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TOOT YOUR HORN
Jan 01, 2009; ... GREEN jobs" appears to be the phrase of the day, especially as the nation's unemployment rate moves to the highest in decades. And the national economic stimulus package, expected to be passed by Congress in the next few weeks, will tout job creation in the renewable energy sector, along with ...
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT FUNDS COMPOSTING INITIATIVES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Six local authorities in Scotland received ?500,000 (730,000 USD) in December 2008 to begin residential food waste collection trials. The grants are part of the Scottish Government's ?18 million (26.25 million USD) Zero Waste Fund, which seeks to improve the country's recycling and composting ...
ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY BENEFITS ANALYSIS FAVORS DIVERSION
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) contracted with the Tellus Institute to do a literature review and modeling of environmental impacts of waste management focused on the life cycle impacts of various approaches. MADEP identified the following technologies to ...
U.S. EPA REPORTS 2007 WASTE GENERATION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL FACTS AND FIGURES
Jan 01, 2009; ... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published, "Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures 2007." The report calculates that 254 million tons of MSW were generated in 2007, out of which 85 million tons were recycled or ...
FARM ENERGY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Jan 01, 2009; ... In early January, the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago, along with a diverse collection of 33 other groups and companies, including the 25x25 Alliance and key farm groups, proposed a "robust and comprehensive suite" of clean energy programs for inclusion in the federal economic ...
TIME FOR STEEP EMISSIONS CUTS IS NOW
Jan 01, 2009; ... According to the Worldwatch Institute's 26th edition of the State of the World series, emission of carbon dioxide has to end by 2050 to avoid catastrophic disruption to the world's climate. A chapter by climate scientist W.L. Hare concludes that global greenhouse emissions will need to peak ...
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) is holding its 9th Massachusetts Organice Recycling Summit, "Greening from the Ground Up," Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in Devens, Massachusetts. For more information, including exhibitor opportunities, contact Morgan Harriman at ...
UNITED KINGDOM CONSUMERS CUT BACK ON WASTED FOOD
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Waste Reduction Action Programme's (WRAP) "Love Food Hate Waste" campaign has helped almost two million more households in the UK save money by cutting back on throwing food away. Since launch of the campaign in 2007, research shows that 1.8 million more households are taking steps to be ...
CLEANING AND GREENING COMMUNITIES
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Great American Cleanup, an annual campaign organized by Keep America Beautiful, created more than 48,000 gardens, green spaces and xeriscapes in 2008. The Great Ameri- can Cleanup works to clean and green communities across the U.S., and this is the first year that the organization tracked ...
HOTEL CHAIN'S "KEY" TO BEING GREEN
Jan 01, 2009; ... Marriott International, with over 3,000 lodging properties, announced plans to begin replacing the 24 million plastic key cards it purchases annually in the U.S. with cards made from 50 percent recycled material, saving 66 tons of plastic from being landfilled yearly. The hotel chain plans on ...
WATERLESS URINALS CONSERVE MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
Jan 01, 2009; ... Old urinals use 3 gallons of water or more per flush. Even water-efficient urinals, which use 1 to 1.5 gallons per flush, average 40,000 gallons/year. Carlsbad Unified School District, in Southern California, installed ...
NEW GIS TOOL FOR FINDING ORGANICS FACILITIES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) launched its new Products and Commodities GIS Tool in August 2008. The online tool allows users to search for facilities geographically and by material type, including (but not limited to) biosolids, brush, food ...
GREEN WASTE RECYCLING, WITH MSW COMPOSTING ON THE WAY
Jan 01, 2009; ... Somerton, Arizona A 34-mile trip to the closest transfer station, combined with the high cost of fuel, led residents and elected officials in Somerton to rethink how they manage their trash. The community enlisted the help of the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), which began ...
STADIUM RECYCLING RECORDS SHATTERED
Jan 01, 2009; ... Boulder, Colorado "We shattered all previous recycling records, drastically cut our sports events environmental footprint, and set the stage for continuous improvement toward a completely sustainable process," says Dave Newport, University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Environmental Center ...
FOOD WASTE FORUMS SPAWN DIVERSION PROGRAMS
Jan 01, 2009; ... New Brunswick, New Jersey The Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group (SWRRG) at the Rutgers, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station has just finished its first year of county-based food waste recycling forums. Each event in the series featured basic information for food waste generators ...
HUCKABAY RIDGE DIGESTER DELIVERS RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS TO PG&E
Jan 01, 2009; ... Stephensville, Texas Environmental Power Corporation announced in late December thatrepairs and upgrades to its Huckabay Ridge anaerobic digestion facility in Stephenville have been completed and production of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas (RNG®) has been resumed. The company is ...
HOUSEHOLD MAXIMIZES DIVERSION THROUGH THE THREE R'S
Jan 01, 2009; ... Harrisonburg, Virginia Kiser Environmental Consulting conducted a yearlong investigation of how much municipal solid waste (MSW) a residential household in Harrisonburg could divert from disposal through maximum reduction, reuse and recycling. Results show an 82 percent recycling rate ...
GREEN ENERGY CENTER WINS EPA AWARD
Jan 01, 2009; ... Grove City, Ohio The Green Energy Center developed by the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) received a "Project of the Year" award from the U.S. EPA. The honor was presented at the U.S. EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) annual conference in January 2009. The Green ...
UNIVERSITY PILOTS COMPOSTABLE CUP FOR SOFT DRINKS
Jan 01, 2009; ... Seattle, Washington The University of Washington (UW) is the pilot site for a compostable cup specifically developed for soft drinks - and more specifically, for Coca-Cola fountain drinks. The cup was created by International Paper in cooperation with UW and Cedar Grove ...
PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY RESOLUTION
Jan 01, 2009; ... Los Angeles, California The City of Los Angeles has adopted a Producer Responsibility resolution in partnership with the California Product Stewardship Council and the Green Cities California initiative. "Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an integral part of my RENEW LA plan to ...