Sustainability


Recycling Power Tool Batteries Can Be Profitable

DeWALT, a power tool manufacturer, will give a discount on purchases to those who recycle power tool batteries at its service center.

Single-Use Camera Recycling Hits 1.5 Billion Mark

Eastman Kodak has been recycling its and other brand single-use camera since 1990.

Venture Adds Managers for Plasma Enhanced Melter Gasification

InEnTec Chemical's new facilities will convert hazardous and non-hazardous chemical residuals into useful products and fuels.



Case study: Optimizing RO

Reverse osmosis treatment requires sufficient feedwater pretreatment to prevent membrane fouling. Depending on the feedwater, pretreatment can be critical to ensuring a sustainable process.

King County Taps Methane Gas for Renewable Energy

Decomposing garbage is the feedstock for the methane gas that King County, Wash., plans to use to power about 24,000 homes.

Maryland Launches Clean Energy Center

The state-supported facility will collect, analyze, and disseminate data to further the growth of the clean energy industry.

Green Invades Leased Spaces in Massachusetts

The Department of Environmental Protection has created guidelines for landlords submitting proposals related to the agency's offices, specifying energy management systems, water conservation, and commuting facilities.

Clean Energy Fuels Taps into Landfill Biomethane

A 15-year agreement will provide fixed-price renewable fuel to Shell Energy North America from Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Travel Group Names Top 10 Eco-friendly Destinations

No. 1 on TripAdvisor's list is a dive resort in Belize.

Missouri Facility Earns Award for 'Exceptional' Energy Savings

The Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission lowered its energy use and greenhouse gas emissions using a combustion turbine-based combined heat and power system.

Olmsted Waste-to-Energy Plant to Control Emissions

The EPA has ordered the Olmsted plant to comply with the Clean Air Act and controls its emissions of mercury, dioxin, and furan.