Legislation before the Maryland Senate would significantly increase recycling rates, while reducing energy use and emissions, noted Lynn Bragg, President of the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), in testimony offered today before the Senate ...
Tags: Glass Packaging, Recycling Legislation, GPI
According to the latest glass recycling industry data - published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) - the average glass recycling rate in the European Union has risen above the 70% threshold for the first time. This means ...
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has unveiled 100% Light Proof - a new milk bottle which is made with the triple-layer technology. Developed by Anchor innovations, the 100% lightproof bottle consists of white, ...
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City of High Point and High Point Market Authority officials will present the first Green Market Award to three showrooms for their handling of cardboard and recycling during the fall market. 220 Elm, Coaster Co. of America and Klaussner ...
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According to PAFA, the variable quality of recyclate has long acted as "a damper on the recycling sector in the UK". The association added that it will be working with other members of the recycling supply chain to ensure that action is ...
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On January 24, 1935, the first canned beer was sold. Today, canned beer is the most popular container for the beverage and has even grown in popularity even among craft brewers, such as Oskar Blues. The properties of the aluminum can ...
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As food and beverage cartons become more common on grocery store shelves, they are also becoming more common in curbside recycling bins. In 2009, a group of carton manufactures joined forces as the Carton Council to increase carton ...
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The popularity of flexible intermediate bulk containers (also known as FIBCs, big bags, or bulk bags) has grown significantly over the past few decades, due largely to the advancements in weaving technologies and the widespread use of an ...
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The Co-operative Food, a UK-based retail chain, has changed the packaging on its own-brand onion to a recyclable material, a move which allows about 32 tons of packaging to be recycled annually. Changing the packaging from polypropylene ...
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UK-based Kenco has partnered with recycling incentive specialist TerraCycle to create the UK's first scheme that urges customers to recycle all brands of coffee packaging waste. Many councils in the country do not deal with the materials ...
US provider of lean packaging systems Packsize International has announced the availability of a new recyclable corrugated material z-Fold, designed for On Demand Packaging specifically. The company claims that the 97% recyclable ...
UK-based retailer, The Co-operative Food has announced the reduction of tint in all of its own-brand plastic colored milk bottle tops. With the new initiative, the tops can be recycled into new bottles. The retailer, which sells 202 ...
The European Container Glass industry in Europe is an important contributor to the European economy and produces high quality container glass products for a global market.Europe is the biggest producer of container glass in the world.Glass ...
BASF, one of the world's leading chemical companies, will showcase innovative and energy efficient solutions in TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) - Elastollan NEX at Chinaplas (to be held from 18 to 21 April), Asia's number one international ...
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As part of the Operational Excellence Initiatives for eBay,Valerio Dewalt Train Associates collaborated with eBay's internal Workplace Resources Team to develop a series of pilot projects intended to establish a new corporate workplace ...
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