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Staples to Begin Offering Businesses E-Waste Recycling Services

Staples Advantage, the business to business division of Staples, has partnered with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to launch a technology recycling service that makes it easier for for businesses to recycle old electronics. ... View More

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EDF Announces Finalists for Next-Gen Methane Monitoring Competition

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has announced five finalists for its Methane Detectors Challenge, a collaboration with seven oil and natural gas companies aimed at identifying next-generation technologies that will help better monitor and reduce met... View More

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NASA: Banned Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists in Atmosphere

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.Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such a... View More

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New Algae Process Turns Sewage Into Biofuel and Drinking Water

Nevada-based Algae Systems says it has developed a way to make algae-based biofuel profitable by transforming raw sewage into fuel and clean drinking water.The company says it has a pilot plant in Alabama that can profitably produces diesel fuel from... View More

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SAP Investing $500 Million to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Africa

SAP has announced it will invest up to $500 million through 2020 to train local talent and drive sustainable innovation and growth in Africa, with the overall goal of establishing the continent as one of the company's top-five global growth markets.M... View More

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Novelis Doubles Aluminum Recycling Capacity in Brazil

Novelis, global producer of aluminum rolled products, has announced a $106 million investment that will add 100,000 metric tons of coating capacity and 190,000 metric tons of recycling capacity at its Pindamonhangaba facility in São Paulo, Brazil.Th... View More

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Report: 12% of US Electricity Could Come From Waste-to-Energy

If all of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that currently is put into landfills each year in the US were diverted to waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants, it could generate enough electricity to supply 12 percent of the US total, according to a new stud... View More

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Global Shipping CO2 Emissions Dropping Each Year, 8% Between 2012 and 2013

Average carbon-dioxide emissions for a majority of global ocean container transports have declined year on year, and by nearly 8 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to a new report by BSR.The BSR Clean Cargo Working Group’s 2014 Global Maritim... View More

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GEMI Launches Tool to Help Companies Adopt Renewable Energy Tech

The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) has announced the availability of a new tool designed to provide insight into how corporations assess and implement renewable and alternative energy technologies.The GEMI Quick Guide on Renewable ... View More

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SeaWorld Doubling Size of Whale Environments After Documentary Ruins Revenue

SeaWorld has announced plans to double the size of its killer whale environments at three parks and will fund new programs to protect ocean health and killer whales in the wild.The first of the new environments will be built at SeaWorld San Diego, wh... View More

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NASA Investigating Climate Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice Loss

A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate, according to a recent announcement.The Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE) is NASA's first Arctic... View More

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More Than Half of Global Suppliers Commit to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil

Suppliers of more than 55 percent of the world’s palm oil have committed to produce or trade 100 percent deforestation-free palm oil in response to demands by global brands, who in turn were responding to investor pressure, according to Ceres.Gener... View More

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Pepsi to Begin Using Cashew Juice in Products Next Spring

PepsiCo has announced it will begin incorporating cashew juice into its blended juice products next spring as part of partnership with the Clinton Foundation, which aims to encourage sustainable agriculture and improve the livelihoods of smallholder ... View More

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GE ‘Data Lake’ Improves Fuel, Energy Efficiency in Aviation Industry

GE has developed a new industrial data lake software system to help businesses manage big data, which could help increase fuel efficiency in the aviation industry and beyond.In a 2013 pilot, GE Aviation collected information on 15,000 flights from 25... View More

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Kaiser Permanente Exec Says Hospitals Should Help Heal the Planet

Hospitals deliver life-saving care to individuals, but their substantial environmental footprint can be detrimental to environmental and community health, according to a newly released book by Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente's environmental stewardsh... View More

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McDonald’s Tapping Employees For Sustainability Innovations

McDonald’s Pacific Sierra Region has created a waste diversion execution manual that is resulting in an estimated diversion of 70 cubic yards of waste from landfills each week, according to the company’s 2014 Global “Best of Green” report.The... View More

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Sustainable School Supplies Startup Enters $5.6 Billion Market

Just in time for back-to-school season, eco-friendly school supplies company Green ABCs has launched a new line of supplies, which help minimize waste with recycled materials, renewable resources and innovations in biodegradability.The company’s co... View More

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Bacardi, Nonprofit Working Towards 100% Sugarcane Supply Chain Sustainability

Bacardi is working with global nonprofit Bonsucro to foster sustainability in the sugarcane sector as part of its effort to make good on its promise of obtaining 40 percent of the sugarcane-derived products used to make its rums from certified, susta... View More

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New Flexible Solar USB Charger Can Charge iPhone 3.5 Times

Minnesota-based research group Skajaquoda has developed a flexible solar panel that goes around any bag strap and charges its internal battery as you go about your day.The device, called Sun Strap, uses a 1.5W flexible solar panel and has a 5600 mAh ... View More

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SVN Innovation Award Winners Tackle Social, Environmental and Economic Problems

Farmland LP, Public Lab, Rising Tide Capital and Sustaintech India are the winners of the Social Venture Network’s (SVN) 2014 Innovation Award, which recognizes companies that demonstrate the greatest impact in solving social, environmental and eco... View More

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