Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
Vape A Vet is a project that has been receiving quite a lot of support from various organizations in the electronic cigarette community such as the American Vaping Association. The project aims to help the veterans as well as their families ...
Raytheon UK's semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has embarked on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project, in conjunction with researchers at Newcastle University, to enhance the performance of silicon carbide ...
Three University of California, Riverside researchers are part of team recently awarded a grant of almost $1.7m from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to characterize, analyze and synthesize a new class of ultra-thin-film materials ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Groundwork New Orleans are taking action by conducting neighborhood workshops that introduce citizens to cost-effective, do-it-yourself practices for stormwater management in the New Orleans ...
Tags: EPA, Workshops, Protection, Certification
Dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina Vietnam has commenced construction of a dairy zone in Moc Bac Commune, Duy Tien District, Ha Nam Province. The project forms part of the company's plans to create and develop specialized dairy zones for ...
Tags: FrieslandCampina Vietnam, dairy, Food
The project incorporates touch screen technology with its range of patented Snipe Touch Darts. The world of first person 'shoot-em ups' is about to get real, thanks to the new Kickstarter project from XnTouch. Snipe – a mobile ...
Tags: Toys
Sensirion, the Sensor Co. On May 6, a rocket will lift off bound for the International Space Station (ISS). On board will be a liquid flow sensor from Sensirion AG, St?fa, Switzerland. On May 6, a rocket will lift off bound for the ...
Tags: Liquid Flow Sensor
Driving the Future is the latest initiative by the trucking industry to address the shortage of qualified drivers. The three-year project aims to establish the benchmarks for mandatory entry-level driver training across Canada. “We ...
Tags: trucking industry, qualified drivers, Entry Level Skills
Pashmina producers in Nepal are being given a boost in exports through assistance in product and market development, including marketing their goods under a collective trademark, as part of a new trade support project led by the ...
The European Commission is funding a new research project to develop hybrid inorganic and organic lighting modules. The modules are being specifically developed for the professional and architectural lighting sectors, as these have been ...
Tags: European Commission, organic lighting modules, modules
Iraq aims to boost its oil exports by nearly 26% to 3.4 million b/d in 2014, a senior official said Wednesday. "Exports reached more than 2.7 million b/d this month, and the rate [that] is planned for 2014, including exports from the ...
The National Skills Academy for Retail (NSAR), in partnership with the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM) are to launch the new Digital High Street Skills Programme at the Future High Street Summit which takes place in the ...
Tags: New High Street Skills Programme, NSAR, ATCM, partnership