Waste News articles from March 2007

Waste News archives from March 2007

Stock Report.(At Your Disposal)
March 5, 2007... 3 graphs: Waste News Stock Index * Calvert Social Index Fund * Dow Jones Industrial Average * table: Percentage Change by Market Segment: see print copy.

Fargo tops U.S. city environment report.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Poor Detroit must brace its collective self every time a well-meaning organization issues yet another quality of life report. Almost predictably, the hammer came down again in late February when the Earth Day...

Exelon chief touts nuclear power's green benefits.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Steve Daniels Crain's Chicago Business Exelon Corp. CEO John Rowe is pitching Exelon on Wall Street as a way to profit from the growing momentum to curb global warming. As the nation's largest owner of nuclear power plants,...

Investor Icahn gets his wish with Temple-Inland 3-way split.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Corrugated container maker Temple-Inland Inc. - a major user of recycled fiber - is splitting itself into three separate companies. The move comes just days after corporate raider Carl Icahn renewed pressure on the...

Wash. county hopes NASCAR gives green light to new track.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Organizers are going green as part of their attempt to construct a $368 million NASCAR racing facility to Washington state. Great Western Sports wants to build the facility in Kitsap County, Wash., and said it now...

Study: Diesel fumes risk to commuters.(News)
March 5, 2007... Diesel fumes pose a major health risk to commuters, according to a new report by the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. While Americans spend only a small portion of their days commuting, during the time in their cars they receive more than...

Coming Events.(Calendar)
March 5, 2007... March 9 - Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. Contact David Biddle (215) 247-3090 or visit www.gpcrc.com. March 11-15 - 20th Annual Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show, Orange Beach, Ala....

N.C. firm unveils clothes-dryerlike WTE system.(Technology)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst The same premise behind a clothes dryer - tumbling laundry in a rotating drum of hot air - is what makes a rotary cascading bed boiler a cleaner, more efficient way to burn high-sulfur coal and municipal solid waste,...

New Products.(Products)
March 5, 2007... Little Giant Pump Co. has introduced the CS-SS Crawl Space Sump System, which is designed to help eliminate water that collects in the low areas of crawl spaces. The prepackaged system reduces standing water and thereby helps prevent moisture...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
March 5, 2007... Energy Minn. takes landmark renewables step Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed the nation's most aggressive renewable energy legislation, requiring his state to generate 25 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2025....

At Deadline.(Late News)
March 5, 2007... Diesel rules would impact trains, ships Manufacturers and operators of diesel trains and ships soon may have to adhere to new federal emission standards proposed by the EPA. The agency unveiled the new rules March 2 to reduce emissions...

5 Western states join to fight GHG.(nationwide move to tackle greenhouse gas emissions)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Five states have formed the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative to develop a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington signed the...

Ariz. resort hangs hopes on wastewater snow.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The operators of an Arizona ski resort hope a pioneering effort using 100 percent reclaimed wastewater to make snow will save their struggling business. It would be the first time in the United States that a ski...

IKEA takes stand against bag litter; Retailer to charge 5o for small bags, 59o for reusables.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Everyone's favorite Swedish, some-assembly-required furniture retailer is taking a stand against plastic bags and its customers who use them. IKEA U.S. will charge 5 cents apiece for each plastic bag used at the...

EPA cuts fuel economy by 3 mpg.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Rick Kranz Automotive News The auto industry has endured sticker shock. Now get ready for mileage shock. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reworked its formula to compute fuel economy ratings for 2008 models. ...

Allied progressing on revamping plan.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Allied Waste Industries Inc. is on its way to improving about two-thirds of the business markets the company identified as weak links about 18 months ago. "On the market rationalization process, many of you know...

Ctrl-P addiction rehab.(preventing paper wastage)(Viewpoint essay)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat I'm making some progress toward reducing the paper in my life. It's not easy. I print a lot of e-mails, in both my professional and personal life. I copy significant articles. I keep my notes. I save relevant...

The trash king of Mardi Gras; New Orleans hauler honored for helping turn around beleaguered city.(Sidney Torres IV wins Mardi Gras parade honorary award)(SDT Waste & Debris Services)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat Waste haulers tend to feel theirs is a thankless job. But in New Orleans, Sidney Torres IV didn't just get thanked, he got a Mardi Gras parade in his honor. Torres served as Grand Marshal for a parade Feb. 15...

A brave first step.(Opinion)
March 5, 2007... The high profile buyout of utility firm TXU Corp. could become a turning point in the United States' energy policy, in the direction of green alternatives. That's what observers are saying about the acquisition by private equity firms. ...

Towns say: Let it snow; With wastewater lagoons frozen, cities spray it around.(snow making equipment to help in water conservation)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Winter tourists to the Sugarloaf USA or Saddleback Mountain resorts in Maine might be surprised to learn that not all of the snowmaking they may see is to benefit the ski slopes. Some of the snow is manufactured...

Personnel.(People)
March 5, 2007... ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES INC. - William Flynn and John Trani named to board of directors. BAY WEST - Patrick Martin named emergency response manager; Dan Hanna promoted to corporate safety & health manager; Steve Thorton named Seattle...

Five federal climate change measures run the gamut.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan All five of the climate change bills whirling about in the U.S. Senate would set market-based mandatory caps on emissions of all six greenhouse gases and dedicate dollars for research into low- and no-carbon...

Trash trucks become hot spot for ads.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jack Neff Advertising Age The garbage truck may have become the latest advertising vehicle of the future. Ads on New York City garbage trucks have worked so well for makers of Glad trash bags - boosting market share two...

Missing out on cleantech; New York fails to attract firms, lure funding; advocates call for state push.(cleantech industry)(Industry overview)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Amanda Fung Crain's New York Business New York is lagging far behind in the fast-growing business of cleantech, an industry forecast to ring up sales of $150 billion worldwide by 2015, according to a study by the New York City...

Coal power takes one in the gut; Some see TXU buyout as win for clean energy, conservation.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini The proposed $45 billion buyout of Texas utility TXU Corp. could shift the climate for environmental policy throughout the power industry as well as on Wall Street and Capitol Hill. The maneuver by private equity...

Supplier News.(Suppliers)
March 5, 2007... Harris chooses Midwest Baler Harris Waste Management Group Inc. has named Cicero, Ill.-based Midwest Baler Services as its new distributor for Illinois and Indiana. Midwest Baler's distributorship includes sales and service for all...

CAPITAL BRIEFS.(new regulations introduced for energy conservation, solid waste disposal and air pollution control)
March 5, 2007... LEGISLATION GENERAL ENVIRONMENT California: Assembly Bill 532 requires the Department of General Services to ensure that solar energy equipment is installed on all state building and state parking facilities as well as state-operated...

PVC issue remains unsettled in green building.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Mike Verespej Plastics News Rather than provide clearer guidance and definitely address the role of PVC in green buildings, the long-awaited final report from the Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the U.S. Green...

2 more waste workers plead guilty in Connecticut-New York sweep.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Another two garbage men are pleading guilty regarding a conspiracy to control the garbage business in Connecticut and parts of New York. Jeremy Everett of Shelton, Conn., and Scott McGowan, of Yonkers, N.Y., each...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
March 5, 2007... Hauling and Disposal WCA buys Oklahoma's American Waste WCA Waste Corp. acquired one of the largest fully integrated private waste companies in Oklahoma, the company said. Houston-based WCA Waste gains three landfills, 50 trucks...

Cost-benefit crucial for CO2.(Opinion)
March 5, 2007... The new Democratic-led Congress hasn't wasted any time getting to work on the climate change issue. Five bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been introduced in recent weeks, and the sizing up and comparison shopping have...

Association honors battery recyclers.(News)
March 5, 2007... The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. has named six recipients of its 2006 National & Regional Recycling Leadership Award. New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base won as the largest participating base and for assisting in enrolling 10 other...

No. of U.S. cities cutting emissions exceeds 400.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini London Mayor Ken Livingstone made headlines last week with his plan to cut his city's greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, more than 400 U.S. cities already have committed to a similar effort. The U.S. Mayors Climate...

Farm waste projects nab $385M for ethanol work.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Farmers call it corn stover, the stalks and cobs left after the harvest, and it's one of the largest agricultural waste streams. For every ton of corn grown, another ton of corn stover is created, according to one...

Jimmy Carter digs for biofuel; Former president hails hometown Ga. plant.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Former President Jimmy Carter bore a shovel late last month to welcome a new biofuel plant to his home state that he said he looks forward to supplying from his own family farm. Alterra Bioenergy Corp. broke ground...

Panel declares debate over on global warming.(News)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini More than 200 international corporations, organizations and individuals have declared the climate change debate closed and are calling for scientifically informed targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One...

Inbox.(poor comic timings of actors and politicians)(Column)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Did anyone watch the Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio global warming skit on the Oscar telecast last week? I did - and oh how I wish I hadn't. Those two were as funny as a crutch. It was like a nightmarishly bad,...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)
March 5, 2007... 10 years ago: Weyerhaeuser Co. announces that it will consolidate its recycling operations in response to prolonged poor market conditions. 5 years ago: Pepsi-Cola Co. says it will use 10 percent recycled content in its bottles by 2005,...

The Idea: Bar Codes to Track Hazardous Waste; Who has done it? American Airlines.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Environmental Benefit: Employees at American Airlines' Alliance Maintenance Base in Fort Worth, Texas, realized that tracking hazardous waste in greater detail would minimize off-site shipments. The base purchased a...

The Idea: Institute Vehicle Idling Policy; Who has done it? Keen Transport Inc.(Special Report)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Carlisle, Pa.-based Keen and its subsidiary, Cressler Trucking Inc., transport construction equipment and commodities. Combined, the companies have about 500 trucks. Keen instituted a policy...

John Faber.(Obituary)
March 19, 2007... John H. Faber, founder of the predecessor of the American Coal Ash Association, died Feb. 27 in Williamsport, Md. He was 80. Faber founded the National Ash Association, which eventually became the ACAA, after planning the first Ash...

Banking on curb service; Business customers of Fremont Bank enjoy benefits of hybrids.(News)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Traffic can be brutal in California, so switching to hybrid vehicles for couriers at Fremont Bank has more than environmental benefits for the San Francisco Bay Area. The bank, with 24 branches, uses the vehicles to...

The Idea: Smart Meters; Who has done it? San Diego Gas & Electric.(San Diego Gas & Electric use smart meters to reduce electricity consumption)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Conserves energy by allowing business and residential customers to view their electricity consumption in real time. San Diego Gas & Electric expects to save 200 megawatts of electricity through its...

The Idea: Remanufactured Inkjet & Toner Cartridges; Who has done it? Texas Department of Transportation.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: The Texas Department of Transportation buys 21 different models of refurbished toner cartridges for thousands of printers used in its offices throughout the state. Buying refurbished cartridges...

The Idea: Reduce Product Packaging; Who has done it? Hewlett Packard.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: In 2007, HP redesigned its print cartridge packaging to eliminate the use of 15 million pounds of material, including 3 million pounds of cardboard. The company will eliminate the use of more...

The Idea: Paper Recycling; Who has done it? Bank of America.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Environmental Benefit: As one of the most recognized recycling practices, reusing fiber eliminates the need to cut down new trees to make paper. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before the fibers become...

The Idea: Institute Paperless Billing; Who has done it? Verizon.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Paperless billing saved the telecommunications company 409 tons of paper in 2006, which is the equivalent of 6,371 trees. The system allows customers to pay their bills electronically...

The Idea: Reuse of Industrial Byproducts; Who has done it: Kohler Co., maker of kitchen and bath furniture and fixtures.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Brennan Lafferty ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Over 10 years, Kohler has diverted 200,000 tons of foundry sand from the company's Wisconsin landfill. The green sand (mix of sand, clay and coal) is a byproduct of manufacturing products...

CAPITAL BRIEFS.(new regulations for pollution control and waste disposal)
March 19, 2007... LEGISLATION SOLID WASTE Arkansas: House Bill 1448 clarifies that applicants for a solid waste landfill or transfer station permit shall obtain a certificate of need. Signed by governor March 5. Georgia: House Resolution 245...

The Idea: Use of Hybrid Vehicles; Who has done it? United Parcel Service.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: UPS was the first in its industry to deploy a hybrid electric vehicle and is rolling out 50 new hybrid electric vehicles during the next few months. The vehicles are expected to reduce the amount...

The Idea: Waste Audit; Who has done it? Frito-Lay.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Brennan Lafferty Environmental Benefit: Frito-Lay hired Oakleaf Waste Management Inc. this year to study all of its waste streams, including old corrugated cardboard (OCC). These boxes are shipped multiple times to transport...

The Idea: Install a Solar Energy System; Who has done it? Google Inc.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Environmental Benefit: Internet search engine company Google is installing a 1.6-megawatt solar power system at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The 9,212 solar panels, placed on building roofs and...

Study: Ga. freeways most littered areas.(News)
March 19, 2007... A new study shows that carelessness is the major reason for litter in Georgia. Waste consulting company R.W. Beck Inc. studied the litter issue for Gov. Sonny Perdue's Litter Abatement and Prevention Task Force and found the most littered...

The Idea: Junk Mail Reduction; Who has done it? Kitsap County, Washington.(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat Environmental Benefit: The county's customer service department developed a yellow sticky note that employees could place on junk mail they didn't want to receive. That mail goes to a central area where it's returned...

The Idea: Online Swap Shop; Who has done it? U.S. Postal Service, Alabama District.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: The Alabama office's material management department regularly tracked district equipment to determine which facilities were short and which had excess. A postmaster suggested extending this to...

Today's office: Sweet by comparison; Where we worked a generation ago didn't involve discussions of natural light, recycled rainwater, ergonomics.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Just a generation ago, the concept of a "green'' office was one that came equipped with walls, carpets and furniture in varying shades of lime. All together now: Ewwww! These days, however, green is the...

Verizon makes the call to Enoza for hybrid help.(News)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Verizon Communications Inc. is trying to get the attention of automakers by outfitting some of its service vans with hybrid technology. Verizon has contracted with Enova Systems Inc. of Torrance, Calif., to retrofit...

At Deadline.(Late News)
March 19, 2007... Waste definition change would benefit industries Federal environmental regulators plan to modify the definition of solid waste to make it easier for businesses to recycle materials including solvents, metals and certain other chemicals. ...

If you build it ... A green field of dreams takes root at a former brownfield site in D.C.(At Your Disposal)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Major league hitters can fail two out of every three times they step to the plate and still successfully punch their tickets to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Architects, alas, don't have that luxury. As the clock...

Inbox.(Orange County. Board of Commissioner plans to construct waste transfer station on landfill)(five days of community service for Naomi Campbell)(case of a careless carjacker)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach But You Promised... Did Not... Did Too... A group of residents down Tobacco Road say they're spitting mad about the Orange County [N.C.] Board of Commissioners' plan to build a waste transfer station on the site...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)
March 19, 2007... 10 years ago: Two employees of Waste Management Inc.'s Rail Cycle desert landfill operation in California are arrested on charges of conspiracy and wiretapping. 5 years ago: The scrap recycling industry applauds President Bush's tariffs on...

The China challenge.(Opinion)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Steve Toloken Too much of China's electronics recycling is done in ways that aren't good for the people doing it or for the environment. Groups like the Basel Action Network and Greenpeace have documented how recycling plants will...

Profitable altruism.(making business corporations environment conscious)(Viewpoint essay)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... There's a deeply entrenched idea in society that business is the environment's enemy. Business is about the bottom line, and worrying about the environment just gets in the way, or so the thinking goes. This issue of Waste News includes a...

Water logic is full of leaks.(far fetched planning of improving water infrastructure )(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Threats from the White House that the president may veto the Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 are hard to understand. The nation's underground water infrastructure is crumbling to the point where government agencies and other groups say...

The Idea: Recycling Fats & Oils; Who has done it: Seydel Cos., a textile chemical maker based in Pendergrass, Ga.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Seydel has refined more than 3,900 tons of used cooking oil from restaurants, poultry grease from chicken packing plants and beef tallow from slaughterhouses into machine oils, as well as...

The Idea: Bag Reuse; Who has done it? IKEA U.S.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Substituting reusable bags for plastic bags reduces waste and litter while conserving natural resources. FINANCIAL BENEFIT: This program shifts the cost of bags from the company to the...

Court rejects ski resort's snow plan for wastewater.(News)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman A federal appeals court has shot down a plan by an Arizona ski resort to use treated wastewater to make snow. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco sided with environmentalists and Indian tribes...

The Idea: Install Compact Fluorescent Bulbs; Who has done it? Holtze Executive Village.(Special Report)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: The 215-room, 11-building extended-stay lodging facility in Overland Park, Kan., replaced its outdoor incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent light bulbs, 465 bulbs in all. CFL bulbs...

The Idea: Refurbished CPUs; Who has done it? Intechra.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Buying refurbished computers as Intechra of Jackson, Miss., did conserves raw materials and decreases energy used to manufacture new IT assets. Putting a refurbished computer on a desk...

The Idea: Rainwater Reuse; Who has done it? Honda of America.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: Honda captures rainwater and reuses it in cooling towers at its Marysville, Ohio, automobile manufacturing plant before it is discharged to the local municipal wastewater treatment facility. This...

The Idea: Lighting Motion Sensors; Who has done it? KeyBank.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Brennan Lafferty Environmental Benefit: Working with Johnson Controls Inc., the property management division of KeyBank (called the Real Estate Services division) installed motion sensors to control the lighting system of its many...

In Brief: House bill seeks fuel economy bump.(Briefs)
March 19, 2007... A bill introduced in the House of Representatives on March 13 would require automakers to increase fuel economy standards by at least 4 percent every year. By 2018, the average fuel economy for an automaker's fleet would have to be 35...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Medserv Corp. acquires Medical Waste Inc., Agility Bioservices LLC and Small Quantity Generator Services Inc.)(Waste Management Inc. to invest in buy back stock)(Veolia Environnement S.A. joins National Solid Wastes Management Association )
March 19, 2007... Medical Waste MedServe buys three companies Houston-based MedServe Inc. revealed March 7 that it had purchased another three companies operating in the Upper Midwest and Southeast that provide medical waste services to health care...

Bill that would loan $14B for wastewater upgrades faces veto.(News)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a financing bill that would provide $14 billion over four years for communities to modernize their wastewater treatment systems. While the bill would provide a huge...

King of the e-waste pile; Acquisitions place Sims Group at top of electronics recycling industry.(News)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Sims Group Ltd. has scooped up two of the largest electronics recyclers in the United States, creating North America's largest electronic waste recycling operation. Sims' electronics recycling subsidiary, Sims...

The Idea: Lake Water for Cooling; Who has done it? Toronto, with Enwave Energy.(Special Report)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Environmental Benefit: To date, 27 buildings in Toronto have tapped into the Enwave Deep Lake Water Cooling system, which extracts cold energy from water drawn from Lake Ontario and uses that energy to air-condition...

Bank of America makes $20B green pledge.
March 19, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Twenty-billion dollars. That's a 2 followed by 10 zeros and three commas. That's a lot of money, and that's how much Bank of America is devoting to environmentally sustainable practices. The bank's new $20 billion,...

The Idea: Green Computer Servers; Who has done it? Georgia Institute of Technology with IBM.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat Environmental Benefit: Computer servers generate a great deal of heat in a room. Georgia Tech worked with IBM to employ the technology company's answer: Cool Blue, or its Rear Door Heat eXchanger. The door, which...

Europe GHG pact challenges U.S. But state regs, corporate initiative will have greater impact, officials say.
March 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Europe's agreement to significant post-Kyoto greenhouse gas emission cuts has further isolated the United States for its lack of climate change policy, though that may not matter much to U.S. decision makers. The...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
March 19, 2007... Retail Wal-Mart to judge electronics suppliers Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will use a scorecard to evaluate its consumer electronics suppliers as part of the company's goal to sell sustainable electronics. The Bentonville, Ark.-based...

The Idea: Cafeteria Food Waste Reduction Program; Who has done it: Los Angeles Unified School District.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Environmental Benefit: Allowing students to decline lunch items they don't plan to eat reduces waste by preventing items from being thrown out. This practice is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District's...

The Idea: Purchase Renewable Energy Credits; Who has done it? Mohawk Fine Papers.(Special Issue)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: The Cohoes, N.Y., company's purchase of 60 million kilowatt-hours of credits for wind energy puts Mohawk among the top 20 consumers of renewable energy, offsetting about 50 percent of the...

The Idea: Green Rooftop; Who has done it? Ford Motor Co., Rouge Center truck assembly plant.(Special Report)
March 19, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: The 10.4-acre "living roof'' in Dearborn, Mich., reduces stormwater runoff and attracts birds and wildlife back to the site. FINANCIAL BENEFIT: It was designed to shave 5 percent off...

Ex Med/Waste boss to pay $3M.
March 19, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The former chairman of Med/Waste Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged he failed to adequately investigate complaints about inaccurate financial reporting, which contributed to the...