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Green Biz Spotlight: DHL Moves To A New LEED Certified Facility
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Tue, May 03
UPS isn't the only freight company going greener these days. Business Wire reports that DHL moved their DHL Express and DHL Forwarding operations in Nashville, TN to a new LEED certified building in the city. According to Yahoo Finance,...
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Greenwala's Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List
Posted by Admin Wala
Wed, Dec 08
With the holidays upcoming we have decided to publish the Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List to provide all of you with an easy to follow list of some of the most wanted eco-friendly gifts and items for the holidays. Several of these items c...
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Amazon Patents Slower Shipping For The Environment
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Thu, Oct 21
File this under your "WTF?! Of The Day" category. Amazon.com is trying to patent slower, more expensive, but eco-friendly shipping. The patent envisions a system that focuses more attention on the environmental impact of the manufa...
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Fungus: The Next Wave In Sustainable Packaging?
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Sep 13
Who doesn't love 'shrooms? Their uses are seemingly endless. In fact, mushrooms may be the next big wave to crash upon the shores of the packaging industry. My friend Starre Vartan of Eco-Chick.com, HuffPo Green, and Inhabitat says, Mus...
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New Carton Packaging Reduces CO2 By 30%
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Wed, Sep 08
Pre-packaged foods and drinks generate a HUGE amount of unnecessary waste. Just as I think that oil and coal companies should be the driving forces behind developing methods to generate alternative energy, carton and container companies s...
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UPS Debuts Resealable Envelopes
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Aug 23
What can brown do for you? Make you greener. Not only is UPS driving more miles than ever but still managing to use less fuel, now they've debuted an express envelope that is reusable. How much economic and environmental sense does that m...
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UPS Is Driving More Miles Than Ever, But Using Less Fuel
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Tue, Aug 10
Whether it be mandating more right-hand turns or adding alternative fuel-powere trucks to their fleet, UPS has become a mastermind at eeking out fuel efficiency. In 2009, UPS drivers logged 77.3 million miles more than they did ten years...
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New Cardboard Box Sprouts Trees After It's Used
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Fri, Jul 02
Who doesn't love getting a package in the mail? And with the ever increasing rise in online shopping, more and more cardboard boxes are being used. But have you ever stopped to wonder how many trees are felled to produce all of those card...
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Clean, Renewable, Domestic - Biofuel
Posted by Surinder Saini
Mon, Feb 15
Last week, I saw on the back wind-shield of a Jeep Wragler, a sign saying - " Clean, Renewable, Domestic " - with "Biofuel" also mentioned on the top of the 'slogan'. This was the first time I saw a vehicle being driven on biofuel. It...
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Oil spill at Texas port dumps 450,000 gallons
Posted by Vick Lantz
Mon, Jan 25
(CNN) -- A tanker ship loaded with oil in the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, collided with two barges being towed by a tug boat, resulting in a spill of about 450,000 gallons of crude, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. No injuries were re...
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