While composting gets most of the attention, anaerobic digestion is gaining as a means of diverting organic waste and generating valuable energy besides. http://waste360.com/food-waste/lot-digest-state-anaerobic-digestion?NL=WST-02&Issue=WST-02_20130220_WST-02_193&YM_RID=arendtjo@uwgb.edu&YM_MID=1374230&sfvc4enews=42
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New York City May Ban Styrofoam; Looks to Double Recycling Rate
New York City may ban Styrofoam containers and is looking to double its recycling rate to 30 percent by 2017, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in his state of the city address. Bloomberg said in his address that the Styrofoam plastic
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GREEN BUSINESS – Next generation sustainability
Students, schools partner with businesses on efforts to get greener UW-Green Bay/Tosca, Ltd. John Arendt is associate director of the Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) at UW-Green Bay, which provides outreach services for New North businesses on environmental issues
From discarded plastic to new denim, Levi’s latest jeans are made with recycled plastic
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What can business learn about sustainability from higher ed?
You may think that universities and corporations don’t have much in common from a sustainability perspective. But a decent-size university manages the equivalent of office buildings, restaurants, hotels, laundry services, hospitals, auto repair, retailers, waste haulers, and even small energy
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Hanging on a new commodity
GreenHeart Global seeks to ditch plastic hangers for 100% recycled paper in stores, outlets http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130123/NEWS03/130129985/hanging-on-a-new-commodity
EPA Reveals 100% Green Power Users List
Intel, Kohl’s Department Stores, Whole Foods Market, TD Bank, Deutsche Bank, NYSE EuroNext, BMO Harris Bank and Adobe Systems are among dozens of organizations that are using 100 percent green power in their US operations through renewable energy certificates, on-site
A Significant (Other) Finding
by Steven Averett in The Heap Apparently Rob Base DJ E Z Rock had it right: It does take two to make a thing go right… or into the right bin, anyway. A new United Kingdom study reveals that single
California to consider banning plastic grocery bags, again.
California Assemblyman Marc Levine introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags throughout the state beginning in 2015. Levine, D-San Rafael, modeled Bill 158 after a similar bill was held up in a Senate committee last
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A Forest to Be Reckoned With:Best Practices for Christmas Tree Recycling
Each year approximately 25 – 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States according to the National Christmas Tree Association. And each January, that vast indoor forest of spent trees simultaneously wear out their welcome and
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