EPA Requires Testing of 19 Widely Used Chemicals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers of 19 high production volume (HPV) chemicals to test the health and environmental effects of the chemicals and submit the data...

Sustainability Strategy Progresses at Nice-Pak

Nice-Pak Products Inc. has transformed its Mooresville, Ind., manufacturing plant into what it calls a “zero landfill” facility. The move, expected to keep more than 4,200 tons of waste a year from going into landfills, is the second transformation of a Nice-Pak...

Groups Move Sustainability Issues to Front Burner

Farmers who think they won the battle over climate change when they stopped the cap and trade bill in Congress now face a related challenge that may be harder to fight: pressure from processors and customers to produce crops in a “sustainable” way. Read...

Swiss Company Ecoinvent Joins Sustainability Consortium

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Ecoinvent Centre, the world’s leading supplier of reliable and transparent life cycle inventory data, has joined the Sustainability Consortium to support the organization’s life cycle assessment work with its comprehensive LCI database. The...