
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Household product maker Recycline will begin collecting used Brita water filters next year, turning them into toothbrushes, bowls and other items.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Legislators are vowing to continue efforts to ban bisphenol A in certain products after lab tests found the chemical leaches out of a range of microwavable containers.

MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Biomimicry Institute has created an online database and community focused on ideas and solutions inspired by nature.
The market for sustainable design has passed the tipping point and is
rapidly becoming mainstream. ENR's first Top Green Design Firms is an
attempt to bypass the marketing and hype and measure the market by
ranking designers based on their 2007 revenue from projects that were
registered and actively seeking certification from major third-party
environmental standards or ratings organizations. The ENR Top 100 Green
Designers generated $1.74 billion in revenue from such projects in
2007, $1.62 billion domestically and $121.2 million abroad.
Ths publication, available for purchase, includes a listing of the top 100 firms with information on revenue and market data, and lists of the top five green facility designs covering a variety of types of buildings.