Belgium-based cleaning products manufacturer Ecover has introduced new bottle, which is produced from waste plastic taken out of the ocean. Claimed to be manufactured completely from recycled plastic that includes 10% of plastic from the ...
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Armstrong World Industries named The Kroger Co. as its 2013 Flooring Recycler of the Year. The Armstrong award recognizes organizations that made significant environmental contributions by recycling VCT materials during demolition ...
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Choosing Trelleborg has helped New England's leading off-the-road (OTR) tire dealer service to meet some tough customer challenges. Sullivan Tire, a key New England tire business, operates 67 full service auto repair locations and 15 ...
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Two thousand and thirteen marked a year of significant expansion of carton recycling. Thanks to collaborative industry efforts and support from communities nationwide, 48 percent of U.S. households now have access to carton recycling. ...
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The CO2 EOR market is a well established sector of the oil and gas industry in the United States with the first commercial projects dating back to the early 1970s. The key enabler of this success has been the availability of a large volume ...
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Appe’s rPET material was chosen by Oji with a focus on sustainability. Working together with consumer-foods group Hero, Appe said the new bottle enables the brand to achieve a ‘closed loop’ recycling system as the ...
Albany County’s recycling community is up against the glass. On Nov. 1, Ark Regional Services discontinued its glass recycling services, leaving the county without a means for recycling glass. But that hasn’t stopped many ...
Thanks to the ready availability of affordable flat screens, many homes are renovating their computer and home entertainment setups to take advantage of high-resolution, low-footprint products. There's an inevitable problem, though: what ...
Tags: Glass Tile, Construction, Decoration
Plastic Packaging manufacturer Appe has developed an environmentally friendly recycled PET (rPET) bottle for Oji's sustainable functional fruit drink, in collaboration with Oji and Hero. The new bottle allows the brand to achieve closed ...
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US-based packaging firm International Paper has signed a long-term deal with recycling services provider Balcones Resources to recover additional old corrugated containers (OCC) or used cardboard boxes. International Paper will use the ...
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A $30,000 investment in more glass recycling bins for Palmerston North drop-off centres is expected to pay for itself within nine months. The city council's finance and performance committee last night approved the spending on nine ...
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The California Product Stewardship Council has awarded Armstrong Commercial Flooring with the 2013 Infinity Award, in recognition for the company's outstanding Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) Flooring Recycling Program. The award was presented ...
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However, this represents a decrease of 34% compared to 2006 when reporting began. The amount of thin gauge (single-use) bags used per month by supermarket customers increased from 10.5 in 2011 to 10.7 in 2012. In 2012, total carrier ...
Recycling has become an important trend worldwide primarily because of two key reasons - (1) to reduce cost and (2) to prevent pollution and save the environment in the long run. Recycling has been popular for yet another reason to stop the ...
GL IHM Green Server smoothes EU ship recycling compliance Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 A new software solution has been developed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to streamline compliance with the newly adopted European Union regulation on ship ...
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