Coles sells a lot of bottled water. Its own brand of bottled water comes in 24 pack cartons sold for $8. There's almost no personal cost to wearing this decade's hot fashion accessory. The environment is wearing the cost. So Coles is doing ...
The new bottles have been launched as part of Ice River Springs’ initiatives to reduce energy use and recycle plastics in a closed loop system. The firm is the only beverage company in North America to operate a bottle recycling ...
Ice River Springs is launching an innovative new 15 liter bottle for water coolers. The bottle is made of 100 percent recycled plastic and is green. The new bottles have been launched because of Ice River Springs' pioneering initiatives ...
Tags: bottle, innovation, BPA free, ingredient
US-based in-store marketing firm Windsor Marketing Group (WMG) has launched new fully recyclable pallets, the deep green skid pallets at its headquarters in Suffield, Connecticut. With the move the company expects to expand the ...
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
Thomas Ricciardelli, president of SelecTech, Inc. SelecTech recently announced a representative agreement with Spartan Surfaces. Based in Forest Hill, Md., Spartan Surfaces is a sales and consulting group specializing in commercial ...
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Tarkett introduces I.D. Freedom Luxury Planks and Tiles. With durability and low environmental impact, I.D. Freedom is ideal for new and retrofit commercial areas including hospitality, retail, corporate, education and healthcare, among ...
Tags: Tiles, Construction, Decoration
The recycling specialist will increase capacity at its Dagenham plant from 35,000 to 55,000 tonnes per annum to meet demands of the dairy industry as it works towards higher recycled content targets, while also diverting a further 30,000 ...
Closed Loop Recycling is all set to expand the HDPE recycling capabilities of its Dagenham-based plant with investment in new infrastructure. The move is expected to double the supply of recycled HDPE (rHDPE) to the UK market to ...
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The supply of recycled material is not the issue; demand for recycled material has to be created by innovation in the sector. I recently presented a selection of the packaging-related outputs of BFF's work with Defra to develop a UK Soft ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastics Recycling
UK-based rigid plastics packaging manufacturer RPC Group has selected clear polypropylene (PP) for sustainable packaging application for some of its products. The company uses PP for majority of its thermoformed, blow molded and thin ...
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While the flexibility and durability of plastic PET bottles have made them popular with manufacturers and consumers, recycling these bottles has proven to be a challenge. PET bottles typically require dense shrink sleeve labels that often ...
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The 'Household Waste – Saved from Landfill' range is manufactured from flexible plastics collected in the UK and is claimed to be a world first for the recycling and film industries. Launched at the Recycling and Waste Management ...
The Subway brand is set to unveil a series of improvements to the sustainability of its packaging as well as operational procedures. The brand will serve its hot drinks to eat-in or take-away in double-wall sustainable cup, which is made ...
About 40,000 tons of recycled glass are processed through a Rumpke facility in Dayton every year, destined for a second life as insulation or another go-round as a container for your Coke. That’s the equivalent of 180 million 12-ounce ...
Tags: recycled glass, Construction glass