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Del Birmingham

Toxic Chemicals in World Cup Soccer Gear, Greenpeace Says · Environmental Man... - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 21 May 14
     
    Soccer merchandise produced by adidas, Nike and Puma ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has been found to contain hazardous chemicals, according to an investigation by Greenpeace Germany.
Adriana Trujillo

Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 04 Sep 14
     
    NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide.
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De Blasio Administration Bans Single-Use Styrofoam Products in New York City Beginning ... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Jan 15
     
    Mayor Bill de Blasio banned the possession, sale, or provision of polystyrene-based foam containers and loose fill packaging in New York City. The measure will go into effect on July 1, 2015.
Del Birmingham

How PepsiCo aims to close the loop on recycling | GreenBiz - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 13 Feb 15
     
    PepsiCo is committed to working to increase the U.S. beverage recycling rate, with a goal of reaching 50 percent by 2018. Such a shift would capture billions of containers that otherwise would end up in landfill, streets, parks and waterways. PepsiCo and The Nature Conservancy forged a new initiative to "Recycle for Nature." By recycling any plastic bottle or aluminum can, consumers are directly helping support The Nature Conservancy's efforts to save and restore 1 billion gallons of water over the next five years.
Adriana Trujillo

Victory: Obama Signs Bill Banning Plastic Microbeads - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 Jan 16
     
    President Obama signed a bill on Monday that will phase out the manufacturing of face wash, toothpaste and shampoo containing plastic microbeads by July 1, 2017, and the sale of such beauty products by July 1, 2018.
Adriana Trujillo

Campbell Will Disclose GMOs on All Labels, Urges Feds to Make It Mandatory | Sustainabl... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Jan 16
     
    Whether or not you believe that GMOs are safe for human consumption, the majority of American consumers support the labeling of GMO foods. Genetically engineered crops might be here to stay, but even so, it may be in the industry's best interest to label products that contain them. So said Campbell Soup President and CEO Denise Morrison in a big announcement: Campbell will disclose the presence of GMOs on product labels across its portfolio and strongly supports federal legislation to make GMO labeling mandatory.
Adriana Trujillo

California Is Building The Country's Largest Solar Desalination Plant | Co.Exist | idea... - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Oct 15
     
    The largest solar-powered desalination plant in the US is planned in Fresno County, an inland area in California where the water contains natural salt and needs to be treated. The project, which could get underway next year, will create enough drinking water for 10,000 homes
Adriana Trujillo

Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor : TreeHugger - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 17
     
    Researchers at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have developed solar paint containing a moisture-absorbing compound that also is able to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. If water vapor is in the air, then any surface painted with this product can produce hydrogen fuel, researchers said, regardless of the location or climate.
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Vivobarefoot will launch an amphibious shoe made with algae-based foam this summer : Tr... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 17
     
    Vivobarefoot is producing Ultra III, amphibious adventure shoes that contain Bloom's algae-based foam. Each pair of shoes will be composed of 25% algae foam that the company says help protect waterways by recirculating "57 gallons of filtered water back into natural habitats."
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Canada finalizes microbead ban - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 17
     
    Personal care products containing microbeads will be banned from Canada beginning Jan. 1. A statement from Environmental Defence Canada lauds the ban and sees it as a proactive move, as other nations around the world consider similar regulations.
Del Birmingham

First 'Plastic Free' Label Debuts to Help Shoppers Cut Waste - 1 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 17 May 18
     
    Even if you try to avoid buying plastics, you might be surprised to find it lurks in many common food and beverage containers, including tin cans, disposable coffee cups and even tea bags. On Wednesday, however, the environmental group A Plastic Planet debuted the world's first "Plastic Free Trust Mark" to help shoppers know that their products are packaged entirely without the non-biodegradable material, which harms marine life and has entered the larger food chain.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike Jumps On Upcycling Bandwagon With New Shoe Packaging - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Apr 17
     
    The new shoeboxes will be made from 100 percent post-consumer waste, including milk and orange juice containers and coffee lids.
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How Etsy Built The Greenest Office Space In Tech - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Apr 17
     
    Online marketplace Etsy received the Petal Certification through the Living Building Challenge for its sustainable headquarters, using reclaimed wood and screening the paints, adhesive materials and about 1,500 other items to ensure they did not contain harmful substances. Etsy is the first tech company to achieve the rating and is now aiming to achieve zero-waste in its workplaces across the globe by 2020.
Adriana Trujillo

Recycled plastic draws focus in California - Resource Recycling News - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 May 19
     
    Calif. considers bill that would boost recycled content in plastic containers
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Maine becomes the first state to ban styrofoam - CNN - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 May 19
     
    Maine has issued a statewide ban on styrofoam food containers, becoming the first state to do so. The ban will go into effect January 1, 2021.
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Climate change: Rainforest absorption of CO2 becoming erratic - Science - News - The In... - 0 views

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6 ways Apple's new mothership will be ultra green | GreenBiz.com - 1 views

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  • 6 ways Apple's new mothership will be ultra green
  • 1. Fruit trees
  • The new plan will transform an existing site almost entirely covered with buildings and asphalt into a landscape featuring almost 7,000 trees – including the apple, apricot, cherry and plum fruit trees that made San Jose's orchards thrive long before silicon was invented.
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  • When Apple Campus 2 is finished, 80 percent of the site will be green space
  • 2. Renewables
  • the campus will run entirely on renewable energy. The plan calls for about 8 megawatts of solar panels to be installed on the roof of the main, spaceship-shaped building as well as the parking structures. An unspecified number of fuel cells also will be installed, with the rest of the electricity needed for operations sourced through grid-purchased renewable energy.
  • Primary opposition to the site has centered on its transportation plan. To combat those criticisms, Apple has expanded its Transportation Demand Management program, emphasizing the use of bicycles, shuttles and buses that will link employees with regional public transit networks.
  • 3. Net-zero building design
  • the structure itself is being designed to create as much energy as it uses. There is a strong emphasis on energy-efficiency: the passive heating and cooling systems will use 30 percent less than a comparable campus. A central site will contain fuel cells, back-up generators, chillers, condenser water storage, hot water storage, an electrical substation and water and fire pumps.
  • 4. Attention to water conservation
  • Attention has been paid to reducing the number of impermeable surfaces on the site. (Up to 9,240 of the parking spots, for example, will be underground so that Apple can invest in landscaping that absorbs water. A recycled water main is under consideration, and other steps have been taken to minimize water consumption by about 30 percent below a typical Silicon Valley development. Those measures include low-flow fixtures, the use of native plans and roof rainwater capture.
  • 5. An expanded waste management program
  • Apple already diverts about 78 percent of the waste associated with its existing headquarters from landfills. The proposal calls for the company to recycle or reuse any construction waste; from an operations perspective, it will step up recycling from solid waste sources as well as the use of composting.
  • 6. A sharpened focus on commuting alternatives
  • As part of its transportation program, the plan calls for buffered bike lanes on streets adjacent to the campus that are segregated from vehicular lanes and that also allow for bikes to pass each other. The focus will be on encouraging all employees that live within 15 minutes of the campus to use sustainable or public transportation alternatives. The site will start with 300 electric vehicle charging stations, with the built-in capacity to expand.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 Nov 13
     
    The iPhone maker's master plan features extensive green space, aggressive water conservation and one of the largest corporate solar arrays in the world.
Brett Rohring

How Hasbro, Lego and Mattel stack up as green toy makers | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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  • Millions upon millions of games, dolls, trinkets and other baubles are churned out for the entertainment of children around the world.
  • As the titans that make them start considering their complete environmental footprints, they are making big strides in protecting the planet's natural resources, albeit by disparate approaches.
  • by 2020 Hasbro plans to reduce waste to landfill by 50 percent, energy consumption by 25 percent, GHG emissions by 20 percent and water consumption by 15 percent.
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  • Between 2008 and 2012, the company says, it reduced non-hazardous waste by 40 percent, energy consumption by 19 percent, GHG emissions by 32 percent and water consumption by 31 percent.
  • Hasbro is also working to reduce its packaging material, eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from packaging, increase recycled content and source paper responsibly.
  • This year the company eliminated PVC from new product packaging and says it's on track to nix it from all packaging by the end of this year.
  • It also exceeded its 2011 goal to derive at least 75 percent of paper and board packaging from recycled material or from sources that practice sustainable forest management. By 2015, Hasbro plans to increase that number to 90 percent.
  • it also did away with the plastic bags in which game instructions were wrapped, removing 800,000 pounds of material worldwide from its waste stream.
  • Lego has worked for decades to eliminate PVC as well as phthalates from its toys, all of which no longer contain these substances.
  • Next year the cardboard used in the new boxes will carry FSC certification
  • Over the next few years Lego's parent company, Kirkbi, is investing $547 million to build a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
  • By 2020, the company will contribute to the world at least the same amount of sustainable energy as the company consumes.
  • "Today we recycle about 90 percent of our waste, and with zero waste as our long-term ambition we will continue to make progress on this agenda,
  • in 2010, Mattel's Hot Wheels factory in Malaysia began using local sources and 100 percent compostable residual sugar cane fiber as an alternative packaging material for the plastic insert tray of the Hot Wheels 9- and 10-pack car assortments.
  • Mattel established a sustainability target to improve our packaging material efficiency by 5 percent by 2015.
  • the company has reduced its energy consumption by 33 percent, CO2 emissions by 38 percent, water consumption by 54 percent, volatile organic compound emissions by nearly 70 percent, non-hazardous waste generation by 30 percent and hazardous waste generation by 16 percent.
  • Mattel canceled its contracts with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), who were complicit in rainforest destruction, and instructed its suppliers to avoid wood fiber from controversial sources, including companies 'that are known to be involved in deforestation
Adriana Trujillo

Apple bans use of 2 chemicals in iPhone assembly - 0 views

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  • hat's more, Apple is requiring all its factories to test all substances to ensure that they don't contain benzene or n-hexane, even if the chemicals aren't listed in the ingredients.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Aug 14
     
    Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals, benzene and n-hexane, during the final assembly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company's latest commitment to protect the factory workers who build its trendy devices.
Del Birmingham

National Geographic's Clever New Cover Contains Chilling Warning About Plastics | HuffPost - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 17 May 18
     
    The 18 billion pounds of plastic that end up in the ocean each year are "just the tip of the iceberg," the caption says.
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