A modified 20ft shipping container will become the glass recycling receptacle for Waimarama over the summer holidays. The container has been placed in the Waimarama Domain car park and has been modified to allow the collection of brown, ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, Construction
The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) said the vote in Strasbourg will save more than 20,000 direct green jobs in the paper industry and an estimated additional 140,000 indirect jobs in Europe. “We are glad to see ...
Tags: Waste Paper Legislation, Packaging
Activities as part of the campaign “Glass, Our Friend” are ongoing. In addition to regular activities (such as cooperation with schools, visits to our factory, sponsorships, websites on recycling, etc.), we have implemented two ...
Tags: Glass, Construction Glass
Springfield, Ohio-based distributor Benjamin Steel Co. Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired the structural steel division of Byer Steel Group, which was renamed Frederick Steel. The division will continue to operate at its current ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
When it comes down to it, clean water may be the most precious resource on the plant. All life forms depend on water for their very survival and, as a human being, you can only go about three days without drinking water before dehydration ...
Tags: oil, oil recycling, pollution
Boxed beverages, like juice-boxes, have been around since the mid-60s. Children have been drinking juice out of cardboard squares lined with plastic or aluminum for years. This hybrid, multi-layer construction makes recycli ng the ...
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Since 2010 the government began reducing corporation tax in stages, falling from 28% to 23%. This will be cut to 21% from April 2014 and will reach 20% in 2015. The small profits rate has also been cut to 20%. While the government ...
Ardagh claimed three of the top prizes at the annual UK Packaging Awards presented at a glittering ceremony in London. Josh Brooks ( Event Organiser) Robert Fell (R&D Manager, Aerosol & Speciality Containers, Ardagh, Crosmières), ...
Tags: decoration, vehicle-glass
In recent years, stationery industry has developed rapidly, a large number of investors attracted by its and joined in succession.The extension of stationery brand also very popular.But under the rapid development, there are the homogeneity ...
Tags: Stationery Industry, TIME Industry
"The glass component of recycling is long overdue," says City Councilor Miguel Silva, chairman of the South Central Solid Waste Authority (SCSWA) board. "This will be a community effort and it will be up to the community to make it a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass Recycling, Glass
With the foundation of the Regional Section North America and its merger with the Regional Section Mexico, German Water Partnership (GWP) expands its international activities to North America and concretely pushes ahead with initiations of ...
If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
Tags: Rare Earth Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Rehrig Pacific Company, a leading manufacturer of reusable transport packaging systems for grocery, retail, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, agriculture, and recycling and waste industries has released a study in partnership with Clemson ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Packaging Machinery
The LCA model enables the companies to track their products from raw material through to consumer use and disposal, and detects areas of major environmental impacts and then help reduce those impacts. "To achieve the ultimate goal of ...
Tags: Lifecycle Assessment, Unilever, UPM