The R4 Initiative

A Car So Clean You Could Drink the Exhaust
Mercedes Benz displayed its “car of tomorrow” this week at the US Open in Queens, N.Y. Set to be released in California this November, the new B-Class F-CELL is the first zero-emission vehicle from the luxury dealer. Sascha Sim, head of...

Friendly Gossip Saves One Community $6.5 Million
It’s probably safe to assume that most of the people living on Molokai, a 260-square-mile isle in the state of Hawaii, know one another ? at least that’s what Francois Rogers of the Blue Planet Foundation was counting on. As Greentech...

California Senate Rejects Plastic Bag Ban Bill
California Bill AB 1998 (commonly referred to as the Plastic Bag Ban Bill) was rejected by the California Senate on Tuesday after it failed to receive the two-third majority vote. It would have been the first state-wide plastic bag ban in the U.S....

The Revival of the Cardboard Chair
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a cardboard chair that is both comfortable and sturdy! If you’re a devoted Earth911.com reader, doubtless you’ve seen our snarky remarks about our own cardboard chair misadventures last...

Newspapers Go Digital, Print Goes?On Your Wall?
Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Brasil announced that it will become the first in the country to become 100 percent digital. While it’s a trend American print has already seen – thanks to the iPad and the continued success of online...

The Week-long ?No Impact? Challenge Is On
In November of 2006, self described “guilty liberal,” Colin Beavan, snapped and decided to swear off plastic, go organic, become a bicycle nut, compost, turn off his power and “generally become a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to...

RFID Bins: The New Recycling Police
The newest trend in curbside recycling is the use of Radio-frequency identification (RFID), a tiny computer chip in the recycling bin that can do everything from weighing the contents inside to tracking which bins are used on a regular basis....

Legislation Could Give Beauty Industry a Makeover
The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010, introduced on July 21, has heightened the buzz recently about federal chemical policy reform. The Act would amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act of 1938, which supporters claim includes loopholes in chemical safety...

New Eco-friendly Home With a Feasible $100K Price Tag
The East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa. has something to be proud about, and this time it?s not the historical appeal of the Liberty Bell. Postgreen, a real estate development company focusing on modern and eco-friendly development in...

GAO to Congress: Stronger Electronics Management Needed
August has been a big month in the realm of electronic waste and recycling, as the subject was both the focus of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study and a named an international priority by the EPA. The GAO study was prepared for the...