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Tag: Great Greenness

  • Aging Sewer Infrastructures Need Critical Upkeep Actions

    As Marion Divers, a principal author of the study, has pointed out: “You build a sewer system once, put it underground, and unless there’s a catastrophic failure, you may not have a reason to dig it up and make sure it’s not leaking. Now sewers across the United States and in Pittsburgh are aging, and…

  • SmartDrive Fuel Propels Fleets to Dramatic Savings in Fuel Costs and Reductions in CO2 Emissions

    SmartDrive Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, announced today enhancements to its SmartDrive Fuel™ program. The enhancements continue to boost SmartDrive’s technology leadership in fleet safety and fuel efficiency, enabling fleets to improve fuel economy as much as 14%, and eliminate thousands of pounds of CO2 per…

  • USF and KAUST Chemists Develop Efficient Material for Carbon Capture

    Chemists at the University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have discovered a more efficient, less expensive and reusable material for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and separation. The breakthrough could have implications for a new generation of clean-air technologies and offers new tools for confronting the world’s challenges in controlling…

  • Recycling Styrofoam: From Impossible to Finding Resources

    For recycling evangelists like myself, one company that specializes in manufacturing a variety of foam products does provide an appealing recycling option for Styrofoam packaging materials that haven’t been touched with food, oils or dirt. The company, ACH Foam Technologies is based in Denver and has operations in six additional states: NV, UT, KS, MO,…

  • Electronic Recyclers International Launches New York Offices

    Now the largest privately held recycler of electronic waste in the US, and the world’s first dual-certified electronic waste recycler, Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers International is licensed to de-manufacture and recycle televisions, computer monitors, computers and other types of electronic equipment. ERI serves public sector clients via GSA contract GS-10F-0051Y and processes more than 200 million…