 Stories About: business AND greening biz operations AND news AND waste
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Give 'Em a Hand
Wal-Mart will slice use of plastic bags |
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25 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:10 PM on 25 Sep 2008 Wal-Mart aims to cut plastic-bag waste in its global operations by an average 33 percent over the next five years, the retail behemoth announced Thursday at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. And if you ever doubted that Wal-Mart is big, consider this: The move is expected to eliminate some 9 billion plastic bags each year, equating to more than 135 million pounds of trash by 2013. Wal-Mar ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, progress, shopping, Wal-Mart, waste (all these topics) |
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Don't Shoot the Messenger
New HP laptop packaged in messenger bag instead of box |
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03 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:03 PM on 03 Sep 2008 Don't take Grandma to Wal-Mart: the big-box store's new Hewlett-Packard laptop "will be displayed on shelves wearing only the HP Protect Messenger Bag." Scandalous! But actually, there's no need to avert your eyes: the HP Pavilion dv6929 is served up in a recycled, reusable messenger bag instead of a box, cutting cardboard and plastic packaging by 97 percent. Thinking outs ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greening biz operations, greenish companies, innovation, news, shopping, tech, Wal-Mart, waste (all these topics) |
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For Whom the Dell Toils
Chastised by bloggers, Dell aims to cut down on waste |
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09 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:33 PM on 09 May 2008 To paraphrase Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of loud, critical bloggers can change Dell's packaging M.O." OK, that's a bit of a stretch -- and we won't go so far as to say "Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." But photos published on the internet during Earth Week of a tiny flash drive arriving to a customer in a giant box provoked enough outc ... |
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| Topics: business, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, progress, tech, waste (all these topics) |
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Scrambling to Go Green
Cadbury eggs will come with less packaging |
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19 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:16 AM on 19 Feb 2008 Cadbury Schweppes, the maker of the Easter season's omnipresent sugar-yolk-in-a-chocolate-shell, has unveiled an alleged "eco-egg." No, the goopy white innards aren't organic; no, the chocolate isn't fair trade. The "eco" aspect comes merely from the eggs being sold unboxed, reducing packaging waste. So which came first, the greenwashing or the egg? sources: The Guardian, BBC ... |
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| Topics: business, food, greening biz operations, greenwashing, news, waste (all these topics) |
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Garbage Can Do
Largest U.S. garbage hauler greens operations |
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12 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:40 PM on 12 Oct 2007 Strange but true: Our trash is going green. The nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, Waste Management Inc., has announced plans to make its operations more eco-friendly. The company hopes to double its landfill methane-to-electricity production by 2020, boost the fuel efficiency of its fleet by 15 percent by 2020, process more recyclables, and set aside more land for wildlife habitat. ... |
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Circuit Training
U.N. launches global partnership to combat unhealthy e-waste habits |
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08 Mar 2007 |
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| Circuit Training U.N. launches global partnership to combat unhealthy e-waste habits Faced with an annual global gadget toss approaching 40 million tons, the United Nations has launched a partnership to battle the world's heaps of e-waste and the environmental and health problems caused by impromptu e-recycling. Solving the E-Waste Problem, or StEP -- which counts governments, unive ... |
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| Topics: business, greening biz operations, news, toxics, United Nations, waste (all these topics) |
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