Six major categories of plastic packaging help to significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions compared to packaging alternatives made with other materials. A recent study: "Impact of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, greenhouse gas, packaging alternatives
IFCO SYSTEMS, the global leader in Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) for fresh products, today announced the expansion of its life cycle assessment research comparing RPCs and display-ready corrugated boxes used to ship fresh produce to ...
Tags: Plastic Containers, Packaging
Zoetis recently unveiled new research that will help pork producers and meat packers produce wholesome pork with less environmental impact. The research is based on a life cycle assessment (LCA) conducted in the United States for ...
Tags: Zoetis, pork production, meat packers, wholesome pork
Energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions associated with primary aluminum production in the United States and Canada have declined significantly in recent years according to a new, peer-reviewed life-cycle assessment (LCA) report released ...
Tags: primary aluminum production, life-cycle assessment, Aluminum Association
It’s been two and a half years. At Expofil, leader exhibition in the yarns and fibres sector, in February of 2011 Saluzzo Yarns (at that time Filature di Miroglio) announced to the world that from that moment on it would move to the ...
Tags: Recycled Yarns, Pet Bottles
Weekend Max Mara presents a special project that underlines the constant commitment of the Group in the search of new and best performing raw materials, the first step towards the manufacture of a product of impeccable quality. Max Mara ...
Tags: Max Mara, High-Tech Fabrics
If you're going to spend the necessary money in making sure the process of constructing a new building is environmentally-friendly, you might as well get the most for your dollar by using the Green Globes ratings system. That was the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Building
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), developers of the global LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification program, and Underwriter Laboratories (UL), the world’s leading safety and ...
Tags: USGBC, UL, partner, building, material, product, transparency
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), developers of the global LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification program, and Underwriter Laboratories (UL), the world’s leading safety and ...
Tags: USGBC, UL Environment, Strategic Partnership, Building Materials
The chairman of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) working group on whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) says he thinks it’s not if the glass industry officially embraces a specific Environmental Product ...
In an effort to expose the abundant natural fiber resources available in the Greater Bay Area, Fibershed presents the Fibershed Fashion Gala- a “Soil-to-Skin” sustainable fashion event featuring the collaborative works of top ...
Tags: Fibershed, natural fiber
Action Floor Systems introduces the Action QuickCourt performance modular sports floor system featuring fast and easy installation with interlocking high impact polypropylene sections, a stable surface and shock-absorbing underlayment for ...
Tags: Sports Floor, Action Floor
The guiding concept behind the French scheme is the idea that consumers can make better decisions if they are more informed. This is a concept that will be familiar to the UK packaging industry with front of pack labelling. The ultimate aim ...
An international research group has reviewed the state of the art of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the context of wastewater treatment (WWT). They report that methodologies need to be updated to account for future challenges in the water ...
Environmental Packaging International (EPI) and Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA) have signed an agreement to establish channel partnership in the North American market. EPI will sell licenses to Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool ...
Tags: Packaging, Environmental Packaging