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June 22, 2007
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Magazine Publishers Take "Green to Gold" to Heart A standing-room-only crowd gathered last week for a conference on improving the supply chain that leads from chain saws in a distant forest to print publications to the recycle bins or landfills where magazines end up. SLM's own Andrew Winston served as a panelist for the watershed event. (The Daily Green) Read more... Tech Vendors Scrutinized over Green Credentials Environmental concerns are rising up the corporate IT agenda with one-third of European organizations now taking green factors into account when evaluating and selecting IT suppliers. (Silicon.com) Read more... World's First Solar-Powered Cellphone Developed in China A Chinese company says it has developed a mobile phone that uses solar energy to recharge itself and can provide 40 minutes of talk-time after sitting in the sun for an hour. (Xinhua) Read more... Steelcase Debuts New Eco-Meter Software The eco-meter, currently being piloted with Nationwide in the U.K., enables employers to compare the environmental impact of various office designs across a wide range of criteria, allowing them to tailor their workplace to employees' needs without compromising environmental and ethical issues. (AZoBuild) Read more... USPS Shipping Supplies Earn "Cradle to Cradle" Certification The U.S. Postal Service, whose mailing supplies already exceed government requirements for recycled content, has become the first shipping company in the nation to achieve Silver-level “Cradle to Cradle” certification for human and environmental health. (Press Release) Read more... Rolling Stone Paper Policy Gets "Green-Lite" Rolling Stone will soon be printed on carbon neutral paper (made through a process that adds no carbon dioxide to the atmosphere) — but the paper itself will continue to come from virgin forests, the magazine says. (New York Times) Read more... Dell First to Market with Global EPEAT Gold Notebook HP got the Green Electronics Council to back its claim that the new rp5700 was the first computer desktop to achieve EPEAT Gold status, but a few days later Dell got the last word with news that its Latitude D630 (also Gold-certified) beat out the competition in the race to an electronics outlet near you. Read more... L.L. Bean Sacks Paper Supplier L.L. Bean declined to renew its long-term contract with Verso Paper because it wants the paper used for its catalogs to contain higher recycled fiber content and to be made under certified sustainable forestry practices, the company said. (Associated Press via Boston Globe) Read more... |
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