Tarkett has expanded its ReStart Recycling and Reclamation Program by adding consolidators to the process. Erv Parent, NRF Distributors, Inc. and Johnson Wholesale Floors with Brumark have joined the program as the first consolidators, ...
Tags: Recycling industry, Construction
Eco-friendly, made-in-the-U.S.A. apparel brand Dirtball will launch “The Green Jean”. The Green Jean is made from cotton and recycled water bottles which have been repurposed to create high-quality cotton/polyester denim. Each ...
Tags: Apparel Brand, Eco-friendly
Plastics have become an integral part of human life. Most countries' economies prosper on the business of plastic manufacturing and sales of plastic products. It is very impossible today not to find plastic products in a household. Same is ...
For many Hongkongers, a typhoon signal late in the week might cause concern over the weekend's junk boat trip or long-awaited alfresco wedding. Others may be pleased that they can get a day off work. But for April Lai, the head of Green ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Hong Kong
Dirtball makes it a priority to be involved in the community by hosting sporting events. The company’s next event is called “Dirtballs’ Pedal 2 The People Tour Fueled by Monster Energy” and the mission of this event ...
Tags: Apparel Brand, Dirtball, Sporting Event
Pulverized glass may be coming to a beach near you, but you won't be able to tell the difference because it will look and feel like sand beneath your feet. Broward County commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to support a program that ...
Tags: Recycled Glass, Glass, Construction
Hickory, N.C.-based Dirtball Fashion LLC has introduced a 100-percent recycled cotton/polyester, Made-in-USA men's apparel line that includes jeans, T-shirts, polos, shorts, hats, hooded sweatshirts, jackets and socks. The company notes ...
A former aerospace designer skillfully turns trash into cash, as well as contemporary works of art. DelMuro Ray (Ray DelMuro) hopes his efforts to save 10 million bottles from reaching the landfill. A former designer of the California ...
Tags: Glasses, Real Works of Art
Banners are important marketing tools in just about any advertising or marketing campaign. If you have a banner and wish to use it effectively, you most likely need to hang it. This is where most people waste a lot of time by depending on ...
Reusable shopping and restaurant bags manufacturer Command Packaging has announced the opening the new agricultural plastic recycling facility Encore Recycling in Salinas, California, US. Expected to commence operations in October 2013, ...
Sometime soon you could be drinking your fruit smoothie from a plastic cup that started life as a pile of grass clippings. Moreover, these same kinds of cups also might end up as compost on your lawn. Scientists are working to reduce the ...
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) Association, Bel Air, Md., has developed a set of documents including a position paper and draft legislative language to help local governments establish procedures to manage clothing ...
Tags: Textile
Herff Jones further expands eco-offerings with the unveiling of EarthGrad, the first ever rental commencement gown made entirely from REPREVE recycled fiber. REPREVE is created from recycled plastic bottles and made by Unifi, Inc., a ...
Tags: Purdue Scholars, Eco-Gowns
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
Tags: Clothing Collection Bins, Apparel
New Orleans seafood is going green. Global Green USA's Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) joined forces with the New Orleans Fish House to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes as methods of transporting locally caught seafood. These ...
Tags: Seafood, Green Packaging