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Adriana Trujillo

Basel Action Network (BAN) : Developing Countries Rally to Prevent Industry Efforts to ... - 0 views

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  • repairable electronic waste to be exempt from the international Basel Convention hazardous waste trade control procedures.
  • developing countries cannot control the junk electronic computers, faxes, printers and TVs flooding into their countries from North America and Europe
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  • Transboundary Movement of e-Waste in Geneva
  • all exports of hazardous electronic waste be notified to importing countries, and receive their consent prior to shipment.  
  • without lifting the established hazardous waste trade controls, reuse of used equipment would be inhibited
  • if manufacturers would make efforts to create non-toxic components, readily upgradable hardware and longer-lived products.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 13
     
    Developing coutnries are trying to defeat a policy that would require knowledge and consent to hazardous waste material being shipped into that country
Adriana Trujillo

FedEx Ground Faces Hazardous Waste Violations Fines · Environmental Managemen... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 03 Jul 14
     
    FedEx Ground Package System allegedly violated California's hazardous waste control laws more than 1,500 times, according to a civil complained filed by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Adriana Trujillo

Unilever announces new global zero non-hazardous waste to landfill achievement | News |... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Feb 16
     
    Unilever has achieved zero non-hazardous waste to landfill status at more than 600 global sites, which include factories, warehouses, distribution centers, and offices.
Adriana Trujillo

United Kingdom : Primark joins Greenpeace's global Detox campaign - Apparel News United... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 21 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • British retail giant Primark joined the growing number of brands committing to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain as part of Greenpeace's global Detox campaign.
  • British retail giant Primark joined the growing number of brands committing to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain as part of Greenpeace's global Detox campaign.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Feb 14
     
    British retail giant Primark joined the growing number of brands committing to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain as part of Greenpeace's global Detox campaign.
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Greenpeace: Tech Giants Still Using Hazardous Chemicals · Environmental Manag... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 10 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 10 Sep 14
     
    Samsung, Sony and Panasonic are among the technology companies still using hazardous chemicals such as polyvinylchloride and brominated flame retardants in their products, according to a report by Greenpeace. While there has been some progress in recent years, the report shows that a number of leading consumer electronics companies are still continuing to use toxic chemicals in smartphones, televisions, tablets, computers and cables.
Adriana Trujillo

Unilever achieves zero waste to landfill across global factory network | Media centre |... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Feb 15
     
    Unilever achieved zero non-hazardous waste to landfill across its global factory network. The company reportedly avoided around $229 million in costs and created hundreds of jobs. Editors note: Unilever explained that hazardous waste only represents a small percentage of total factory waste.
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Tool Helps Companies Use Safer Chemicals in Products · Environmental Leader ·... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Mar 16
     
    In an effort to help companies use safer chemicals, the Clean Production Action (CPA), has released the next version of the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals Hazard Assessment Guidance, adding information for using the GreenScreen List Translator as a first step in identifying hazardous chemicals in products.
Adriana Trujillo

Tesco Starts Phasing Out Hazardous Chemicals from F&F Clothing Line - Environmental Leader - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Jul 17
     
    The British retailer Tesco announced a commitment to immediately start removing hazardous chemicals from the supply chain of its F&F clothing and footwear label. Tesco recently signed onto the Greenpeace Detox Campaign, agreeing to eliminate chemicals such as phthalates, heavy metals, and chlorinated solvents by 2020. The retailer joins 80 other brands and suppliers that have agreed to the campaign since it began in 2011.
Adriana Trujillo

Panasonic staff earn hazard pay in polluted Chinese cities | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Mar 14
     
    Panasonic has confirmed that it is planning to provide staff working in Chinese cities a salary premium to compensate them for the effects of the country's escalating smog crisis.
Adriana Trujillo

Over 75% of Unilever's factories achieve zero non-hazardous waste to landfill | Media c... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 15 Apr 14
     
    London/Rotterdam, 9 April 2014. Unilever announced today that all its factories across Europe have joined those in North America in achieving zero non-hazardous waste to landfill. With similar achievements in countries from Argentina to Indonesia, it means more than three-quarters of the company's global factory network no longer sends such waste to landfill, up from 20% just three years ago.
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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
Del Birmingham

Old tires find new life as cleaner alternative to diesel - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 30 Nov 16
     
    One is an eyesore and a health hazard, the other one is plain dirty. So what do you get when you combine processed scrap tires with diesel fuel? In what might be a case of two wrongs making a right, Australian startup Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) has shown that it is possible to get a cleaner blend of fuel by combining oil derived from old tires with diesel.
Adriana Trujillo

Toxic Chemicals Found in Kids' Clothes from Disney, Gap, 10 Other Brands · En... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 16 Jan 14
     
    Disney, Burberry, Adidas and other major brands tested positive for hazardous chemicals in their children's clothes and shoes, according to a Greenpeace investigation.
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Burberry Pledges No More Toxic Chemicals in Supply Chain · Environmental Mana... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Jan 14
     
    Burberry has committed to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by Jan. 1, 2020, following weeks of Greenpeace-led protests at its stores and consumer pressure on its social media channels.
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Facilities' Toxic Air Pollutants Declined 12% in 2012 · Environmental Managem... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Feb 14
     
    Facilities' total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to the EPA's annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report. The decrease includes an 8 percent decline in total toxic air releases, primarily due to reductions in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions.
Adriana Trujillo

Walmart puts product suppliers on notice about chemicals | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 03 Mar 14
     
    Walmart sent a letter to its suppliers outlining its new sustainable chemistry policy, which seeks to curtail the use of substances that are hazardous to human health and the environment. The policy was developed over several years in consultation with the Environmental Defense Fund and other stakeholders.
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Groups protest chemicals used in Apple's iPhone - Yahoo Finance - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Mar 14
     
    Apple's labor practices are under attack by China Labor Watch and Green America, who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers assembling the devices in China
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Lowe's to Pay $18.1M in Illegal Dumping Settlement · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 04 Apr 14
     
    Home improvement retailer Lowe's Home Centers will pay $18.1 million to settle claims that more than 100 of its stores in California illegally dumped hazardous waste in landfills.
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Report: Staggering amounts of toxic chemicals produced across America | Environmental D... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Apr 14
     
    "Toxics Across America" (Environmental Defense Fund) analyzes the production, consumption, and trade of 120 hazardous chemicals in the United States-complete with an interactive map showcasing the findings. The report finds that 14 chemicals are produced or imported in quantities exceeding one billion pounds per year, and that 8 chemicals are used in children's products.
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OR Initiative Saves Hospital System $692K · Environmental Leader · Environmen... - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Aug 15
     
    Spectrum Health, a Michigan-based nonprofit healthcare system, saved $692,000 through Green the OR, a Practice Greenhealth initiative that focuses on reducing cost, waste and exposure to hazardous chemicals in the operating room.
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