Tag: Waste Management

What does the future hold for waste management? Loi McLoughlin of UBQ Materials discusses modern strategies, sustainable practices and more.

As temperatures rise, pests are more attracted to commercial buildings in search of food, water and shelter.

Digital tools are driving better practices and supporting overall waste management and sustainability goals.

For its new report, ISN analyzed more than 20,000 serious injuries and fatalities in the workplace from 2017-2021.

The Green Business Certification Inc. aims to help facilities pursue zero waste goals while becoming more resource-efficient.

About 15% of the company’s North American manufacturing facilities have already achieved Zero Waste to Landfill.

Designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, the facility includes labs, temporary storage, offices, and support space to serve the increased requirements for hazardous material handling on campus.

A nationwide revamp of the recycling infrastructure led by the U.S. EPA moves downstream to facilities.

Toter introduces EVR-Green™, the waste industry’s first 100%-recycled cart body, pairing end-to-end sustainability with ultimate durability.

National WasteWise Award winners for 2021 and 2020 prevented and diverted close to 408,000 tons of waste from landfill or incinerator, avoiding over $22.5 million in landfill costs.

As our need to understand environmental footprinting has come into sharper focus, the role of workplace designers, engineers, contractors, facilities, and operations teams has begun to shift to one of environmental stewardship.

Together, the 3,200 facilities that are part of the DOE’s Better Plants program have cumulatively saved $8.2 billion and 1.7 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs) of energy.

A provider of smart waste and recycling monitoring for more than 30 years, OnePlus Systems has a new name as it continues to expand its intelligent container monitoring and analytics solutions.

These eight green building award recipients include Pepsi World Trade Center, Prologis, and Nicaragua’s first LEED-certified project.

The general public are using PPE on a regular basis. Without traditional recycling options, these items are likely to end up in landfills.

Fluorescent lamps received by the county's household hazardous waste (HHW) facility posed a challenge due to their mercury content, and BulbEater helped to solve the problem.

More than 2,000 commercial properties participated in two-year water and waste benchmarking initiative

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This waste container collection is designed for facilities to create a cohesive, safe program for occupants to access and dispose of personal protective equipment (PPE).

In response to COVID-19, GBCI introduces these credits focused on landscape management and zero waste for buildings and sites.

Progress was made in carpet recycling rates and technological advances.