Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has launched new bottles, remodeled and derived from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), for its Resource Natural Spring Water. Available in 700ml and 1L volumes, the bottle's material has been drawn ...
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Baler and recycling engineering firm Middleton Engineering has installed a new swan neck conveyor at Biffa Polymers’ Wilton International Petrochemical Complex in Redcar, UK. Biffa is an integrated waste management business that is ...
Despite buying a little more than 500,000 mt of scrap in the first three months of this year, China is dominating the steel scrap market, according to the latest Bureau of International Recycling World Mirror on ferrous metals. China ...
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Columbia Sportswear Company portfolio brand Prana is expanding its European distribution network and has also added a new international sales team. As per a Prana press release, for more than 20 years, Prana apparel has had a strong ...
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As the packaging industry is moving from the Australian Packaging Covenant into the next generation of Government/Industry agreement, the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) is working on behalf of its membership to negotiate the best way ...
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The New York City administration has begun implementing ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foams used for making cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers, and trays for being non-recyclable. Announced by the New York administration in ...
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Soft drink giant Coca-Cola has welcomed the Scottish government’s announcement to develop a charter to make it easier for people to recycle. A household recycling charter is the key recommendation from the Zero Waste Taskforce, a ...
Carton giant Tetra Pak has launched new electron beam sterilisation technology for its filling machines. The Tetra Pak E3's Ebeam technology focuses a controlled beam of electrons onto the surface of packaging material as it runs through ...
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By the year 2020 the first cylinder housings manufactured from polymer composite materials will be introduced into passenger car and motorcycle engines, replacing the aluminium components currently in use, predicts SBHPP High Performance ...
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Coca-Cola GB is setting itself more ambitious targets as part of its sustainability strategy The soft drinks giant outlined its plans following the report of its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report. Coca-Cola GB said ...
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UK based charity WRAP has unveiled a five year plan which aims to create a revolution in the way that industries use resources, which also includes textiles and clothing. “Resource Revolution: Creating the Future" sets out how ...
German knitting machines producer Mayer & Cie is showcasing its latest interlock, striper, single jersey and mattress material machines at ITMA 2015, which runs from November 12 to 19, 2015 in Italy. “An important feature that ...
Tetra Pak has introduced a filling machine E3 for sterilising carton packaging material using electron beams. Showcased at the Fispal Technologia International Trade Show in S?o Paulo, Brazil, the new machine enables the manufacturers ...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has embarked on a drive against plastic in cosmetics, expressing concern over their potential for polluting the environment. In a report 'Plastic in Cosmetics: Are We Polluting the ...
Unilever has followed its recent achievement of sending zero waste to landfill across its factory network with a peer movement focused on waste solutions. In London last week it brought together over 100 representatives from academia, ...
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