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Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. T ...

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MIT researchers set to defy Carnot Limit in reusing 90% of waste-energy

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Peter Hagelstein, an associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT, suggests how close realistic technology could achieve the theoretical limits for energy conversion efficiency called the Carnot Limit. Since the surplus energy from gadgets...

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E-Waste Rising, Electronics Makers Boost Recycling

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Transboundary movement of hazardous waste shows a disastrous accumulation of e-waste, roughly about 6 billion tons, according to an upcoming report from the Basel Convention, reports RedOrbit. Part of the accumulation is attributed to increasing demand for electronic gaming, high definition TVs a ...

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From Sewage to Fuel and Other Biofuel Developments

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

A new process being developed at the University of Kansas aims to turn treated sewage into biofuel. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy and USDA are putting $24 million into research of other biomass and biofuel projects.At KU, researchers are testing a process by which microbes munch through tre ...

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Heinz On Track to Reduce GHG Emissions, Waste, Energy Use and Water Consumption 20% by 2015

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

H. J. Heinz Company has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solid waste, energy use and water consumption over the past year, keeping the company on track to meet its 20 percent reduction target across the board by 2015, according the firm’s 2009 Corporate Social Respo ...

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