Earlier this week, both the House and Senate passed H.R. 6582, which places a focus on important energy efficiency measures that provide opportunities for the glass container industry, in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE) and ...
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BEIJING — December 5, 2012 — A new survey released today by DuPont revealed a growing understanding of green products among urban Chinese consumers. Seventy percent of these consumers expressed confidence in the environmental ...
Tags: green products, Chinese consumers, sustainability targets
At the end of June 2012, Wrap launched the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement with the broad aim of reducing food and associated packaging waste. But what does this mean for the foodservice packaging sector and what steps can be taken to ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 4:04:27 PM The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft ...
Tags: SPC, How2Recycle on-package, How2Recycle Label, recycling labeling system
Sealed Air’s Ethafoam maximum recycled content (MRC) and Ethafoam (high recycled content) HRC polyethylene foams that are produced in the Grand Prairie, Texas facility in the US have received Recycled Material Content certification ...
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Finland-based Metsä Tissue's Serla brand has announced the launch of its renewed product range including household towel and toilet paper with new packaging qualities. Post revamp, the brand's white toilet paper is more fresh fiber ...
Tags: packaging, printing, renewed product, recycled material
Cleaning product company Method is all set to launch its two-in-one hand and dish soap in new bottles made from a combination of plastic recovered from the ocean and post-consumer recycled plastic. Method co-founder and chief greenskeeper ...
Tags: Plastic Bottles, Household Cleaning Products, recycled plastic
Eco-conscious cleaning product company Method is launching bottles made from a blend of plastic recovered from the ocean and post-consumer recycled plastic, as part of its effort to promote sustainable packaging. This limited edition ...
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Office solutions provider Grand & Toy said that it has made available its reusable environmentally responsible shipping solution across Canada. Boomerang Box, which was launched after a successful pilot program, is projected to decrease ...
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US-based Universal Protective Packaging (UPPI) and Belgium-based ANL Plastics have completed an agreement for the production, sales and marketing of custom, thermoformed HDPE fragility packaging solutions. As per the agreement, ANL ...
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The New Central Library in downtown San Diego will have many stories to tell when it is completed in mid-2013. Not only from the books on the shelves, but from the old cars, worn out appliances and other pieces of scrap metal that were ...
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US-based manufacturer of Barbie toys, Mattel is set to launch environmentally friendly packaging materials for its toys. Mattel said the company hopes to source 70% of its paper packaging from recycled material or sustainable fiber by the ...
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Global aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis has broken ground on a $250m aluminum recycling and casting center at its Nachterstedt plant in Germany. The center will annually produce 400,000 metric tons of aluminum sheet ingot ...
Tags: aluminum recycling, Metallurgy, Energy
Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy welcomed its first freshman class. The new six-year program focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to foster college and career readiness. Supporting this innovative learning model, ...
Finnish fiber cartonboards producer Metsä Board has announced that the company's folding boxboards will now have a new off-flavor value, following enhancements to grades including Simcote, Avanta Prima and Carta Elega. According to ...
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