The Eco|Angeleno has just heard word that the City of LA is in the process of drafting an ordiance establishing a city-wide “Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy.”
According to a reportand draft ordinance delivered to the RENEW LA Ad Hoc Committee:
“The new EPP (Environmentall Preferable Purchasing Policy) would promote the use of environmentally preferable products in the [...]
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City of LA in the Process of Developing a Green Purchasing Policy
Posted in Green Business, Waste Management, tagged City of Los Angeles, Draft Ordinance, environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy, RENEW LA, Rocky Delgaldillo on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the News | 9/15/2008
Posted in Climate Change, EcoVehicles, Future Fuels, Green Business, Waste Management, tagged Clean Trucks, GM, Green Products, Landfill Gas, Methane, Palin, Port, Volt on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
G.M. at 100: Is Its Future Electric? – NY Times (Me Wanty a Volt!)
Tapping Power From Trash (Of the landfill/methane sort) – NY times
Products derived from natural, nontoxic ingredients — once seen as fringe — are now mainstream. – LA Times … Commentary: This movement, in my opinion, is a bi-product of the internet revolution [...]
‘Water Features’ Need To Be Jettisoned Now
Posted in Green Buildings, Waste Management, Water on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[Originally published by the Los Angeles Daily News. http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_9812232]
By Ruth Galanter
Who can explain why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Department of Water and Power keep telling us to use less water and electricity, but the city continues to permit “water features” in new development?
Check out trendy shopping centers, new hotels and office developments, and even [...]
The Bottled Water Story
Posted in Waste Management, Water, tagged Bottled Water, Drinking Water, KCRW, Plastic Bottles, Tap Water on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Saturday, June 21, 2008, the KCRW show Good Food interviewed Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It. Ms. Royte discussed drinking water’s commercialization, tap water and the environmental impact of plastic water bottles.
With 50 million plastic water bottles consumed annually and with sales of bottled [...]
E-Waste: The Problem, Government Response, and Your Recycling Options
Posted in Green Business, Waste Management, tagged E-Waste, Electronic Recyclers International, Green Business, Green Business in Los Angeles, LA County, LACoMAX, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Clean Tech, National Cristina Foundation, Spectrum West, Techforward on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Laptop Magazine recently highlighted the recycling policies of major electronics manufacturers and retailers. Some manufacturers and retailers will graciously recycle old and unused electronics equipment (including notebook computers, cell phones, computer monitors, etc.), while some charge a fee to recycle gadgets that would otherwise end up in the trash. However, a few others are offering [...]
