Hong Kong to Build $550M E-Waste Recycling Facility
The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department has awarded ALBA Integrated Waste Solutions a $550 million contract to design, build and operate an e-waste treatment and recycling facility (WEEETRF)...
View ArticleThinkstep, Urjanet Add Built-In Energy, Utility Data to Sustainability...
Urjanet, a provider of automated utility data, has partnered with thinkstep to provide thinkstep customers with an out-of-the-box utility bill and interval data feed for energy and water consumption...
View ArticleGE Launches Waste-to-Energy Project with Aseagas
Aboitiz Power subsidiary Aseagas, which focuses on renewable energy, has inked an agreement with General Electric’s Distributed Power business to power its first waste-to-energy project in Lian in the...
View ArticleHospitals Purchasing, Using Safer Chemicals
More hospitals are reducing patient and staff exposure to toxins by purchasing and using safer chemicals, according to the 2014 Milestone Report, released by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI)....
View ArticleSolvay, Enirgi Chemicals Join Forces on Emissions Treatment
Solvay and Enirgi Chemicals have created a 50-50 joint venture to speed up the development and offering of sodium-bicarbonate based products and solutions to reduce airborne emissions from industries...
View ArticleNestlé’s California Milk Factory to Become ‘Zero Water’ Plant
Nestlé says it is investing in technology to help reduce the water it uses in California at the five water bottling plants and four facilities where food or petcare products are manufactured. Last year...
View ArticleClimate Pact Signed by 12 International States, Provinces
Twelve international states and provinces yesterday signed a first-of-its-kind climate agreement to limit the increase in global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. The dozen-state...
View ArticleFewer Emissions from Trucks Equals More Money in Your Pocket. Here’s Why.
Like most Americans, I’ve bought a few things over the past week: a few shrubs to plant in the backyard, brake cables for my bike and some odds and ends for the new baby we’re expecting in a few weeks....
View ArticleAmetek Land Monitor Helps Power Plants Meet Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Ametek Land has launched the 4650-PM Continuous Dust Monitor to help US power plants meet the EPA’s new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for particulate matter measurement. The EPA’s new MATS...
View ArticleRecycling Facility to Co-Digest Organics, Biosolids
Biosolids company NuTerra has broken ground on an organics recycling facility in Haines, City, Florida, that will turn the waste into compost for lawns, athletic fields, golf courses and agriculture....
View ArticleUK’s Largest Cement Works Fires Up Waste-Derived Fuel System
Bio-energy and bulk materials handling firm Saxlund International, part of the Opcon AB energy and environmental technology group, has collaborated with Hope Construction Materials to install and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: USGBC, PPM, GRI, Alta Environmental
US Green Building Council: The Northern California Chapter of the US Green Building Council has appointed Brenden McEneaney, LEED AP BD+C, (pictured) to be its executive director, effective July 2015....
View ArticleColfax Buys GE’s Blowers, Compressors Unit for $185M
Colfax, a manufacturer of gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Roots blowers and compressors business unit, also...
View ArticleWhat the World’s Largest Companies Are Doing to Limit Climate Change
Despite setting emissions reduction targets, most of the world’s largest companies aren’t doing enough to limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, according to analysis by CDP. The...
View ArticleAlaska Air Group Reduces Emissions Intensity 30%
Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, has reduced its mainline flying emissions intensity by one-third over the last 10 years through fleet advancements and flight...
View ArticleEH&S Management Market to Skyrocket. Which Firms Will Benefit?
The global market for business and IT consulting services related to environment, health and safety information management and EH&S software will grow from $475 million in 2015 to $817 million in...
View ArticleLaying the Foundation for Green Cleaning
When we think of green cleaning, our focus is typically on the chemicals, equipment and procedures used to clean facilities. However, an effective green cleaning program starts long before we even...
View ArticleEvery Piece of Wood in this London Office Building Is FSC Certified
One of the largest office buildings in London’s financial district, developed by British Land, Mace, and Make Architects, was built using 1,200 cubic meters of timber that is all Forest Stewardship...
View ArticleAtkins Wins Decommissioning Contract
Centrica Energy has awarded engineering and environmental consultancy Atkins a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (front end engineering design) decommissioning contract. The five-year agreement will see...
View ArticleMinnesota Twins, Eco-Products Team Up Against Ballpark Waste
In another step to minimize waste generated at Target Field, the Minnesota Twins and Eco-Products have partnered to turn tons of fans’ trash into fertile soil, rather than piling up in area landfills....
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