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To launch Extra Yard for the Environment, the Chiefs will host a community-wide recycling drive at Arrowhead Stadium from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow. As part of the kickoff for Earth Day activities in April, EPA will join the Chiefs, along with a number of other local vendors, to help facilitate a one-stop recycling opportunity for metro-area ...

EPA to Team with Kansas City Chiefs for April 20 Recycling Drive Lenexa, Kan. EPA Region 7 and the Kansas City Chiefs today announced Extra Yard for the Environment, the football club’s sustainability initiative. The program is designed to devise and implement new green policies for the Kansas City Chiefs while raising awareness for green ...

 Saint-Gobain and Verallia North America, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain and one of the leading glass container manufacturers in the United States for foods and beverages, have been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the third consecutive year. The award recognizes ...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced that Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., the nation’s largest glass container manufacturer, has agreed to install pollution control equipment to reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate ...

The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County today sent Certificates of Recognition to 575 companies for being "good corporate citizens" for the year 2011. These companies have met their limits for wastewater discharge for at least a year, maintained their environmental equipment and fulfilled all permit requirements. Ninety-one of the ...

W2 Energy, Inc. (OTC: WTWO) is pleased to announce that it has purchased patent applications 10/785234 and 12/9605 from Thomas W. Oakes, PhD, CEO of Solar Hydrogen Energy Company. These two patent applications represent significant technological achievements in the production of hydrogen from renewable sources. The central technology uses ...

Arc International, the world leader in tableware, is investing nearly $40 million on state-of-the-art advancements that dramatically lower emissions from its Durand Glass Manufacturing Co. glass furnaces while increasing production capacity. The major enhancements to its North America production facility here make it ...

Scottish Leather Group's energy saving measures has enabled the leading leather manufacturer to win the Carbon Trust's Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Award 2012 Scottish Leather Group's energy saving measures across its three sites in the west of Scotland has enabled the leading leather manufacturer to win the Carbon Trust's Energy Efficiency ...

Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), a recycling and waste company that serves more than 200,000 households and 27,000 commercial and industrial accounts in the St. Louis region, is investing nearly $19 million to revolutionize its recycling centers in North St. Louis County (Hazelwood) and South St. Louis County (Bella Villa). The enhancements to the ...

  VALLEY FORGE, Pa., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, the world's largest manufacturer of building products and a leading producer of innovative materials, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the second consecutive year. The award recognizes ...