WhiteWave Foods, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that makes Silk, Horizon, International Delight and Earthbound Farm products, has announced green building certification of its beverage manufacturing facility in ...
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US-based corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries has opened a new 72,000ft2 recycling facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The plant accepts both residential and commercial recyclables including paper, plastics and metals and ...
Mondi, an international packaging and paper manufacturer, has introduced new BIO TOP 3 80 g/m2 paper in a CO2 neutral version. Said to enhance the paper's environmental credentials, the latest version is now offered by TCF brand. ...
Tags: Mondi, BIO TOP 3 80 g/m2 paper, Packaging
American automaker Ford Motor has developed a new fleet management tool, the Ford Fleet Purchase Planner, which would help users build a better fleet. The tool also guides the user to choose from Ford's vehicle portfolio in order to ...
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Tate & Lyle, a British food and beverage firm, is planning to invest around $90m in its production plants in Lafayette, Indiana over the next three years. The investment will be used in the three-phased expansion of Tate & Lyle's ...
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A month ago, Tetra Pak began a campaign to force packaging companies to increase supply chain sustainability. Resource efficiency means looking at packaging's entire life cycle, the company emphasized. "You need to understand your supply ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has received board approval from the Overseas ...
Custom Building Products’ Emerald System of products were used by the builders and developers of Township 14 to pursue LEED Gold certification as well as gain carbon offset credits. The builders and developers of Township 14, a ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), University of Tennessee Extension (UT Extension), and the National Center for Healthy Housing is sponsoring two training courses, Healthy Homes for Community Workers and Launching a Healthy ...
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The 2014 Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Competition South China Semi-final concluded in Guangzhou today, where the Volvo Trucks New FH/FM Product Experience took place after the visits of Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. In addition, 6 regional ...
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The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK has welcomed the latest figures, which it said was equivalent to approximately 425,000 tonnes of cartons recycled, and also showed the total recovery rate was now 71% across the ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool today to help communities prepare for, deal with and recover from floods. The Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving ...
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Project MarineClean was launched in December 2011 in Eastern Europe as a three year project. It is nearing completion. The 1.1 million Euro undertaking aims to decrease marine litter, one of the major ecological threats, in four areas of ...
Recently General Administration of Quality Supervision finished vehicle authentication for SX4256ZR344TL natural gas port tractor together with Shacman Automotive Engineering Research Institute, Special Vehicle Department, Division of ...
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Packaging solutions provider Amcor Flexibles has developed a polyethylene bread bag for Hovis, which is made from renewable resources. Hovis Seed Sensations bread bag is made with renewable polyethylene (PE) and compared to traditional ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Polyethylene Bread Bag, Bag