Jesse Stallone

Jesse Stallone has spent the majority of his career working in the environmental field dealing with operational activities and driving strategic change initiatives.

He is the VP of Business Development and Sustainability for Electronic Recyclers International. Most recently, Jesse was Director of Sustainability and Strategic Planning at Allied Waste industries, responsible for sustainability and innovation business development initiatives. Prior to this, he served as a Six Sigma Black Belt working on continuous improvement programs dealing with waste reduction for large U.S.-based retailers.

When Jesse isn’t craving good ole’ Southern cooking and reminding everyone to throw their cans in the recycling bin, he runs a sustainability-focused blog and frequently tweets green-related must-reads to Twitter nation.

  • July 7, 2009

    Nokia, Samsung Lead Latest Greenpeace Green Electronics Survey

    GreenBiz Greenpeace International today released the 12th edition of its quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics scorecard, ranking the 17 manufacturers on their achievement of environmental goals. Nokia once again remained in the top position, with a score of 7.45 points out of a possible 10, while Samsung held on to second place with its score [...]

  • July 3, 2009

    REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

    REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments’ (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design.

  • July 3, 2009

    Coca Cola to Put Fuel Cells to Work at N.Y. Bottling Plant

    By GreenBiz Staff Coca Cola Enterprises signed a 10-year contract with UTC Power that will bring two fuel cells to its southern New York bottling plant. The UTC Power fuel cells will produce heat and energy that can satisfy nearly a third of demand at Coca Cola’s bottling plant in Elmsford, N.Y. The project received [...]

  • July 2, 2009

    Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

    Australia is joining the UK in using the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label, touted as the world’s first carbon label for consumer products.

  • July 1, 2009

    From Tallest to Most Efficient

    The owners of the Sears Tower have announced plans to upgrade the building for sustainability, which will make it the tallest building in the western hemisphere to undergo such an overhaul to date.

  • July 1, 2009

    Tire Made of Orange Oil Uses 80% Less Petroleum

    The earliest tires were made from rubber, a renewable resource. But demand for tires outstripped the supply of rubber. A new development brings the tire full-circle.

  • June 26, 2009

    IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers

    International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down to Earth environmental series, “Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?” which takes the stance that paper is friendlier to the environment than electronic devices.

  • June 23, 2009

    UK Recycle Week Launched with Giant Aluminum Can Sculpture

    Treehugger Posts about Coca Cola are always likely to be contentious here on TreeHugger. Whether it’s negative stories about Coke’s alleged pesticide misuse or efforts to disrupt Israeli recycling legislation, or positive ones about electric delivery vehicles or wind-powered soft drink manufacturing plants – this is definitely one company that is likely to stir up [...]

  • June 23, 2009

    Who is the Greenest PC Maker in the World?

    Environmental Leader Analysts say going green has become a business plan for some of the biggest personal computer (PC) makers as a way to differentiate themselves from their competition, reports Reuters. The “green” talk is going over the top as computer makers spar with one another over who has the most “green” platform. The three [...]

  • June 22, 2009

    Responsible Electronics Recycling: Turning Policy into Practice

    By Robert Houghton, IT professionals have become good environmental and privacy stewards during the past 10 years — on paper. Corporate policy now generally reflects the fundamental tenets of good electronics stewardship, requiring verifiable data destruction and forbidding the use of landfills and export in lieu of responsible recycling. As anyone who receives RFPs for [...]

  • June 16, 2009

    Some See E-Waste Crisis Trailing Switch to Digital TV

    By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD and GREENWIRE There’s growing concern that the United States’ conversion last weekend from analog to digital television broadcasting will exacerbate a national e-waste problem and fuel the smuggling of cathode ray tubes to the developing world. The digital transition, coupled with the popularity of newer flat-screen TVs, could see millions of sets [...]

  • June 16, 2009

    Greenwashing Lawsuits, Climate Change Deception on the Rise

    Environmental Leader Lawyers, environmentalists and marketing groups say they’ve seen an increase in greenwashing suits over the past year, according to the National Law Journal. These groups are questioning everything from household cleaners to automobiles for their eco-friendliness. Patent attorney Eric Lane for San Diego-based Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, who runs the Green Patent [...]