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Leading companies are finding that a comprehensive waste-reduction strategy can provide significant financial benefits -- not just by reducing purchases of unneeded materials, but also reducing real estate and energy costs from having to store and transport them. This may require conducting waste audits, engaging in employee education, working with vendors, and engaging in measuring and reporting of waste to identify cost-effective waste-reduction opportunities.
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The outdoor retailer used a full-page ad in the New York Times this last weekend to offer a few wise words about sustainable consumption....
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Strips that absorb the gas that accelerates fruit ripening are being tested by Marks & Spencer and Tesco in the hopes of slashing food and packaging waste....
The metal mining sector pushed disposal and other releases ot toxic chemicals and metals up 16 percent in 2010, following years of decline....
A local activist has proposed that the city test several composting toilet models outdoors and in public buildings to determine if it is feasible to deploy the units citywide....
The outdoor retailer used a full-page ad in the New York Times this last weekend to offer a few wise words about sustainable consumption....
There is no bigger hurdle to reducing wasteful consumption than the increasingly ridiculous shopping marathon known as 'Black Friday.' Here's what's wrong with this festival of consumerism run......
The resort company earned a WasteWise Acheivement Award in part for its recycling of 8,722 tons of food in 2010 alone....
The Cleveland Indians have cut their waste in half, saving the ball club more than $50,000 each year....
The winners of the annual StopWaste Partnership Business Efficiency Awards offer useful examples of how companies large and small are putting their operations under the magnifying glass to cut......
Americans waste a shocking 40 percent of the food they buy, and as much of half of that can be attributed to the "best before" labels on food.
GreenBiz.com's fourth annual Green Buildings Market & Impact report finds continued growth in certified green buildings, especially overseas, as the business benefits of green buildings become......
Just how well are LEED-certified buildings doing in making real-world environmental and energy improvements?...
The hotel giant will collect and donate used soap bars to the Global Soap Project and invest $1.3 million to broaden the group's processing capabilities....
The head of sustainability at one of the world's most innovative companies kicked of the 2011 Innovation Forum with a look at how Nike tackles innovation, how its helping other companies get up to......
Eighteen months after I first profiled Cisco's efforts to cut their packaging waste -- and save big bucks in the process -- I got a chance to see if the project is thriving or struggling....
The company has set an ambitious goal to make its 27-year-old Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Arizona a "near net zero" consumer of energy and water. Here's how it's progressing....
While U.K. companies are taking steps to embed sustainability into their business practices, the pace and breadth falls short of the progress that needs to be made to address major challenges such......
A new study pokes holes in the belief that a switch to natural gas will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Coca-Cola will add heavy-duty electric delivery vehicles in North America, and other news......
In a groundbreaking partnership with eBay, Patagonia is launching what is a radical act for the fashion-forward clothing industry: Encouraging customers to buy used clothing and buy new stuff that......
Unilever hits its zero-waste-to-landfill goal for its U.K. manufacturing options, American Le Mans Racing hops on the green bandwagon, and more in our morning news roundup....
More than US$1 billion in food gets thrown away every year in the UK, more voices criticize the New York Times' anti-green-jobs coverage, and other news in our morning roundup....
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