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Whole Log Lumber Show How Beauty and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand

Sustainability isn't something that often gets associated with beauty. One North Carolina based company, Whole Log Lumber, is beginning to change that idea with their recycled lumber products

3 Feb 2009

Topsoil Screener That Allows Onsite Screening and Recycling of Topsoil

The EZ-Screen 1200XL enables contractors to recycle topsoil on the jobsite, eliminating energy consumption used on disposing of old soil and trucking in new soil

2 Feb 2009

Olympic Wire and Equipment Announces Demand Increase for Baling Equipment for Use in Recycling

Olympic Wire and Equipment, California's leader in bailing and recycling equipment, announced today that in 2008, demand for baling equipment climbed as companies turned to recycling to reduce costs and eliminate waste in today's challenging economy

1 Feb 2009

Air Liquide Invests Millions in Recovering Carbon Dioxide

Air Liquide is investing in two new carbon dioxide recovery units, one in Bazancourt, France and one in Rozenburg, the Netherlands

29 Jan 2009

Burying Crop Residues at Sea Could Reduce CO2 in The Atmosphere by 15 Percent

Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues – the stalks and such left after harvesting – and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations

29 Jan 2009

WalMart Opens Environmental Demonstration Store

Wal-Mart Canada has announced the opening of its first environmental demonstration store in Burlington, Ontario, which features a first-of-its-kind application of geothermal technology in a large-scale Canadian retail operation and energy-conserving lighting innovations, among many other sustainable features

28 Jan 2009

Carbon Footprint of Tropicana Calculated by Pepsico and Carbon Trust

Tropicana 64-ounce container of Pure Premium Orange Juice is the first consumer product in North America to receive Carbon Trust certification

26 Jan 2009

Recipients Announced of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2009 Environmental Stewardship Awards

The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2009 Environmental Stewardship Awards

26 Jan 2009

Sustainability and Luxury Go Hand in Hand With New $29 Million Mansion

Frank McKinney's highly anticipated $29 million green mansion in an illusionary and spectacular theatrical assault on the senses. The estate is the first home of its size to be certified green by the rigorous environmental standards of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Council

22 Jan 2009

2008 Global Frost and Sullivan Green Excellence of the Year Award Goes to SlurryCarb Process

EnerTech Environmental, Inc. announced today that its SlurryCarb process has received the 2008 Global Frost and Sullivan Green Excellence Award of the Year

20 Jan 2009