Cargill has teamed up with TEVA Energy to install a solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, California. The company has added solar energy at the facility to pre-heat water used throughout the plant for food safety ...
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Tetra Pak, a Sweden-based food packaging and processing solutions provider, has developed a new whey filtration system for dairy manufacturers, which allows them to concentrate whey for use as an ingredient in a variety of food products. ...
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Volvo's New River Valley truck plant has achieved zero landfill status, meaning all waste produced at the facility is now recycled, composed or converted to electricity. The 1.6 million sq.-ft. truck plant produces all Volvo trucks sold ...
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Mediterranea, a leading manufacturer of porcelain tile in the U.S., has announced that its StonePeak production facility in Crossville, TN, has attained Green Squared Certification from the Tile Council of North America (TCNA). ANSI ...
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It is the biggest investment in the mill's 300 year old history and Sappi said that it will create the world's largest papermaking machine producing one-side coated and machine glazed bleached kraft. Rosemarie Asquino, Sappi Europe's ...
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Huntsman Textile Effects is leading the way by proactively engaging textile mills and brands in Bangladesh to reduce environmental footprint and to drive sustainable excellence to compete in the global market. Raking in $20 billion ...
Titan LED announced on August 20 that as a result of strong continuous growth for the company's energy efficient USA-made clean tech lighting solutions; it has moved its nationwide headquarters from Moorpark, California to a larger facility ...
Cosmetic companies are making slow progress in reducing their packaging footprints. Although the cosmetics industry has become preoccupied with green initiatives, few steps have been made to tackle the environmental impact of packaging. ...
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Is your home passive? By that, I don't mean "does your home lie there like a bump on a log"! The passive home movement, which originated in Europe, is crossing over to US shores in a big way, and it's changing the way we think about energy ...
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European coated fine paper producer Sappi has announced a €61m rebuild at its Alfeld Mill Paper Machine 2 (PM2) in Germany, in a bid to address varying demand for specialty packaging papers. The PM2 rebuild is said to transform the ...
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2013 has brought about some amazing trends in both commercial and residential carpets. These trends are far more intrinsic than simple—or sophisticated—aesthetics. New fiber systems, improved performance characteristics and ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded an important retrofitting contract by the German shipyard, BVT - Brenn - und Verformungstechnik Bremen GmbH. The project entails converting ...
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How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
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As part of Trelleborg's Blue Dimension concept, the company will now print all promotional materials using only recycled paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Trelleborg AB, the Sweden-based global parent company of ...
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Tass reported that TNK-BP management has presented a report to leading NGOs on the company's key projects to minimize its environmental impact in 2012,including the latest data on its associated gas utilization,incident rates,pipeline ...
Tags: TNK-BP, gas utilization, environmental NGOs