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Recycling glass used to be challenge in Kansas City, but a non-profit, brewery and insulation maker have turned that around with Ripple Glass, a company that has its sights set on doubling...
A packaging material made of mushroom roots and agricultural waste is lowering its energy footprint further with new sterilizing technology....
The United Kingdom government has launched a review of waste policies in England with an eye on working toward zero waste....
A dress designed in collaboration between fashion and engineering students leads to a greener gown for (indoor) nuptials....
Kraft Foods has far exceeded its goal to reduce waste by 15 percent by 2011. The company cut its waste by 30 percent, now recycles or reuses 90 percent of its waste and has nine zero-waste-to-...
Electrolux is raising awareness of plastic waste in the oceans by putting plastic collected from waters around the world in peoples' homes....
Most composting facilities accept compostable packaging and products, but many also say a consistent method for labeling and identifying compostable items is needed, according to a survey....
The winner of a competition sponsored by Starbucks to gather ideas for reducing paper cup use isn't a cup at all, but a concept for encouraging customers to bring their own cups for possible free...
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has thrown its weight behind the concept of expended producer responsibility, calling on Congress to support state governments in making the producers and...
A U.K. design group developed a material made of coffee grounds and recycled plastic that it's currently using to make chairs.
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Sunny Delight Beverage Co.'s Texas manufacturing plant is the company's final site to complete its goal of sending zero waste to landfills.
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Walmart is stocking 60 TerraCycle products made from upcycled packaging and waste during the month of April.
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U.K. supermarket Waitrose is switching from plastic bags back to plastic bottles for its milk at the same time Sainsbury's is rolling out bagged milk at all its stores....
Washington state has passed a law requiring makers of compact fluorescent light bulbs to pay for the recycling of lighting products that contain mercury. Maine, which already has a similar program...
Carpet manufacturer Interface sent less than 1 percent of its raw materials to landfills last year as it steadily chips away at its ambitious goals to create zero waste and pollution, use no...
Biocor is a new company that plans to create a market for recycled bioplastic by buying post-consumer and post-industrial polylactic acid in the U.S.
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U.K. snack company United Biscuits has met some of its environmental goals early, leading it to set even more aggressive targets and shorten its deadlines.
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For the launch of its fully-compostable snack bag, Frito Lay Canada is working with local composting programs to ensure that new SunChips bags are handled properly when disposed.
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The Oakland-based company has spent the last 10 years finding ways to recycle its waste, use less packaging and testing reusable delivery crates.
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The second phase of a program for reducing the impact of packaging in the U.K. hopes to lower packaging-related carbon by 10 percent by 2012.
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