of the US, the Water Research Foundation has launched a project aimed at developing a...
View ArticleWyndham Worldwide Beats Carbon Emissions Goal Six Years Early
Wyndham Worldwide says it reached its carbon emissions goal six years ahead of schedule. The global hospitality company achieved a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions (measured on a per square...
View ArticleDry Ice Blasting Provides Fast, Environmentally Responsible Cleaning
Cleaning rubber molds used in the manufacture of tires, gaskets, o-rings, shoes and other products can be cut by 80 percent with dry ice blasting, according to IceTech. Dry ice blasting is a...
View ArticleIon’s Carbon Capture Technology Captures 99% of CO2
Carbon capture technology company Ion Engineering says it has completed the first pilot scale testing of its proprietary solvent and process technology for the removal of carbon dioxide from...
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