Bioplastic Firm MHG Fires Up First Commercial Scale Fermenter
Biopolymer company Meredian Holdings Group has started up its first commercial scale fermenter, making it the world’s largest producer of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) bioplastic, says MHG CEO Paul A....
View ArticleCargill Avoids 1M Metric Tons of GHG Emissions
Cargill avoided more than 1 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based greenhouse gas emissions in 2015 by using renewable energy, according to the company’s 2015 corporate responsibility report....
View ArticleWater to Wine: The Case for Wine amidst the California Drought
The most recent California drought is in its fourth year. Although some point to the potential savior of El Niño in the fall and winter, there continues to be enormous pressure on water conservation...
View ArticleSiemens Helps Carnegie Hall Achieve LEED Silver
The world-famous Carnegie Hall is well known for its outstanding acoustics. As its official technology partner, Siemens helped Carnegie Hall achieve LEED Silver certification. To modernize the...
View ArticleLG NanoH2O Is Now LG Water Solutions
LG NanoH2O, a manufacturer of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for desalination, is now part of the newly launched LG Water Solutions business unit created by its parent company, LG Chem. Since the...
View ArticleIHG Taps Water Footprint Network for Global Water Management Program
InterContinental Hotels Group has selected the Water Footprint Network to develop a worldwide water management program for IHG aimed at reducing the global hotel group’s water footprint. IHG says the...
View ArticleTerraVerdae Achieves Commercial Pilot-Scale Bioplastic Production
TerraVerdae BioWorks, an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, says it has achieved key milestones for the economic, commercial...
View ArticleZero-Emissions Vehicles Reduce Pollution at World’s Busiest Container Port
Efficient Drivetrains, Inc., which manufactures zero emissions hybrid and electric drivetrains, has delivered a fleet of PHEV trucks for the Port of Shanghai built in collaboration with one of the...
View ArticleVacuum Waste Collection Offers Better Air Quality, Climate Resiliency
Better air quality and climate resiliency are among the benefits of using automated vacuum waste collection (AVAC) systems over traditional truck-based waste collection systems, according to an article...
View ArticleAutonomous Vehicle Technology Drives Emissions Reductions
Cars will soon have the ability to cruise on freeways and safely navigate traffic jams with minimal driver input, according to a Navigant Research report on autonomous vehicles that says 85 million...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from 1,000 Years of Dutch Flood Management
I looked out the window at the North Sea as my flight began its descent toward Amsterdam. Two things struck me immediately: First, the sheer number of container vessels approaching and leaving the Port...
View ArticleFranklin Templeton Invests $15M in Chinese Recycling Company
Franklin Templeton Investments, a San Mateo, California-based asset management company, has invested $15 million in Incom Renewable Resources, Plastics News reports. Based in Beijing, China, Incom is a...
View ArticleChemours Commercializes Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants
Chemours’ two Opteon refrigerants with low global warming potential (GWP) are now commercially available in the US. These chemicals are the first in a portfolio of low GWP stationary refrigerants that...
View ArticleFord Diverts 140M Pounds Damaged Vehicle Parts from Landfill
Ford has diverted about 140 million pounds of damaged vehicle parts from landfills across the US since launching its Dealer Core Recovery program in 2003, the company says. More than 85 percent of each...
View ArticleCoca-Cola on Track to Meet 100% Water Replenishment Goal Early
Coca-Cola says it and its global bottling partners are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch Converts St. Louis Trucking Fleet to CNG
Anheuser-Busch is replacing all 97 diesel-fueled tractors in its St. Louis fleet with new compressed natural gas-fueled tractors. By transitioning to the latest CNG technology, Anheuser-Busch expects...
View ArticleWater Scarcity Puts Revenue At Risk
The Water Risk Monetizer, industry’s first publicly available financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor current and future water risks into decision making, now provides users with...
View Article$30M Battery Recycling Plant Breaks Ground Next to Tesla’s Factory
AquaMetals has broken ground a $30-million battery recycling plant in Nevada, where Tesla Motors is building its electric battery factory. The plant will be the world’s first large-scale lead recycling...
View ArticleTop 200 Environmental Firms Revealed
For the 10th year in a row, CH2M is the no. 1 environmental firm, according to Engineering News-Record’s annual Top 200 Environmental Firms list. AECOM, Bechtel, Veolia North America and Clean Harbors...
View ArticleHow to Safely Store Chemicals on Site
Storing chemicals at industrial sites presents a major environment, health and safety challenge. Most sites store chemicals of different hazard classes. On their own these each present certain hazards,...
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