The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed standards under the Clean Water Act to help cut discharges of dental amalgam to the environment. Amalgam is a mixture of mercury and other metals that dentists use to fill ...
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RadiciGroup companies Noyfil SA and Noyfil SpA have chosen the highest level of transparency by adopting the UNI 11505:2013 standard, for measuring and declaring recycled material content of their r-Radyarn and r-Starlight yarns, made from ...
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Axalta Coating Systems received Qualicoat Class 2 certification for production of Alesta Super Durable (SD) powder coating in China. Alesta SD is manufactured in Dongguan, the location of one of six powder coating manufacturing plants ...
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PORTLAND, OR — Looking to buy a used truck? Volvo has introduced the Volvo Premium Certified truck program, which inspects and re-conditions used Volvo trucks for resale. Volvo also has a searchable database for available pre-owned ...
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WASHINGTON, DC— The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has shut down Florida-based trucking company, Ken’s Trucking after a federal inspection. The FMCSA declared the company an imminent hazard to public ...
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Axalta Coating Systems received Qualicoat Class 2 certification for production of Alesta Super Durable (SD) powder coating in China. Alesta SD is manufactured in Dongguan, the location of one of six powder coating manufacturing plants ...
Tags: Axalta Coating Systems, Qualicoat Class 2 certification, Decoration
Mars Chocolate North America has secured LEED Gold certification for its new manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas. Spread over an area of around 500,000ft2, the Topeka plant produces M&M'S brand candies and Snickers bars. The plant has ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Kronos Micronutrients to resolve violations of federal hazardous waste laws, according to an EPA settlement. The company is a fertilizer manufacturer in the town of ...
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Rencently, C&C Truck secured big order of 100 units heavy truck from Iran. This order need higher standard than the former order which not only Not only need to meet the 32 ECE European standards, but also need to comply with EU standards ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to CCI Corpus Christi, LLC. The company plans to construct petroleum process facilities ...
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The US-based babywear specialist Aden and Anais has collaborated with the Australian-based international wool textile organisation The Woolmark Company to create a luxurious range of pure Merino Muslin made fabrics for infants and young ...
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Working with Kingfisher and IKEA, the two year initiative of the three founding members, Kingfisher, Tetra Pak, and IKEA aims to develop a methodology to analyse the impact of FSC certification, enabling businesses to understand what value ...
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China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) authorize that: The Laboratory of Shenzhen Spark Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, that is, Shenzhen Municipal solar semiconductor lighting Laboratory (SLED), become ...
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The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) announced that it will administer certification for the Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal (PEER) program. PEER is the nation’s first comprehensive, consumer-centric, ...