DuPont’s Spruance Plant in Richmond, Va. Recently received a 2013 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Gold Award for its highly-effective Environmental Sustainability Program. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality ...
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Plastic closures and containers manufacturer Portola Packaging's North American plants have reduced energy usage by almost 30%. Over the past three years, the company also recycled about nine million pounds of material. Portola is ...
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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 ...
President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, on Tuesday reiterated the Obama administration's position that decisions to license liquefied natural gas exports from the US should be based on a transparent, analytic ...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal, South Louisiana Methanol CEO Barry Williamson and Todd Corp. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3 billion in a new methanol production facility on the banks of the Mississippi ...
Proving that the concept of business-driven extended producer responsibility (EPR) is gaining favor amongst environmentally conscious brands, Recycling Reinvented announced it has received a pledge of support from New Belgium Brewing Co., a ...
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Editor’s Note: The following column by Deni Albrecht, Leader of Sustainability, Kenco, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, systems integraters and ...
G&K Services, Inc. announced that its manufacturing facility in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic was awarded a Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) Gold Certificate of Compliance. The certification reflects the ...
Steve Freeman CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Sustainable Furnishings Council plans a comprehensive review and revision of its standards as part of its initiatives for 2013. The revisions are among a number of changes at the ...
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Effective Jan. 1, 2013, chemical and colorant manufacturer and distributor First Source Worldwide LLC (FSW), Neenah, Wis., has acquired the Dalton, Ga.-based dyes business of custom chemical formulator Manufacturers Chemicals, Cleveland, ...
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January 14, 2013 — LYCRAbrand owner INVISTA is delighted to announce that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The SAC is a group representing more than 60 leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, ...
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The dream of a high school diploma became reality recently for 98 employees of Denimatrix in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Denimatrix is part of the Textile and Apparel Division of Lubbock, Texas-based Plains Cotton Cooperative Association ...
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LYCRA brand owner INVISTA is delighted to announce that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The SAC is a group representing more than 60 leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, nonprofits and ...
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The 2013 Farm Press-Cotton Foundation High Cotton Awards recipients are: Southeast – Linwood Vick, Wilson, N.C.; Mid-South – Johnny Little, Holcomb, Miss.; Southwest – John Wilde, San Angelo, Texas; and Far West – ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further foster collaboration on key sustainability initiatives across the U.S. apparel and footwear ...
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