GETTING INTO THE BIG BOX BY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BIN

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 14

What started as a business plan in a 2001 University competition is now a company with 40 employees and $6 million sales.

Cindy Rovins

REUSE ENTERPRISE TRUMPS RECYCLING

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 17

Rescuing quality used, new overrun and misprinted cardboard boxes from manufacturers, distributors and retailers allow firm to reach the right markets.

Neil Seldman

MOVING FREIGHT: TRANSPORT BEYOND OIL

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 19

Public policy and private practices can transform freight transportation to reduce oil dependence and tackle the threat of climate change.

Deron Lovaas

M.B.A. PROGRAMS NEW LOOK

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 22

Around the country prospective students have options for graduate school where programs focus on how to create competitive advantage through sustainable business practices.

Alana Herro

FOOD SCRAPS TO RECYCLING BACK TO FOOD

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 23

Since the program began, more than half a million pounds of food residuals have been diverted from dining facilities at the University of New Hampshire. The design brings new harvests back to dining halls.

Jenna R. Jambeck, Elisabeth W. Farrell and Sara M. Cleaves

ENZYME PRODUCER GROWS GREENER WITH NEW MATERIALS

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 26

A North Carolina award-winning company uses its own residuals to enhance its organics recycling operations.

Matt Ewadinger, Brian Rosa and Tom Rhodes

CLEAN-UP METHODS WITHOUT CHEMICALS

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 28

With close to 300,000 sites nationwide in need of remediation over the next 30 years, companies are finding ways to improve results with latest technologies.

Craig Coker

ECO-FRIENDLY FABRICS

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 30

ECOSTYLE

Delia Montgomery

BIRTH OF A BIODIESEL CO-OP

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 31

BALLE BEAT

Ann Bartz

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 8

LARGEST CONTRACTOR BECOMES LARGEST GREEN BUILDER
Speaking at the Greenbuild International Expo in Denver recently, Thomas Leppert - CEO of Turner Construction Co. - told the audience that he regards green building as a profit center as well as the right

IN BUSINESS WORLD

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 4

GREENER BUSINESS NETWORK GROWS IN WISCONSIN
Josie Pradella of the Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility in Madison sends this information about the statewide Greener Business Network - www.wiscpsa.org/grnbus/: “We have 120 listings currently and

EDITORIAL

In Business, January-February, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 3

OPPORTUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR 2007

TO PARAPHRASE what our Executive Editor Nora Goldstein wrote in the December, 2006 issue of BioCycle, the word that comes to mind as we enter 2007 is — opportunity. “Because when push comes to shove, we are in the business of renewable resource management, capitalizing on opportunities to