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Coke Sets Goal Of Recycling All Bottles Sold In U.S.

Coca-Cola will help build a $45 million plastics recycling plant in South Carolina and has set a goal of having every bottle it sells in the U.S. recycled or reused, Forbes reports. The company estimates about 10 percent of its plastic bottles are recycled now. It has not set a date for reaching the...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-06-2007
Nestle Waters’ CEO Counters Bottled Water Criticism

Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of Nestle Waters North America, has written an opinion piece for Hearst Newspapers countering recent criticism of the bottled water industry. "Those who propose bans on bottled water don't acknowledge that bottled water represents less than one percent of the municipal...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
Coke Lightens Up PET Bottles

On the heels of releasing its corporate responsibility review, Coca-Cola has announced a newly designed 20-ounce polyethylene terephthalate contour bottle for all of its Coca-Cola brands. The new bottle has added texture, a shorter cap, and an embossed Coca-Cola logo. The bottle’s......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
HP Expands China Recycling Program

Hewlett-Packard has begun recycling PCs and other products for Chinese consumers and small businesses, expanding a free program that already existed for large companies, PC World reports. HP computers and other products, such as printers, monitors, and scanners, can be dropped off at...,/p>...( read...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
Manufacturers Push Green Electronics At IFC, Consumers Not Interested

Manufacturers at IFA, Europe's biggest consumer electronics show, tried to entice consumers with environmentally-friendly product details but consumers were more interested in bigger and brighter screens, Reuters reports. Visitors "seemed uninterested or even confused......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Touts Recycling Efforts

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture says it's on track to recycle 15.2 million pounds of waste this year "Furniture ships from our manufacturers in cardboard, plastic and Styrofoam packaging," explains Michael Goldberg, Executive Vice President. "Considering we sell on average 8,000 pieces...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007
25% Of Americans Don’t Recycle

p> While three-quarters of American adults recycle something in their own home, 23 percent still recycle nothing at all. One may think that the younger generation is the one most likely to recycle, but this is not the case. Three in ten "Echo Boomers" (those aged 18 to 30) recycle nothing...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007
Weather Channel Updates ‘Forecast Earth’ Campaign

The Weather Channel has updated its “Forecast Earth" campaign to include internal green initiatives, dubbing the new campaign "Forecast Earth – Going Green At Work." The move includes......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007
Comedy Central’s ‘Address The Mess’ Campaign Targets Waste Reduction

Comedy Central has launched a new program to encourage audiences to lead an environmentally friendly life, reports PRWeek (via MarketingVOX). The new......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-21-2007
Branson Funds Metrolight’s Smart HID Electronic Ballasts

Sir Richard Branson's venture capital firm Virgin Fuels, along with Gemini Israel Funds, Israel Cleantech Ventures and Israeli investor Altshuler Shaham, is investing $9 million into Metrolight Inc., a Brentwood, Tenn., maker of smart electronic ballasts for high-intensity discharge lamps, The Street...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-17-2007

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