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NEW SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Green energy will soon be helping to power homes, following Waste Management's announcement today on the groundbreaking of a gas-to-electric facility at Mahoning Landfill in New Springfield, Ohio. Once construction is completed, Waste Management Mahoning Landfill is designed to generate 4.8 megawatts of electricity, enough to power over 3,500 homes. The plant will be operational by the end of this year. Methane gas, which is...
HARTSVILLE, S.C., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoco Recycling, LLC, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE: SON) and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, today announced that Sonoco CorrFlex's Rural Hall, N.C., facility has successfully diverted over 95 percent of its waste to landfill. The plant is the second CorrFlex facility to receive a silver-tier Star Award. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120403/CL80773LOGO ) In September 2011, employees at Sonoco...
AKRON, Ohio, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) will receive a 2012 Manny Award in the "Green Initiative" category from Inside Business, a bimonthly business publication in Northeast Ohio. The award is in recognition of Goodyear's Zero Waste to Landfill Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ) Goodyear will receive the award at a banquet in Cleveland on May 17 and will be featured in the May/June issue of...
LONDON and COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Waste Systems, (OTC BB: EWSI), through its Ohio subsidiary, has expanded its free e-waste recycling service to individuals and institutions in the greater Columbus area. Martin Nielson, CEO of E-Waste Systems states, "We recently teamed up with Tech Columbus as their preferred e-waste recycler and our newest event during Earth Week resulted in many truckloads and nearly 5,000 pounds of e-waste collected in just a few...
A green technique for capping and cleansing old urban landfill sites and mine dumps has been successfully trialled in South Australia. Known as ‘phytocapping’, it uses green plants to reduce rainwater flow into old dumps that could release pollution into nearby groundwater and streams or greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The plants can later be harvested to produce clean energy. The CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment and technology firm FibreCell...
HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoco Recycling, LLC, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE: SON) and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, today announced that Sonoco CorrFlex's Winston Salem, N.C., facility has received a silver-tier Sonoco Sustainability Star Award for diverting a minimum of 95 percent of its waste to landfill. (Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prn/20120403/CL80773LOGO) In 2008, employees at the North Carolina facility established Team...
DEARBORN, Mich., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Between 2007 and 2011, Ford reduced its global waste to landfills by 44 percent, or 100 million pounds - 49 percent in North America On a per-vehicle basis, global waste to landfills decreased by 39 percent between 2007 and 2011 - 47 percent in North America Ford is exploring novel technologies, such as using paint solids to generate energy, to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills Ford plans to further reduce the amount...
MEADVILLE, Pa., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced today it has signed a consent order and agreement with Moxie Nein LLC and Millcreek Township, Erie County, for the remediation and reuse of a former landfill site. DEP is currently cleaning up the site, which is part of the Presque Isle Bay watershed. Once remediation is complete, Moxie Nein will subdivide the property and keep four acres for commercial and industrial...
RENO, Nev., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the nation's need for renewable energy increasing, Waste Management (NYSE: WM) opened northern Nevada's first and only Gas-To-Energy power plant at its Lockwood Landfill, which will use landfill gas produced onsite to generate electricity. The project will create enough renewable energy to power more than 1,800 homes. To commemorate the event, WM hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval. When organic...
LAKE FOREST, Ill., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL) today announced it has become a member of Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization spearheading positive environmental stewardship and best practices in the healthcare community. Stericycle also announced it is one of 15 members of the Practice Greenhealth (PGH) Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Business Leadership Coalition leaders. This group assists healthcare facilities in...
