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The Home Depot Earns 2024 Partner of the Year Awards From the EPA

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The EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership is a market-driven initiative that empowers businesses to move goods in the cleanest, most energy-efficient way possible, while protecting public health and reducing air pollution. Originally published on Built From Scratch The Home Depot was recently honored with three awards from the U.S.

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How Veolia North America's Engineered Fuels Solution Works

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Veolia North America Sustainability Report 2024 Veolia North Americas engineered fuels program evaluates non-hazardous industrial byproducts like plastics, packaging scraps, debris and more, then shreds and decontaminates the materials to use them as an alternative fuel in cement kilns. metric ton COeq. Savings: 1.26

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EPA Extends TSCA Reporting Deadlines for PFAS: New Submission Dates Announced

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September 9, 2024 /3BL/ - On September 4, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it delayed reporting deadlines for its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (TSCA Reporting Rule).

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Digging Deeper: EPA's Dive Into PFAS Pollution Through Data Collection

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Now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a significant step forward in understanding and addressing PFAS contamination through a comprehensive data gathering initiative involving publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and industrial facilities. The EPA hopes to begin collecting sampling data in 2024 and 2025.

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Cisco's Sustainability 101: What Is E-Waste?

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What is e-waste and why it matters According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , e-waste is a term often used to describe used electronics that are nearing the end of their useful life, and are discarded, donated or given to a recycler. How much e-waste is there?

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Living Future Tapped for EPA Grant To Expand Materials Program

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September 18, 2024 /3BL/ - The International Living Future Institute (Living Future) is honored to have been selected to support the Inflation Reduction Act’s efforts to decarbonize the built environment. As announced by the U.S. The built environment is a major contributor to planetary warming. Slated to receive $4.7

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Delmarva Power Receives Recognition From EPA and DOE for Its Energy Efficiency Programs in Maryland

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April 16, 2024 /3BL/ - Delmarva Power has received national recognition for the significant impacts its energy efficiency programs are having in helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and providing millions of dollars in savings for Maryland customers on their energy bills. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

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