Landfills are filled with questionable waste and are taking over large areas of land. It’s unavoidable — everyone has something they have to dispose of. But what if there was a way to make that trash into an overall benefit … Continue reading →
Deerfield Beach, Fla., has proudly taken steps to keep its scenic community sustainable and trash free. Its approach has even successfully harnessed citizen action. The Cleaner Greener Deerfield Beach is an overall program that has been ongoing since the formation … Continue reading →
Dedicated to building affordable, reliable and innovative sweepers, Global Environment Products has created equipment that not only cleans streets, but aids the environment, too. Its latest sweeper, the M4 ZE-Series, is North America’s first hydrogen fuel cell street sweeper, and its only by-product is pure H2O.
Continue reading →Living off the grid — the power grid — is a term used to encompass those individuals who either by choice or circumstance are not living with city-provided services such as electricity, heat, water and, in some cases, sewer. There … Continue reading →
In 1919, Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower was part of the Transcontinental Motor Convoy, where 80 military vehicles drove from Washington, D.C., to California to test the usability of the United States road system. This was far from the straightforward … Continue reading →
Did you hear that police arrested two kids yesterday? One was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off… Bad fireworks jokes aside, we have a great summer story for … Continue reading →
Elk Grove Village, Ill., might be a small community, but its members have big love for their hometown and even bigger plans for the future. In the last decade, more than $100 million in infrastructure and facility improvements have been … Continue reading →
When it comes to municipal fleets, resurface could be the fourth “R” in the “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra. Engine resurfacing can be done on any type of engine and can save cities and towns thousands of dollars versus the cost … Continue reading →
Okay, girls and boys, which noted English poet who co-founded the Romantic era penned the immortal words, “Water, water everywhere/nor any drop to drink”? If you answered Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” you … Continue reading →
It may not be the sunniest place in the country, but one Wisconsin municipality is harnessing the power of solar for energy and future cost savings. Fitchburg, Wis., installed 362 kW of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the … Continue reading →
Those most surprised by Fargo, N.D., winning the Georgetown University Energy Prize were those who had worked so hard to make it possible. The idea got started when Malini Srivastava, architect and project leader, noticed that most existing buildings are … Continue reading →
