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Federal Agencies Get Sustainability Goals from Obama

President Obama has signed an executive order setting sustainability goals for federal agencies and requiring improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance.

Federal agencies have 90 days to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for the year 2020 and meet the following specific energy, water and waste reduction targets for the same year:

Reduce vehicle fleet petroleum use by 30%
Improve water efficiency by 26%
Ensure 95% of all applicable contracts meet sustainability requirements
Reduce building energy requirements.

Read the full Executive Order.

Eco-Products Makes Inc. 500 List NEW! Recycled Content Hot Cup
Eco-Products announced the launch of a hot beverage cup made with 24 percent post consumer recycled fiber - double the amount of post consumer recycled fiber (PCF) currently available in a single wall paper hot cup.

Available today and competitively priced, Eco-Products' new hot cups are ideal for coffee and tea suppliers as well as retailers who want to make a positive environmental impact without sacrificing price or quality.

Sustainability and the Bottom Line

Trash Talk
MIT Tracks Garbage

Out-of-sight, out-of-mind is certainly an appropriate idiom for most Americans where trash is concerned, but the results of an experiment by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Lab promise to bring greater awareness of our waste habits, as well as show us ways to improve the logistics of our waste systems. ...
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New York Begins Pilot Program for Coffee Cup Recycling
Effort Could Change the Fate of Billions of Cups

The most extensively recycled material in the United States is old corrugated cardboard (OCC). Global Green USAs Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) is collecting coffee cups from seven Starbucks stores in Manhattan to combine with OCC with the objective of developing a cost effective way to close the loop on paper packaging, reducing greenhouse gases and assisting municipalities in reaching their solid waste diversion goals.
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Are Compostable Products Mainstream?

According to thefeature article, Compostable Products Go Mainstream, written by Rhodes Yepsenin the July issue of BioCycle Magazine, the fact that major companies like Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart (in Canada), and Whole Foods are offering branded foodservice compostables, is an indicator that these products are attracting mainstream attention.

This two part article is a comprehensive look at the industry including product manufacturers and bio-plastic resin suppliers, and is offered in its entirety, compliments of BioCycle Magazine.
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The Green Revolution, a comprehensive look at trends in green shopping behavior completed by Grail Research, recently found "almost two-thirds of consumers have changed their green purchase behavior as a result of the recession; however, the vast majority of these people have not abandoned the category."

Read the entire study at Grail Research.

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