One may question the motives, but the spreading popularity of eco-conscious living really seems to have made an impact on the ever present power battle between consumers and suppliers, with both sides now being happy enough to walk that extra mile to minimise their ecological footprint. For some it’s always [...]

EcoPaper, a leading provider of fine tree-free environmental paper products, has a new product to offer consumers:  the New Generation EcoPaper 100% Sugar Cane Tree- Free Multi-purpose Pure White Copy/Printer paper. Manufactured to meet the highest standards of quality and is truly an eco-friendly copy paper, EcoPaper’s newest product reportedly [...]

Throughout the last year, many of the wealthiest companies around the globe put millions of company dollars towards environmental preservation projects.  As many industrial fields look into “greener” methods of production and operations, they have also donated funding to charitable efforts that promote sustainability, reduce pollution, and protect wildlife.  Looking [...]

Eco-friendly golf apparel brand TOMI OTEE and The First Tee of Metropolitan New York have formed a partnership  to bring sustainable practices to the golf industry by providing golf facilities the ability to receive used textiles from their members and participants. “We’re very excited about this partnership and we couldn’t think of [...]

Nestled amongst the lakes and forest of Finland’s mid-Nordic region, a complex of businesses tied to forestry works closely to lessen their ecological footprint. The site is called Rantasalmi, located near the town of the same name. A wood waste-burning electricity plant supplies electricity and excess heat to a cluster [...]

The Winooski River, winding its way past Burlington, VT, flows through an 870 acre floodplain that humans have cultivated for thousands of years. After a period of decline, the area saw new life with the creation of the Intervale Center. For over 20 years, Intervale has been strengthening community food [...]

Along the foggy shores of Denmark’s coast in an industrial area known as Kalundborg, an environmental paradigm emerged nearly four decades ago. A number of companies decided to exchange waste materials and energy. Over the years, the network grew to include a power plant, refinery, pharmaceutical factory, fish farm and [...]

Straddling a small island, Hong Kong can ill afford to use its limited space for landfills. Yet its millions of residents, like affluent populations around the world, produce their fair share of garbage. This is why its government pledged to improve the reduction and recovery of its municipal solid waste. [...]

Energy-efficiency is all the rage these days. Not only is it good for the environment, but it actually can help businesses save a bundle on the costs of day-to-day activities. Although there are hundreds of ways to make an office energy efficient, some methods are better and more cost-effective than [...]

  A long-standing stereotype of factories as industrial, environmentally unfriendly megaliths is changing. That’s because the factories, and how they operate, are also changing. With further incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint—and with more consumers interested in purchasing products from environmentally conscious companies—operations around the country are going [...]