Results of Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory
Since 1994, Canadian industry has been required to report on its releases of 176 listed pollutants. In 1999, Environment Canada expanded the list to 246. …
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Fuel Cell Company News
International Fuel Cells, Inc. has developed an technology that increases the power of automotive fuel cells by 15 percent while shrinking their size, an …
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Signed
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is the first new environmental treaty of the 21st century, and is the culmination of five years of negotiations among …
Milliken Carpet Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill
Milliken, known for its Earth Square 100 percent post-consumer waste modular carpet, announced recently that 43 of its 55 U.S. locations sent zero waste to …
U.S. Postal Service Brings Recycling Industry Together
By bringing industry stakeholders together, the USPS solved one of its “stickier” recycling problems, but more importantly, it modeled how the …
ISO 14001 Gains Ground in U.S.
ISO 14001 certification is taken much more seriously in Europe – but it is starting to take root in the U.S. The Ford and General Motors requirement that …
Forest Stewardship Council Relaxes Certification Rules
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the worldwide forestry certification body, has been under pressure for some time to relax aspects of its standards for …
Mainstreaming the Organic Products Industry
Now, that the National Organic Standard is close to being approved, what are some of the issues the industry is grappling with? Major supermarket chains and …
Belgium Presents Sustainable Development Plan
The Belgium government has proposed a four year sustainable development plan for the country which would begin implementation in June. The final draft is …