Expert Interview With Chad Helmle, Stormwater Management Expert

Chad Helmle, Tetra Tech’s national lead for green infrastructure, has more than 20 years of experience in the stormwater and watershed management field. Mr. Helmle oversees numerous large and small water resources projects and programs across the United States that explore a broad spectrum of stormwater-related issues, ranging from strategic planning to design and implementation. He has worked on more than 50 neighborhood-scale green infrastructure retrofit design efforts in parks and other public spaces and has helped pioneer new and innovative watershed and best management practices modeling analyses.

Check Out How Dell Is Transforming Their Electronic Waste Into Something Sustainable This 2020

Starting their Global TakeBack program in 2016, they have recycled over 21.5 million pounds of plastic as well as achieved 15% customer participation rate. This may seem particularly small as compared to the rate of 80% for recycling done by the automotive industry, but it is actually rather large in the technology industry.

Type 1 Ecolabels Help Keep the Forest Viable

The concept of forest certification, which ensures that the forests used to create pulp and paper products will continue to remain environmentally viable after harvest, has existed for more than 20 years. Ecolabels, including Type 1 ecolabels like ECOLOGO® and EU Ecolabel, help consumers easily identify products sourced from well-managed forests.

FCA US Toledo Machining Plant to Build Key Component for First Plug-in Hybrid Jeep®

FCA US announced today that it has awarded the production of the Power Electronics module for the Jeep® Wrangler PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) to its Toledo Machining Plant, positioning the 54-year-old Ohio facility to play a key role in helping the Company meet future regulatory requirements.

VIDEO | What’s Cool @ Target Field: Pentair Water Recycling

In 2009, Pentair began working with the Minnesota Twins to help them attain their silver LEED certification. Pentair's Rain Water Recycle System (RWRS) helps Target Field's need for municipal water by over 50 percent; an annual average saving of 2 million gallons of water.

BIER Provides Leadership in Defining Beer PEFCR

Learn Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) expert members helped the EU develop their latest beer PEFCR.

Dr. Lachlan Copeland, Senior Botanist, Discusses Discovery and Naming of New Species

Lachlan Copeland, a senior botanist with Eco Logical Australia, A Tetra Tech Company, is based in northern New South Wales (NSW), Australia. His work with plants is varied, but his main interest is in plant taxonomy—the process of classifying, describing, and naming species.

Making Connections With the Next Generation of Water Managers

Trevor Clements, Tetra Tech’s Mid Atlantic regional manager for Integrated Water Management, discusses how educating water resources graduate students about Holistic Management and One Water principles and practices is an essential part of shifting the global and domestic water management paradigm to address today’s challenges.

6 Ways Urban Trees Make You More Active Outdoors

Spending time outdoors in nature is not only fun, but it’s therapeutic and rejuvenating. Time spent in nature improves your physical, mental, and spiritual health. Residents who live in greener communities are three times more likely to be physically active and 40 percent less likely to be overweight than those living in less green settings.

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