Since the first days of the green movement, consumers have been on the lookout for ways to save the planet while keeping their standard of luxury. Deirdre Wallace introduced such a way when she opened The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica, California in 2003. With 77 rooms, The Ambrose...
How can you clean up by riding the green wave? Rich Sootkoos' company, Reproduct, has created a greener alternative to recycled paper and is helping corporations create greener marketing materials, company reports, and greeting cards. Here he talks about building reuse into his products and garnering support from Microsoft execs,...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'VE I HEARD so much about green information technology' IT, initiatives recently you'd be forgiven for thinking that everybody had this under control. You might be surprised to learn that storage vendor ONStor found that 58 per cent of the companies they surveyed were either still...
ENDANGERED SPECIES Bits of dried fruit give this bar antioxidants and a flavor kick. The company donates 10 percent of net profits to wildlife habitat conservation projects. ($2" chocolatebar.com) SWEETRIOT These certified-fair-trade "nibs" consist of crushed Latin American cacao beans covered in rich chocolate....
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL DENVER -- For the past seven years, Kansas native Michael Young has been trying to get medical supplies discarded by American doctors and health care facilities to underdeveloped countries. So desperate is the need for medical...
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL DENVER -- For the past seven years, Kansas native Michael Young has been trying to get medical supplies discarded by American doctors and health care facilities to underdeveloped countries. So desperate is the need for medical...
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST), aregional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company,today said that the company has been considering strategic options for itsMaine Energy Recovery facility including a possible sale to MattsonDevelopment LLC, a local Maine real estate development company. Noagreements have yet been reached. As...
After making its debut on the 2007 Toyota Tundra,Delphi Halogen-Free Ultra-Thin-Wall Cable is now being produced formultiple vehicles from three major automakers at a rate of 1.5 billion feetper year. It is an environmentally responsible alternative to conventionalcable such as polyvinyl chloride PVC and cross-linked polyethyleneXLPE. The cable, touted for...
For almost two decades publicly accessedfacilities have undergone major modifications and modernization resultingin billions of dollars spent on new construction to comply with theguidelines that make up the many facets of ADA law. Already stretchedschool budgets are breathing a sigh of relief with SafePathTM Products'EntryLevelTM Landings, EZ EdgeTM Transitions, and...
Home News IN BRIEF *Hundreds of pages of highly confidential information about undercover police and witnesses in a Merseyside Police drugs operation - Operation Montrose, in which 17m of drugs was seized with 300,000 in cash - were found at a recycling centre near Preston...
Daniel Rubin is on assignment, live blogging on the Democratic National Convention. Here are excerpts from his blog, "Blinq": He had the crowd before he even got to the speech. Ed-die. Ed-die. He charmed with a clever zinger: "It's clear the only thing green in John McCain's energy plans are...
The truth about a "windfall tax" on the energy companies is that it would raise a lot of money and wouldn't raise much protest. After all, who is going to march on Parliament for the sake of E.On's profits? Who would be ready to dress up as Batman and stand...
Donation Launches Tenis Para NiSos, a New Footwear Donation Project Developed by the Charlie Villanueva Foundation NIWOT, Colo. -- Today Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) announced the first-of-its-kind recycled footwear donation program, SolesUnitedSM, will be teaming with Dominican-American NBA Star Charlie Villanueva of the Milwaukee Bucks to bring 10,000...
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST), aregional solid waste, recycling, and resource management services company,will host a conference call on Thursday, September 4, 2008 to discuss itsfinancial results for the company's first quarter fiscal year 2009, whichended July 31, 2008. The company will release its financial results after the close...
DENVER, Colorado AFP — The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week. The aim is to have the most environmentally-sustainable convention in modern US history. And the goals are...
Northgate High School students went back to school this week, and parents and students should already save the date to help clean up the school. The "Northgate Campus Fall Clean-up Day" will be Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The spring...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. today announced that it will open a 33,000-square-foot ApplianceSmart Factory Outlet in Marietta, Georgia, in November 2008 to serve the northwest suburbs of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Located at 1355 Roswell Road, N.E., the outlet...
LOS ANGELES -- John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International ERI, stressed the urgency of addressing the incoming glut of electronic waste and other ways businesses and individuals can get in touch with their "green DNA" at California Black Chamber of Commerce's annual Summit last week. The...
CHICAGO, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LKQ Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking, an auto recycler with nine recycling locations in California. We paid 60% of the purchase price with LKQ Corporation common stock. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051017/LKQLOGO) ...
Nation's Leading Provider of Waste and Recycling Services Recognized for Impressive Three-Year Growth Rate of 188.4% by Inc. Magazine; Earns Top 50 Ranking in Environmental Services Companies Category EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- OAKLEAF, the nation's leading provider of waste and recycling services,...
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