Aluminum products manufacturer Constellium has implemented two projects representing a total investment of €23m at its rolling and recycling Neuf-Brisach facility in France. According to the company, the plant supplies and recycles ...
Global packaging company Sonoco has summarized sustainability progress in its latest 2012-2013 corporate responsibility report. Sonoco president and CEO Jack Sanders said the company is developing a new $75m biomass cogeneration system at ...
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Austrian environmental engineering contractor, BT-Wolfgang Binder, has completed construction of a new recycling facility for that will turn waste glass into foam glass ballast for Netherlands based GEOCELL. Foam glass ballast (foam ...
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Parkson has upgraded a Hawaiian water recycling facility with its MaximOS sodium hypochlorite on-site generation disinfection system. The MaximOS replaces a sodium hypochlorite system, which was costly to operate because of the high price ...
For now, Birmingham residents with unwanted glass will have to be creative if they want to keep it out of the trash. The downtown recycling center run by the Alabama Environmental Council will not be able to accept glass because the ...
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Beginning in July, Ogden residents will have another avenue to help save the planet with the implementation of glass recycling in Ogden City. Glass recycling bins will be in place at three locations around the city, and the containers ...
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According to experts, asphalt shingles make up two-thirds of the roofing market for both new homes and roof replacements. Thousands of asphalt shingle roofs are installed everyday on new and existing roofs across the country. Many people ...
Coca-Cola Hellenic, the bottler of Coca-Cola products, has acquired a minority stake in Filia Environmental Industries, which opened a new PET recycling plant in Filiates of Thesprotia, Greece. The investment is said to be in line with ...
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British Solar Renewables Limited has successfully secured planning permission for a 20MW solar farm on land attached to a waste management and recycling facility close to Bournemouth International Airport in Parley, Dorset. When complete, ...
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an expansion of the company's polymer facility in Rozenburg, the Netherlands. The expanded site will serve the company's European fiber and plastic customers through its integrated supply chain. "The addition of a salt facility in ...
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UK-based environmental solutions provider Valpak has sold its materials recycling facility to JWS Lancashire supported by JWS Recycling Services (JWS). The Preston facility was bought by Valpak's recycling arm Valpak Recycling North West ...
The solid waste supervisor at the Asotin County Regional Landfill says recycling plastics is costing the county about $8,000 a year and is not worth the effort. Stephen L. Becker, who oversees the program, has asked the Asotin County ...
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LAS VEGAS — The mattress recycling issue is heating up. The International Sleep Products Assn. is sponsoring an educational session on the controversial issue at the Las Vegas Market. Set for Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. in World ...
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UK-based DS Smith Recycling is planning to close its materials recycling facility in Southampton which was bought from SCA Packaging in July 2012. Following its activities review in the wake of the SCA deal, DS Smith Recycling has ...
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Australia-based Replas is set to build a new plastic recycling facility in 2013 in South East Queensland. Planned to funded equally by Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and the Queensland Government, the $600,000 facility will ...