Biopolymers manufacturer Metabolix has introduced new biobased polymeric performance additive, I6003rp for recycled polyvinyl chloride (PVC). According to the company, the additive makes processing torque easier while improving ...
SHABEER Jhetam is a passionate advocate of recycling. The CEO of The Glass Recycling Company talks to Margaret Harris about reducing our carbon footprint and creating jobs What does your job involve? Take me through your typical work day, ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Glass Can
Temple has expanded its recycling program to enable members of the university community to recycle mixed plastics, numbers one to seven. Newly accepted items will include yogurt cups, clamshell containers, straws, iced coffee beverage ...
Tags: Temple, Recycling Program
Nampak Glass has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of several senior people. Fanie Vermeulen is Operations Director. He has been bottling and filling for more than 30 years. Sales director, Paul Coombe, has 23 years of ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Recycled glass could solve the problems of the building industry's huge demand for river sand and minimise the ecological impact on the Pearl River Delta. The Construction Industry Council commissioned a HK$3 million study at the ...
Tags: River Sand, Construction Glass
When the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009, consumers made shopping for values an epic, albeit mostly necessary, past-time. Many of their shopping behaviors have now become habits even though the economy has improved—and center-store ...
The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastics Industry
The China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization (CAMU) has awarded the qualification of "iron and steel scrap processing and distribution center" to Lanzhou, Gansu Province-based Chinese scrap company Lianfeng Metal Scrap Co., according to ...
Tags: Mineral, Metal Scrap, metal recycling, China
The challenge was to engage and enlighten the consumer that folding cartons such as cereal boxes belong in the recycling bin along with newspapers and other recyclables. RecycleStrip does precisely that. The strip stands out on the shelves ...
Tags: Packaging, RecycleStrip
Tetra Pak has launched a global marketing campaign, ‘The Pack that Grows Back’ in a bid to educate consumers about renewable packaging. The campaign offers insight to the importance of responsible resource management. The ...
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The European trade association for stee,l Apeal (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging), has released the latest steel recycling figures In 2011, 2.6 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel ...
Tags: Apeal, Steel Recycling, Packaging&Printing
At 11:00 pm. May 17, with the piling and construction opening of No. 1 blast furnace, Baosteel Zhanjiang Steel project enters full construction phase. In this day, Zhanjiang Steel six main projects auxiliary facilities: iron, steel, ...
Tags: Zhanjiang Steel, Blast Furnace
The quantity of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons from the kerbside has reached 50%, leading to an increase of their recycling, according to The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK. The achievement, ...
Katie Wallace, sustainability specialist, New Belgium BrewingEarlier this year, New Belgium Brewing pledged a one-time donation of $10,000 to support a cost-benefit analysis of extended producer responsibility (EPR). The research is being ...