The polyester fiber used to make a range of 3M floor pads for floor maintenance will now contain a minimum of 50% post-consumer recycled content. "The 3M product team extensively tested the product to ensure the new floor pads have the ...
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With the latest numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency indicating that textile waste accounts for nearly 5% of all landfill space in the United States, one wholesale fabric company is teaming up with other fabric and textile ...
Concrete is ubiquitous in our world today. According to the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), concrete is second only to water as the most-consumed material on earth, and twice as much concrete is used in construction worldwide than ...
Saica has raised £4,800 for the Newlife Foundation during the last two years by donating non-standard recyclable items to the Foundation's trading team. Normally, the Saica team processes or trades all of the materials collected ...
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced that its Clarksdale, Miss., plant was accepted into the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) enHance program for its record of landfill and energy usage reductions. ...
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When it comes to storing energy on the grid, giant batteries are the only game in town. Now, a number of companies are building mechanical systems that use air as the storage medium. U.K.-based Highview Power Storage last week said that ...
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Recycling campaigns are not without their detractors as their results are often met with more than a little scepticism and their long-term value often questioned. However, a number of communication programmes, developed by the Aluminium ...
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On a rooftop in the Bronx far from the skyscrapers of Manhattan, 4,760 panels soak up the winter rays. Welcome to the solar power boom in New York state. Robert Kline, director of commercial sales for the Ross Solar Group that installed ...
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Ah, those things we put our feet (or wheels) on. Floors do a whole lot for us without asking for much in return, and if you're thinking about replacing or upgrading yours, have you considered the environmental implications of what you ...
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Green flooring options are becoming more and more popular each year. Flooring manufacturers have, understandably, taken a two-pronged approach to green flooring options, developing new products and more aggressively marketing current ...
Tags: Bamboo, cork, Sustainably Harvested Hardwood, Reclaimed Lumber
Media are invited to join Progressive Waste Solutions president and CEO Joseph Quarin and TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky as they announce Progressive Waste's investment in TerraCycle, which will vastly increase recycling opportunities for ...
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The UK retail industry is signing up to a range of ambitious targets for reducing its impact on the environment, having beaten the previous set across all areas. Commitments to be announced at A Better Retailing Climate launch event ...
Cummins has confirmed to US trucking publication Commercial Carrier Journal that it will be putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on hold, leaving the market devoid of a 15-litre product after Westport announced last year ...
Tags: Cummins, Nat-Gas Engine, Market Devoid of a 15-litre Product
DIEPPE, NB — The Trucks for Change Network is spreading its influence east to help more charities in Atlantic Canada and they have the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association’s (APTA) backing. Trucks for Change, a broker that ...
Dieppe, NB — Trucks For Change Network is expanding its reach into Atlantic Canada. Oakville, Ontario-based Trucks For Change (T4C), which was founded in 2011 to allow carriers a way to offer reduced-rate or donated truck capacity ...
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