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
Finland-based label materials provider UPM Raflatac has partnered with Unilever to reduce the environmental impacts of packaging labels across their lifecycle. Under the partnership, the companies have developed lifecycle assessment (LCA) ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Packaging Labels
Deal continues education and research partnership in water and sanitation. Suez Environnement and Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education have renewed their agreement to cooperation in education and research in water and sanitation for ...
Tags: sanitation, environnement
Following an inquiry, a new report published by the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group warns that a lack of quality in the waste supply chain is limiting the UK's export options and potentially holding back investment in ...
The association initiated tests on the effects of degradable plastics on recycling streams, and said these impacts are not only detrimental in terms of mechanical properties of the recycled material, but also involve visual impacts on the ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Degradable Plastics
QuadTech, leading manufacturer of color and inspection technology for the printing industry, today announced the appointment of BSTech ApS, of Denmark, as its exclusive agent for Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The appointment covers all ...
Environmental project, "Bring benefit their city" in Khabarovsk has implemented a full stroke - for the past two months as part of the city had collected about 20 tons of waste glass (cullet). The participants of the project, organized by ...
Tags: Glass, Environmental Project
Albany County’s recycling community is up against the glass. On Nov. 1, Ark Regional Services discontinued its glass recycling services, leaving the county without a means for recycling glass. But that hasn’t stopped many ...
The new MINI has made its worldwide debut today (18 November) at MINI’s UK production plant in Oxford and features all-new vehicle architecture , an evolutionary design and a range of new fuel-efficient engines to give owners even ...
Plastic packaging manufacturer Amcor Rigid Plastics will sponsor for the America Recycles Day 2013, a national initiative of the US-based non-profit organization Keep America Beautiful. The manufacturer will join Anheuser-Busch, the ...
Tags: Amcor, Plastic packaging
Sharing experience for the promotion of green jobs can play a key role in helping countries to advance towards a greener and a more sustainable future. This is the aim of the ILO Solution Forum that’s taking place this week in ...
Tags: Green Projects, ILO
There a lot more things required than thought to run the business smoothly. Just as home, in business too you have lots of work to do. The difference is just that in home you handle at personal level and in business you handle it publicly. ...
Tags: Construction Waste, Construction
Beverage carton recycling has increased by 2% during 2012 to reach 39% in the EU, Norway and Switzerland compared to 2011, according to a new report from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The report noted that ...
Tags: Beverage carton, Carton Recycling
The UK government is to allow Chinese nuclear companies to take stakes in new reactors to be built in the UK, finance minister George Osborne said Thursday on a visit to the Taishan nuclear power site in southern China. Reporting on ...
Tags: Nuclear, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. applauded a mattress recycling bill that he signed into law here late last week. SB 254, backed by the International Sleep Products Assn., enjoyed bipartisan support as it moved through the legislative process in ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use