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- S.F. Mayor Signs First Mandatory Composting Law in U.S. – Gavin Newsom
- San Francisco Rolls Out EcoFinder iPhone App to Help Residents Recycle – Gavin Newsom
- Starbucks Coffee: Green or Greenwashed? – Sarah Lozanova
- San Franciscans Must Recycle and Compost -- or Else – Tilde Herrera
- M&S to Recycle All Food Waste as Part of Zero-Waste Goal – Tilde Herrera
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The Big PictureEnergy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising -- putting energy efficiency on everyone's front burner as a smart environmental and business practice.
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The average company could recycle half of the waste it produces. The environmental benefits seem obvious, but are businesses really considering waste reduction as a means to cut costs? The Xerox Corporation has, and this 155-page guide and accompanying workbook will help other businesses to do so as well.
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The Big PictureBecause traditional, nonrenewable energy sources such as oil and coal harm the environment in their extraction, processing, delivery, and use, customers say they are willing to pay more, if necessary, for cleaner energy
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Leading companies are finding that a comprehensive waste-reduction strategy can provide significant financial benefits -- not just by reducing purchases of unneeded materials, but also reducing real estate and energy costs from having to store and transport them. This may require conducting waste audits, engaging in employee education, working with vendors, and engaging in measuring and reporting of waste to identify cost-effective waste-reduction opportunities.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- The partnership signals a new direction for TerraCycle, which will be sourcing used vinyl billboard materials that Yak Bag is turning into durable, waterproof backpacks, messenger bags, totes and more.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new regulation adopted today will force more than a dozen California landfills to design and install equipment that captures methane gas created by decomposing solid waste.
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AUGUSTA, Maine -- Under a new Maine law, producers of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) will be required to provide or fund free CFL collection and recycling programs for household CFLs.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signs one of the nation's more stringent municipal recycling measures into law today. Provisions in the new ordinance make it mandatory for businesses and residents to compost food scraps -- the first requirement of its kind in the U.S.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The company announced today the creation of the Green Sigma Coalition to integrate IBM’s Green Sigma consulting service with the products and services of several big-name partners. A second project will take aim at the development of tomorrow’s lithium-ion batteries.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- California’s attorney general and 20 district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Target Corp. today that accuses the retailer of dumping pesticides, propane canisters and other hazardous waste in local landfills.
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San Francisco, which passed the first mandatory recycling and composting laws in the U.S., just last week, launches an iPhone version of the popular web-based EcoFinder tool to help residents recycle.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The long-awaited digital TV transition began today, leaving millions of Americans without a signal unless they secured a set-top converter box. That could leave behind heaps of unwanted analog TVs that some manufacturers are ill equipped to recycle.
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HOUSTON, Texas -- The company, whose business has expanded beyond simple trash hauling to include recycling and materials management, will distribute BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors to reduce the amount of waste collection in public places.
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Starbucks is given credit by many for revolutionizing the American coffee drinking experience. The company, however, is both praised and criticized by environmentalists. Is Starbucks a leader of sustainability or a greenwasher?
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted today to require all businesses and residences to recycle and compost their garbage or face fines, which could lead to a lien on their property.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Cheese graters, handbags, fencing and recliners are just some of the thousands of consumer products that have been manufactured with radioactive metals, according to a Scripps Howard News Service investigation that also looks at the numerous flaws in the U.S.'s current radiation-checking system.
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The U.K.-based retailer reportedly signed a new business contract that will turn all food waste from its operations into compost or energy.
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HOUSTON, Texas -- Waste Management already generates renewable energy by incinerating trash and converting methane from its miles of landfills. Now the company is wading into a new venture that can turn garbage into synthetic gas for heating, ethanol or electricity.
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A new report from the Basel Action Network calling out an electronic waste recycler for misleading practices highlights how complicated and potentially risky the e-waste collection issue can be for companies and other groups.