Washington D.C. will celebrate its first Earth Day on Sunday, the 21st of April, thanks to Broccoli City Fest that will be held at DC Fairgrounds. This event, organized by Broccoli City Organic Lifestyle Group, is an attempt to encourage city dwellers to lead a more environment-friendly way of life. … [Read more...]

Harding Elementary School organizes a used bicycle festival each year, where all sorts of bicycle activities, from learning to ride bikes to bike hurdle races, take place. But the main aim of this festival is to salvage unused bicycles and sell them to others. Except heavily damaged ones, any kind of bikes can be donated to this festival. … [Read more...]

During the past two years, a lot of the cities and counties within the US have formulated policies in order to ban the usage of plastic bags within their premises. However, a State Representative from Texas, Drew Springer, feels that city councils need to start formulating policies that would place bans on any kind of bags. … [Read more...]

In order to encourage eco-friendly behavior among the residents, the city council of Las Cruces has collaborated with a company named Trex Co. to conduct the Bags to Benches program in the county. This program will give all the residents in Las Cruces an opportunity to trade their plastic waste for recreational park benches, and it is expected to come into effect very soon. … [Read more...]

In order to explain how businesses establish sustainable methods to operate in constantly changing environmental conditions, the State of Green Business report has published its research on sustainability. The present edition of the report is its 6th edition, and in the past 5 editions, this report has covered various environmental factors associated with businesses around the world. … [Read more...]

More and more construction companies across the world are opting to build green buildings, and finding increased opportunities and business value through this decision. This is being confirmed by a report recently published by McGraw-Hill Construction and United Technology Corporation (UTC), which focuses on green building trends around the world and the benefits these trends offer to businesses. … [Read more...]

In order to improve the recycling rates within the city, Greensburg and Youngwood are planning on purchasing new equipment. The Department of Environmental Protection within the state is going to offer grants to both these regions, and the authorities in these regions are planning on using the grants for buying the new equipment. … [Read more...]

General Motors or GM, a leading name in the automobile industry, is using recycling activities to make significant profits. According to the company's recent financial reports, this automaker makes close to a billion dollars worth of profit through its recycling initiatives. The company reuses all the scrap materials that it generates, and their revenue reports suggest that all automobile … [Read more...]

To promote eco-friendly behavior and promotional recycled bags among the students, the Inter-Hall Council in Cal Poly Pomona hosted I Love Earth Day. During this event, all the students in the locality came outdoors to support eco-friendly activities. The organizers of this event planned out several activities for the students, which helped them in recycling a lot of waste materials. … [Read more...]

In the state of California, many cities have banned the usage of single-use plastic bags within their premises. However, experts are concerned about the impact that reusable bags or totes have on the health of the users. According to a few reports, repeated usage of reusable bags can lead to a few food-borne diseases, and therefore, experts want the residents to maintain their reusable bags in … [Read more...]