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Adriana Trujillo

How GM Generates $1 Billion from Recycling, Reusing Waste Streams · Environme... - 0 views

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    General Motors has turned trash into cash - to the tune of $1 billion in new revenue streams from recycling and reuse. Read more: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/05/12/how-gm-generates-1-billion-from-recycling-reusing-waste-streams/#ixzz49Wo7d1VD
Adriana Trujillo

GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece - 0 views

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    General Motors announced plans to make engine covers, coats for the homeless, and air filters out of the 2 million discarded water bottles it has collected from Flint, Michigan residents. The project is an extension of its ongoing "Do Your Part" recycling initiative, which converts discarded water bottles into fleece.
Adriana Trujillo

Trash Talk: GM Has Record Year for Landfill-Free Operations - 1 views

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    General Motors has surpassed its 2020 target to achieve 131 landfill-free sites four years early. The company achieved landfill-free status at 23 new sites in 2016, bringing its network of landfill-free sites to 152 worldwide.
Brett Rohring

GM boosts 2014 Malibu fuel efficiency at low cost | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

  • For just a $160 price increase, GM is boosting the fuel economy of its 2014 midsize car, the Chevy Malibu, by 12 percent.
Adriana Trujillo

GM Facility Solves Tough Waste Challenge - 0 views

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    General Motors achieved landfill-free status at a 1.8 million square foot manufacturing facility in Rochester, New York. The company now manages 109 landfill-free facilities in total.
Adriana Trujillo

GM Renaissance Center Sends No Waste to Landfill - 0 views

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    General Motors achieved landfill-free status at its Detroit global headquarters-a 6-tower office complex that accommodates 15,000 people per day. The company now manages 110 landfill-free facilities in total.
Adriana Trujillo

Scotland to ban all GM crops over fears for 'green brand', angers farmers and scientist... - 0 views

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    Scotland is banning GMO crops in a bid to protect its "clean and green brand," angering farmers and scientists who say the ban panders to unwarranted consumer concerns and has no basis in science. "Cultivation of GM crops would harm our environment and our reputation," counters Scottish Green lawmaker Alison Johnstone. The Independent (London) (tiered subscription model) (8/9) 
Adriana Trujillo

11 More GM Facilities Become Landfill-Free - 0 views

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    General Motors announced that 11 of its factories now send zero waste to landfills. The company now manages 122 landfill-free facilities.
Adriana Trujillo

GM, Michelin put brakes on deforestation linked to rubber | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    Last year, Michelin announced it no longer would procure rubber from deforested lands. It set about working with suppliers and regional governments to encourage sustainable forestry. Michelin's zero deforestation policy led other tire makers Bridgestone, Goodyear and Continental to also begin working towards zero deforestation in rubber procurement. Now, GM is also adopting a zero deforestation stance in its tire procurement policy. The largest U.S. automaker (in market capitalization) in June declared that it would buy only tires with rubber sourced from sustainably grown forests. In addition, the company announced plans to work with other automakers and tire manufacturers to come up with an industry response
Adriana Trujillo

GM Chooses Flywheel UPS for Detroit Data Center | Energy Manager Today - 0 views

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    General Motors' enterprise data center in Detroit cut energy consumption 70% by installing a flywheel for battery-free backup power and implementing in-row cooling techniques. The facility also achieved LEED Gold certification.
Adriana Trujillo

GM Renaissance Center Now Composts Food Scraps - 0 views

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    General Motors began composting food scraps at its global headquarters, working with a local company to transform the waste into gardening soil. The company expects to collect 51,000 tons of food scraps by the end of 2014.
Adriana Trujillo

GM food generally safe for humans and the environment, report says | Environment | The ... - 0 views

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    Genetically manipulated food remains generally safe for humans and the environment, a high-powered science advisory board declared in a report on Tuesday. The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine concluded that changing the genetics of what we eat does not produce the "Frankenfood" monster some opponents claim - but is not feeding the world with substantially increased yields, as proponents promised.
Adriana Trujillo

Capturing Rainwater Will Save GM Plant Millions of Dollars - 1 views

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    General Motors completed a storm water management infrastructure expansion at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, which is expected to save the company nearly $2 million annually and cut operational water intensity. The company estimates the cost savings will surpass the total project investment in about 1 year.
Del Birmingham

The GM safety dance: What's rule and what's real | Grist - 0 views

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    This blog tries to understand both sides of the issue on safety testing of GMOs or GEs. By law the testing is voluntary say critics of FDA, and FDA says even though voluntary by rule, ALL GMOs are tested for safety and reviewed by FDA before allowing it to go to market.
Adriana Trujillo

Can Green GM Crops Convince Enviro-Minded Consumers? | Motherboard - 0 views

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    The new study, out in the Journal of Economic Entomology, looks specifically at the greenness of Bt sweet corn. The findings here are hardly surprising: Crops that produce their own pesticide need less pesticide applied. Neat.
Adriana Trujillo

Ford, BMW, 10 Others Agree Supplier Environmental Guidelines · Environmental ... - 0 views

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    BMW, Ford, GM, Honda and 10 other leading automakers have agreed a set of expectations for suppliers, relating to the environment, working conditions, human rights and business ethics.
Adriana Trujillo

Soil proprietor: Do GMOs promote dirt conservation? | Grist - 0 views

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    Genetically modified crops are making it easier for farmers to embrace low-till agricultural strategies, proponents say. The precise impact of GM crops is hard to quantify, however, with some analyses suggesting that farmers in the U.S. aren't changing their tilling habits
Adriana Trujillo

What Colgate-Palmolive, Campbell and GM share: carbon pricing | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Companies including Campbell Soup, Colgate-Palmolive and Owens Corning use internal pricing mechanisms to keep tabs on, and hopefully reduce, their carbon emissions. That's a sign that business leaders are preparing for regulatory measures aimed at curbing carbon emissions, says Lance Pierce, president of nonprofit CDP North America. "The world's biggest companies anticipate a future in which their carbon emissions carry a price," he said. 
Adriana Trujillo

GM Facility Saves 4M Gallons of Water Annually · Environmental Management & S... - 0 views

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    General Motors' Kokomo Operations - which is landfill-free and has achieved a water reduction of 4 million gallons annually - is now a member of the Indiana Environmental Stewardship Program.
Adriana Trujillo

Ford, GM, Nissan shift water conservation into next gear | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    For the first four years of its existence, the Department of Energy's Better Plants program focused almost exclusively on encouraging industrial manufacturers to reduce energy intensity by an ambitious 25 percent. Many are recording annual average improvements of 2.1 percent, according to the DoE's latest progress report (PDF) issued in September.
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