The Business Environmental Program provides free and confidential environmental management assistance to business and government operations in Nevada. The Program specializes in cost effective strategies to reduce hazardous materials and waste generation, conserve water and energy, minimize air emissions, and maintain compliance with environmental requirements. The program provides training, on-site consultation, assistance over the phone and through its website and publications.
By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press Manufacturing.Net – February 28, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal database of people’s safety complaints about thousands of products, from baby gear to household appliances and more. Johns, other parents who...
The amount of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling increased by a third between 2008 and 2009, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The ACC’s third annual report (pdf) on this subset of plastic recycling found that at least 479 million pounds were recovered in 2009, a 47 percent increase since 2007. About...
The Clorox Company has announced it is now disclosing the following additional information about its products through its Ingredients Inside program: Specific identity of preservatives and dyes in all U.S. and Canadian cleaning, disinfecting and laundry products. This information expands upon the listing of active ingredients, which has been provided to consumers over the last...
February 23, 2011 Winners of the third annual Next Generation LuminairesTM (NGL) awards were announced today at the Strategies in Light Conference in Santa Clara, California. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the competition was launched in 2008 to promote...
Today marks the launch of a very important website for nurses- www.envirn.org. This new collaborative website is a phenomenal resource for all nurses. The new one-stop-shop for nurses who are interested in Environmental Health is launching on Feb 14th!! EnviRN – The Knowledge Network at www.enviRN.org. We are launching on Valentine’s Day because it is...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has notified five companies that the identities of 14 chemicals associated with a number of health and safety studies submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and claimed as confidential are not eligible for confidential treatment. The agency announced the move yesterday, saying it would “increase public access to...
EPA announced that based on new scientific evidence, the agency will regulate perchlorate to reduce its prevalence in the nation’s water and to protect human health. In a separate action, the agency is also seeking to establish a new drinking water strategy to address as a group up to 16 toxic chemicals (volatile organic compounds)...
US-based nonprofit to assess 173 hospital facilities Washington D.C. (January 20, 2011) – The Green Building Initiative, (GBI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the acceleration of sustainable building practices, was recently awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide online, green building self-evaluations for 173 hospital facilities using Green Globes® Continual...
EPA Recycling Water Science