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Ronald McDonald House goes green with Greenscapes Green Roof Systems - Case Study

The Ronald McDonald House Charities is an international, non-for-profit organization that creates a “homeaway-from-home” for families with seriously ill or injured children. In July 2012, the newest Ronald McDonald House was completed. Located in the heart of Chicago at 211 E. Grand Avenue, this location is the largest Ronald McDonald House Charities building. Challenge: The Ronald ...

Sep. 11, 2019

By CETCO

McDonald’s equipped with SmartPacks save time & money - Case Study

Fast food restaurants like McDonald’s are known for quick service, but they also need to be clean and keep their costs down. One way that some McDonald’s save time and money is by installing a SmartPack automatic trash compactor in their restaurant lobby. C & R Restaurant Management, based in West Jordan, Utah, was started by Chuck Sparrer when he purchased his first ...

Oct. 6, 2017

By Harmony Enterprises, Inc.

Private Residence, Knoxville, Tennessee - Case study

Project Name: Private Residence Product: Gravelpave2 Application: Driveway City: Knoxville State/Province: Tennessee Install Date: August 2002 Install Size: 40 m2 (432 sq ft) Address: Unpublished Client: Unpublished Designer: Brooke McDonald Custom Construction Contractor: Brooke McDonald Custom Construction Directions: NA Location: Driveway in front of main house. Photography: ...

Dec. 14, 2010

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

Wake Up Wall Street – It’s Waste

I get it; those who believe in the importance of recycling get it, and those who believe in innovative waste treatment technologies that reduce and convert waste to a reusable end-product get it, especially those that turn hazardous waste into reusable end-products. However, Wall Street is not getting it. Let’s face it: the waste industry (garbage industry) is not a glamorous one and is not ...

Sep. 30, 2018

By Abcov Companies , LLC

Procter & Gamble reveals a new sustainability vision

P&G sets out ambitious new targets designed to use 100% renewable energy and cut carbon emissions and waste while using 100% renewable energy. Procter & Gamble laid out a plan to develop its new ‘sustainability vision’. In the plan, the company sets a series of 10-year goals that will, over the course of the coming decades, result in a global company that: uses renewable ...

Sep. 29, 2010

By Vital Energi

TOM helps Mcdonald’s Chile cut the daily waste volume by 80%

McDonald’s is committed to improve its waste management, so it installed smart automatic waste bins, achieving a significant reduction in waste collection and in several of its locations. With TOM installed, bag switches occur only 3 times a day vs 3 times per hour before during rush hours. ...

Nov. 3, 2020

By Orwak AB

Chart Ferox Becomes Official Sales Channel for Analox Sensor Technology

Gas detection experts, Analox Sensor Technology have signed up Chart Ferox, the European arm of the business, to their worldwide network of sales channels. The recently secured deal allows Flow Instruments, a Chart Industries Company, to supply Analox’s fixed CO2 and inert gas monitoring equipment, alongside their development, production and distribution of flow measurement systems ...

Feb. 28, 2017

By Analox Sensor Technology

Alternative Disinfection Technology Demonstrates Advantages for Wet Weather Applications – A Pilot Study of Powdered Bromine Technology

A bromine disinfection technology currently utilized in Japan for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) disinfection was piloted by the City of Akron, Ohio. Bromochlorodimethylhydantoin (BCDMH) is a biocide in powdered form that, when dissolved in water, hydrolyzes to hypobromous acid, hypochlorous acid (the active biocides) and Dimethylhydantoin. This unique combination in active biocides can yield ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Investors to Fast Food Giants: Shrink Carbon and Water Footprints

Letter comes in wake of Lancet report on risks of current food production systems The Lancet, one of the most prestigious medical journals, recently stated that in order to secure a healthful, sustainable diet for an expected population of 10 billion in 2050, eating habits must change, food production must improve, and food waste must be reduced across the globe. But perhaps just as important, ...

Mar. 5, 2019

By Fluence Corporation

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Leak in Soda Machines

Carbon dioxide, also known as CO2, is a very well known gas type but not everyone knows how deadly it is. Most people know it as a gas that humans exhale but commercially, it is manufactured and shipped as a liquefied compressed gas or is used as dry ice in its solid form. A common use of CO2 gas is in soda fountain machines to carbonate soft drinks by pressurizing the CO2 gas into the liquid ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI)

Team Techcomp Participates in the EMF Half Marathon

At 8am on a wet and windy Sunday Morning, nine brave runners from across the Techcomp Companies set out on the 13 mile trek from the centre of Edinburgh all the way to Musselburgh as part of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) 2019. After months of training and despite the damp conditions, everybody gave it their all and finished with speedy times so a huge congratulations goes out to all the ...

May 29, 2019

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd - a division of Edinburgh Instruments

Characterizing the properties of dissolved organic matter isolated by XAD and C-18 solid phase extraction and ultrafiltration

The properties of aquatic dissolved organic matter (DOM) isolated by solid phase extraction (SPE) C-18 cartridges, ultrafiltration, and XAD chromatography are compared. Samples taken from the Suwannee River, Georgia, USA and McDonalds Branch in the Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA were chosen to represent waters where DOM originates from predominantly terrestrially-derived (allochthonous) ...

Mar. 1, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Alabama - community case study

In December of 2007, the Grand Bay Alabama Water Works Board, developed plans for an expansion of the Breitling Elementary School Waste Water Treatment Plant in Grand Bay, Alabama. In an area hit hard by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, infrastructure improvements tike this were needed to bring people back and get their lives back to normal. The original system consisted of nine textile wastewater ...

Feb. 20, 2013

By Quanics Incorporated

Are Multinational Companies Green Enough?

In the last few decades, the world has witnessed that 'going green' is not just a push coming from politicians and environmentalists. It is a change of attitude which does not only honour the commitment of environmental protection, but also saves a good deal of money, in most cases. This is why, many big multi-national giants have devised the company policies leading them towards sustainable and ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By Greenshine New Energy LLC

Pigeon Deterrents effectively protect Cumberland House in London

In November 2011, Eco Environmental were invited to tender for the Pigeon deterrent installation requirements at Cumberland House opposite Marble Arch in central London. History: Cumberland House, Central London The building is situated at one end of Oxford Street, opposite Marble Arch with Hyde Park to the rear of that – a perfect outlook for roosting Pigeons! Originally comprisinf of ...

Nov. 27, 2015

By Eco Environmental Services Ltd

The Missing Link: Droughts, the Economy and Climate Change

The effects of the vast drought afflicting America’s farm belt are rippling across the economy. Major companies apparently feeling the heat from rising crop prices include McDonald’s, Smithfield Foods and Arthur Daniels Midland, which processes agricultural commodities. More than half of the nation’s pasture and rangeland is now plagued by drought – the largest natural ...

Jul. 24, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

TOMRA sorting boosts paper recovery at Ireland’s largest household recycling facility - Case Study

Cutting-edge sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA Sorting has been deployed to boost paper recovery at Ireland’s largest household recycling facility, which is operated by Irish Packaging Recycling (IPR), part of the Beauparc Utility Group. Five TOMRA AUTOSORT units were installed as part of a £2.9 million plant upgrade earlier this year. The state-of-the art Regional Materials ...

Sep. 27, 2018

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Orwak baler serves huge distribution center in Hawaii - Case study

Golden State Foods (GSF) is one of the largest food service suppliers in the world. The GSF distribution center Waipahu in Hawaii is supplying products to all McDonald’s and Starbucks stores in the Hawaiian islands. The large distribution center, 40,000 sq. feet in size, has a central location on the island Oahu. No more chasing cardboard all over the yard Before the GSF center invested ...

May 5, 2017

By Orwak AB

Lynn L. Bergeson Presents “Innovative Consumer Products and Legal Risk” at the 2017 Retail Law Conference in Chicago, Illinois

On October 12, 2017, Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), presented at the “Innovative Consumer Products and Legal Risk” breakout session at the 2017 Retail Law Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) Retail Litigation Center hosts this annual gathering of in-house counsel to cover pressing ...

Oct. 23, 2017

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Clyde shopping centre - Case study

Background Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank, already winners with their partner FM Company Andron Facilities Management, of the Bronze Standard for recycling in the “Green Apple Awards” sought new and improved methods of increasing their already high environmental aspirations. The site having already reduced its carbon footprint by 29% recently by active management programmes, is ...

Jan. 27, 2017

By Tidy Planet Limited

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