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Yokohama Rubber Cuts GHG Emissions 13.4% in 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/11/2009

Yokohama Rubber Group’s greenhouse gas emissions at operations in Japan were 13.4 percent lower in fiscal year (FY) 2008 than in the base year (1990), marking the third year in a row that the company has exceeded the target reduction in emissions set for Japan under the Kyoto Protocol, acco ...

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20 awesome sculptures made from trash

Posted by DeshRaj on 01/10/2009

Recycling is always the best way to preserve and maintain the essential usability of the objects we usually thrust aside labeling them as trash. Strengthening this notion still further are the eco-minded renovators who keep on suggesting various ways to..

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YMCA on its way to make it to Torontos top green roofs list

Posted by AditiJ on 11/09/2009

The Metro Central YMCA today opened the green roof, whose plan was announced back in May. The rooftop was initially planned as an outdoor terrace for exercising and lounging but being a flat and hideous stretch of concrete, it hardly came to use....

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Tire Made of Orange Oil Uses 80% Less Petroleum

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/07/2009

The earliest tires were made from rubber, a renewable resource. But demand for tires outstripped the supply of rubber. A new development brings the tire full-circle.Yokohama’s new Super E-spec tire, which is made in part from oils extracted from orange peels, is composed of 80 percent non-p ...

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Timberland Designs First Recyclable Footwear

Posted by Environmental Leader on 24/06/2009

The Timberland Company has launched its latest green product innovation, the Earthkeepers 2.0 boot, which is touted as the first footwear the company has designed to be disassembled and recycled, rather than discarded, at the end of its life.The 2.0 collection is made of 80-percent recyclable o ...

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