Buildingctgreen.com’s friend and collegue, Joey Pappalardo of New Haven based YouRenew.com was recently interviewed by QUESTION(NY)AIRE.  He and YouRenew have a pretty good story.   Joey Pappalardo is the Director of Business Development for YouRenew.com, an internet-based company that provides “the easiest, fastest and greenest way to turn your old electronic devices into cash.” YouRenew is [...]

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Our friend and colleague, Joseph Galiatsatos of Green Monster eCycling, sent me the following update on a new E-waste law that starts next month. In July of 2007, Governor Rell signed into law “An Act Concerning the Collection and Recycling of Covered Electronic Devices”. This law enables Connecticut to manage a portion of the solid [...]

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Last week, I attended and spoke at a two-day program at the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale titled The Business of Climate Change. Green knowledge experts representing green rock star companies like Xerox, GE, ING, and United Natural Foods spoke about the new economy and how their companies have developed and continue to enhance [...]

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Though they still have some unfinished business to address, Connecticut’s part-time legislature recently adjourned and there are some who think that the General Assembly slightly tinted Connecticut’s image a little greener. Some of green measures that passed include brown field remediation, green buildings and energy efficiency measures. One bill that I’m a little curious about [...]

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I like green apples.  Greenpeace is not sure about green Apples.  This week GreenPeace released a report which ranked electronics manufacturers on eWaste.  The report had Dell, HP and Lenovo leading the way based on current green practices and also the commitments the companies have made to soften their environmental footprint in the future.  The [...]

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