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A detailed counterpoint to Marc Gunther’s recent article, <a href='http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/12/22/defense-plastic-bag'>In Defense of the Plastic Bag</a>.
by Stiv Wilson
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Plastic bags are being banned or taxed in cities and counties across America. But I’m not persuaded that plastic bag bans or taxes makes sense. Here’s why.
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by Marc Gunther
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After working quietly to set sustainability goals and begin pursuing them, The North Face is now detailing its trek toward a greener supply chain and operations.
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Hilton Worldwide has found a new way to give its surplus and gently used items a second life.
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The Cleveland Indians have cut their waste in half, saving the ball club more than $50,000 each year.
by Alice Henly
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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 costs and trim waste.
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In looking for a cradle-to-cradle solution to waste, the head of the sportswear line says that Puma is exploring how to make shoes, t-shirts and bags that are either compostable or recyclable.
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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.
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Even after a decade of daily evangelizing about the ease and importance of green meeting practices, we're still struggling to make an impact.
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The group's Sustainable Packaging Coalition is launching a pilot project -- with big-name retail backers -- to develop and test a standardized recycling label for all types of packaging that will make it easier to increase recycling rates.
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Following an investment of an undisclosed amount, Recyclebank will take over Waste Management's Greenopolis recycling-rewards program, and further expand its reach into 20 million households across the country.
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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.
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For Waste Management, garbage isn't just garbage anymore.
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Sodexo aims to push Ohio Stadium's landfill diversion rate to 90 percent through recycling and composting.
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A new network offers help for owners and managers of lodgings who want to make their operations greener -- and learn from others in the business who are in the same boat.
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Starbucks plugged toward its goal of making all of its cups either recyclable or reusable by 2015 with its third annual cup summit.
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The obesity epidemic in this country is causing any number of serious health and economic problems -- but there may also be serious environmental problems associated with our waist-management failures.
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Last fall, Kimberly-Clark Health Care turned to students at the Rhode Island School of Design for inspiration and ideas about a second life for Kimguard, the most widely used sterilization material on the market.
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The Plastic Disclosure Project will ask companies and institutions how much plastic they use, how much is recycled and whether they are taking steps to reduce plastic use.
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Although drink companies opposes can and bottle desposits -- which create the highest recycling rates -- there's tenative support for recycling programs funded by industry.
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Paper product maker Tork finds benefits in certifying something that seems like fact: Napkins are compostable.
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Fish dumped due to the European Union's fish quota system, fees for recycling and composting in the U.K., and the effect recent floods had on the oxygen-deprived "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico are among the stories we're looking at this morning.
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Colleges and universities give lessons on how to increase recycling and reduce waste.
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TerraCycle has built a business around taking other companies' trash and turning it into treasure. It's a surprisingly tough sell sometimes, but here's how you make the case that it's not trash, it's wasted brand equity.
by Albe Zakes
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This week's episode of EnergyNOW looks at the Seattle Mariners' stadium waste efforts, how to charge up with a solar-power bikini and how renewables are keeping George Washington's birthplace heated and cooled.
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