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Book Illustration by Robert Hunter
Clean Tech/Summer 2013/Waste

A world without waste

by Lloyd Alter

A decade ago, William McDonough and Michael Braungart wroteย Cradle to Cradle, a book that environmentalist David Suzuki called โ€œgroundbreakingโ€ and a โ€œBible

GM headquarters in Detroit
Clean Tech/Leadership/Summer 2013/Transportation/Voices/Waste

Heroes & zeros: vol. 11

by CK Staff

Hero: General Motors General Motorsย announcedย in July that it generated over $1 billion from recycling and reuse revenue in 2012. With 90 per

recycled computers
Leadership/Summer 2013/Supply Chain/Waste/Workplace

Retail e-recycling report card

by Tyler Hamilton

North Americans purchase billions of dollars of electronics products annually, from smart phones and tablet computers to big-screen television sets. Some products

These railroad ties near Miami are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic
Clean Tech/Connected Planet/Social Enterprise/Spring 2013/Transportation/Waste

Tech Savvy: Axion Intl.

by Adam Aston

Every day, thousands of commuters on Miamiโ€™s rapid transit system are whisked to work cushioned by a bed of empty milk jugs,

Richard Branson
Education/Leadership/Natural Capital/Perspectives/Q&A/Spring 2013/Supply Chain/Waste

The b-team

by Tyler Hamilton

The first time I saw Sir Richard Branson in action was eight years ago at the launch of Virgin Mobile in Canada.

Procter & Gamble chemical works
Spring 2013/Voices/Waste/Workplace

Heroes & zeros: vol. 10

by CK Staff

Hero: Procter & Gamble Officials at Procter & Gamble (P&G), the worldโ€™s largest consumer product brand, announced in April that 25 per

Shredded solid waste.
Guest Comment/Perspectives/Supply Chain/Waste

Weighing waste

by Brian Lee

In todayโ€™s world of increasing global resource scarcity, it is more important than ever to make efficient use of our limited resources.

Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Spring 2013/Supply Chain/Sustainable Book Reviews/Waste

The want of more

by Lloyd Alter

In John Hustonโ€™s classic filmย Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart asks Edward G. Robinson, playing gangster Johnny Rocco, what it is he wants. Itโ€™s

Marks & Spencer branch
Leadership/Voices/Waste/Winter 2013

Heroes & zeros: vol. 8

by CK Staff

Hero: Marks and Spencer The British department store Marks and Spencer (M&S) announced in late October it has committed to eliminating the

john warner
Clean Tech/Fall 2012/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Q&A/Supply Chain/Waste

Do no harm

by Tyler Hamilton

Books have the power to change how we think and behave. Charles Darwinโ€™s On the Origin of Speciesย laid the foundation for evolutionary

GE fridge
Fall 2012/Mining/Voices/Waste

Heroes & zeros: vol. 7

by CK Staff

Hero: General Electric General Electric announced in September that it had successfully recycled 100,000 refrigerators and freezers through the UNTHA Recycling Technology

Clean Tech/Fall 2012/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Supply Chain/Sustainable Book Reviews/Waste

An energy crisis of our own

by Lloyd Alter

According to some mainstream media reports, America will soon be โ€œawash in oil.โ€ Natural gas, meanwhile, seems to be pouring out of

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Perspectives/Spring 2012/Waste

Burn after reading

by Jeremy Runnalls

From the top of Amagerforbrรฆnding, the largest of three garbage incineration plants located in downtown Copenhagen, is an idyllic panorama of the

Connected Planet/Spring 2012/Waste

Beware the rebound effect

by Pete Nowak

Mike Berners-Lee has a proposal for saving the world: he wants to start charging people a penny for every e-mail they send.

2012 Sustainable Provinces/Climate Crisis/Energy/Leadership/Spring 2012/Transportation/Waste/Water

Green provinces of Canada

by Erin Marchington

Itโ€™s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding

Illustration by Alex Nabaum
Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Fall 2011/Waste

Why bury the treasure?

by Tyler Hamilton

Juergen Puetter could be labelled a shopaholic in renewable energy circles. A few years ago, the president of Aeolis Wind Power began

Clean Tech/Energy/Summer 2010/Waste

Waste not, want not

by Cynthia McQueen

Guiyu, China is the biggest e-waste dumpsite in the world and one of the landscapes that starred in Ed Burtynskyโ€™s documentary Manufactured

Fall 2008/Health & Lifestyle/Waste/Water

Troublesome waters

by Suzanne von der Porten

At the age of 86, Mary Rose Waquan has a steady hand as she pours filtered water into a colourful ceramic mug

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