When completed, it will be one of the first net-zero energy and net-zero water-waste buildings in the country.
Rossano Ercolini convinced Naples - a city gripped by a long-running waste crisis - to adopt zero-waste goals.
The second thing I noticed: Meals were pretty much zero-waste, with reusable plates and real silverware offered to all diners.
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They decided to give it to Desso Aviation, a carpet company with a zero-waste, 100% biodegradable approach known as "cradle-to-cradle".
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Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, set up an ambitious programme in 2005 with the long-term aim of becoming a zero-waste, renewably powered enterprise.
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The government announced that the city would be zero-carbon, powered entirely by renewable energy, car-free, and produce net-zero waste.
From its zero waste goals to eco-friendly vehicles like the Chevy Volt, GM is keeping its eye on eco-friendly innovation.
Like the first book, the new book surveys the hot spots in the clean tech space, which include net-zero energy green buildings, advanced waste heat technologies for combined heat and power and several other technologies.
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Lights in the warehouse are now green fluorescents, scraps and rainwater runoff are reused, and the LEED-certified factory is aiming for zero waste.
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Waitrose, the U.K.-based supermarket chain, in October achieved its goal of sending zero food waste to landfills.
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