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The New GM: New Fuels, Less Waste, More Involvement with Detroit
From the development of new urban mobility technologies, waste diversion to a commitment to greener cars, the new GM going forward is a new company as its CSR report reveals.
Mexico City’s Largest Landfill Closes, Creating Jobs & Energy
Mexico City shut down its Bordo Poniente landfill, the capital’s largest garbage collection site that over time became a 927 acre heap of trash. Jobs and energy will emerge from the trash.
RFID Technology Offers Sustainability Opportunities in Korea and Beyond
A visit by Leon Kaye to a RFID trade show in Korea gave a lesson on how RFID can play a role in reducing waste and encouraging more sustainable business practices.
Tim Hortons Launches Closed Loop System
Tim Hortons is ramping up its environmental initiatives. A pilot program in the Maritimes will be a step towards a closed loop system to manage waste.
Frito-Lay Opens “Near Net Zero” Plant in Arizona
Frito-Lay reopens what will be a “near net zero” plant. The factory will run of mostly renewable energy, operate significantly with recycled water, and will send almost no waste to the landfill.
Medtronic’s Corporate Citizenship Update Touts Engagement, Environment
Medtronic issued its 2011 Corporate Citizenship update, which focuses on supply chain management, communicating with its global workforce, and balancing environmental responsibility with its goals to boost growth.
Terra Cycle Pushes E-waste Collection Boundaries With Mice Brigade
TerraCycle, partnering with Logitech, has launched the Keyboard and Mouse Brigade. The e-waste recycling program allows users to box up and ship old keyboards and mice and gain rewards. But will it succeed?
Dell Swaps Carbon Neutrality for Energy Efficiency
Dell has stopped purchasing Renewable Energy Credits, central to its promise of becoming a “carbon-neutral” company, according to its 2011 corporate responsibility report.
GE Launches Refrigerator Recycling Program
What do you do with a refrigerator once it reaches the end of its life? Well, in our parents’ and grandparents’ day, appliances were repaired and repaired until they were completely unusable. In London, heaps of unwanted refrigerators were transformed into a theater installation. Some utilities pay a few bucks to take those old fridges [...]
Want Increased Recycling? Bottling Companies Pass the Buck to Government
As You Sow’s work reveals that Coca-Cola and Nestlé Waters North America have started to push for extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws for post consumer packaging.
Target Commercial Shoots Go Eco-Friendly
Target partners with EcoSet, an environmental production company founded as a response to the environmental impact of the film production industry, for commercial shootings.
FedEx Wins Big in Efficiency & Reduced Aircraft Emissions
FedEx’s global citizen efforts are an example of how performance and sustainability do not have to compete, but in fact, together are integral if companies are to succeed at a time of scorching global competition, rising prices, with the added demands for an improved quality of life facing diminishing resources.
Kit Kat Factory Achieves Zero Waste Milestone
In the United Kingdom town of York, the Nestle plant that churns out over a billion Kit Kats and 183 million guilt-inducing Aero bar annually has achieved a zero waste milestone four years early.
Coca Cola Enterprises’ Facilities Reach 99.5% Recycling Rate
Coca-Cola Enterprises has seven areas of focus that determine materiality for its sustainability agenda, and has achieved progress towards its “Commitment 2020” goals where the company believes it can make the most impact. Details are in its 2010 CSR report, issued this week.
Target Announces Corporate Responsibility Goals
Target announced its corporate responsibility scorecard, with a focus on the environment, education, healthy living, and community work.
Waste Diversion, Renewable Energy Among Highlights of Walmart’s 2011 Sustainability Report
Walmart just just released its 2011 Global Responsibility Report. Waste diversion and renewable energy initiatives that appear within some of the chain’s 8000 or so locations are only a couple of the report’s highlights.
Walmart Diverts 80% of its California Waste From Landfills
Last Thursday Walmart announced that it eliminated over 80% of its waste that otherwise would have ended up in landfills across California. The initiative’s success has sparked Walmart to roll out the program across the United States.
ecoATM Ramps Up E-Recycling with New Round of Financing
Last week ecoATM received US$14.4 million in a Series A preferred stock offering, led by Coinstar, Inc. and the venture capital firm Claremont Creek Ventures. That same day the company won a National Science Foundation grant, and rounded out its day of success with the securing of its first patent.
Phone Recycler Ready for Massive Verizon iPhone Switch
Secure TradeIn, a subsidiary of the leading global recycler and reseller of used cellular phones ReCellular, is prepared for a massive recycling effort thanks to Verizon’s iPhone coup. The company has an “e-cycling” arrangement with Verizon that could pay out as much as US$10 million to consumers who purchase a Verizon iPhone.
Xerox Employees’ Green Ideas Save Company $10.2 Million
Xerox has saved US$10.2 million this year while it eliminated 2.6 million pounds of waste. Employees at facilities around the world were engaged in a corporate wide “Earth Awards” program that challenged them to leverage innovation as a means to saving the company resources.
Make It Work! Parsons and Louis Vuitton Go Zero Waste
Through a partnership with Parsons, LV’s Soho Store will host a bevy of fashion design students who will make to with those pesky yet valuable scraps and remnants. Students have taken over sections of the Greene Street location, and by today, they will have created elaborate panels that will decorate a party the store is hosting. Assuming that the panels will be auctioned off or given away, the net result will be a little less waste that is hauled to a landfill.
Ecollective Ramps Up eWaste Recycling in California
Silicon Valley-based ECS Refining, in business since 1980, has long addressed the issue of e-waste in California. Now the company, which has been adept at turning trash into treasure, launched Ecollective, a partnership that will start with an operation of 94 e-waste collection points up and down the Golden State. Non-profits, as well as small and medium-sized businesses, are participating in the program through serving as hosted drop-off locations.
REI Reduces GHG Emissions 10% While Business Grows
While REI has achieved impressive growth in a difficult economy the last few years, the outdoor clothing and gear firm has also made huge strides on the environmental and social front. Monday’s release of its 2009 Stewardship Report, its fourth, focuses on details, not platitudes.
Whole Foods Issues New Packaging Standards for Suppliers
Whatever your attitude may be towards Whole Foods, the fact is that the Austin-based company has had an instrumental role in the change of many Americans’ food habits. Once relegated to university towns and neighborhoods with aging beatniks and hippies, “health food stores,” while still around, have given sway to becoming a “consumer experience” that [...]
IKEA Now Selling Used Furniture Online in Sweden
IKEA has received a fair share of criticism over the years, but there is evidence that the furniture giant is making improvements on the sustainability front. The company has experimented with renewable energy, is phasing out flame retardants in its furniture, and in Sweden it is making a counterintuitive business move: customers in its home country can now sell the store’s used furniture on IKEA’s Swedish site.
A Future in Composting: Waste Management Buys Ohio Recycling Firm
Waste Management purchased a majority stake in Garick this week. For Garick, the deal will give it the opportunity to expand geographically, giving it access to WM’s customers in even more markets. And while having a greater reach on WM’s coattails is a shot in the arm for Garick, the real winner could be the firm that now has majority ownership.
Can Recycling of Construction Materials Solve Honolulu’s Waste Crisis?
One Honolulu City Councilman, Donovan Dela Cruz, introduced a bill that would require building permit applicants to submit plans that would prove the reuse or recycling of 60% of any demolished and dismantled materials.
Reuseit.com Makes Disposable Look Unfashionable
Since its founding in 2002, Reuseit.com has grown 1200%, and reported revenues of US$6.2 billion in 2008. As of April 2010, the firm estimates it has saved consumers from disposing over 850 million items.
High Tech Recycling Bins Prod Clevelanders to Recycle or Risk Fines
Cleveland’s recylcling bins now boast sensors that monitor whether residents are taking their recycling bins to the curb on garbage days. If the blue bin is not taken to the curb on the recycling basis, trash collectors will check out the bins to gauge whether trash is correctly sorted. If it is not, residents get dinged with a $100 fine.
Mexico City Says Adios To Plastic Bags
The plastic bag ban is part of Mexico City’s Plan Verde, which is tackling issues from air pollution to the increase of organic food in the city’s markets. Frustrated with what they insist are the health and environmental problems that result from plastic bags, city leaders figure the ban is just one approach to educate residents about the environment.
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