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The Greenest Show on Grass

Jennifer Berry, February 9th, 2012

This year, the Waste Management Phoenix Open had an ambitious goal: go completely zero-waste. Through comprehensive waste diversion and some clever upgrades, this year's tournament might just be the "Greenest" Show on Grass.

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UK Retailer Recycles 100M Hangers for UNICEF

Mary Mazzoni, February 9th, 2012

U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer has recycled 100 million hangers in the last six months, raising more than $588,000 for international children's charity, UNICEF. The retailer's hanger recycling scheme is simple: customers are given the option not to take hangers home, and hangers left behind are reused in-store or recycled, M&S said. For every £1 saved from hanger recycling, M&S ... read more

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College Students Square Off In Recycling Challenge

Mary Mazzoni, February 9th, 2012

Starting this week, students from more than 600 colleges will square off to see who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most on-campus waste. The Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful provided recycling bins, as well as training and tools for campus facilities managers, as part of the annual university-based competition, RecycleMania. Schools will distribute recycling bins as they ... read more

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Is a Green MBA Right for You?

Alexis Petru, February 9th, 2012

Three years ago, Kate Drane was living in Chicago, working at a law firm as a recruiter and environmental initiatives coordinator. “I was passionate , but I wasn’t educated enough about it,” Drane says. While attending a graduate school fair, she happened to stop at the booth for San Francisco’s Presidio Graduate School and learned about their MBA in Sustainable Management, ... read more

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