Almost one-in-five (19%) of respondents said they do not recycle regularly because they aren’t sure about how and where to recycle their packaging. Additionally, a lack of understanding about what to recycle has resulted in half the ...
At the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Autumn Convention held on 27-28 October in Paris, concerns have emerged regarding a matter which only a few market players have considered with due attention so far, i.e., the volumes of steel ...
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Anchor Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid packaging, will add the new three-compartment 9” to its Gourmet Classics line of hinged RPET containers. Designed to keep the food fresh and appealing, the new product is best suited to pack ...
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British waste and recycling company, Business Waste, says that a spike in the theft of paper and cardboard meant for recycling is to be blamed on scrap thieves who are looking for soft targets. The company feels that increased security ...
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The K-cup coffee pods discarded in 2013 would have encircled the globe 10 times. Coffee pod sales have more than tripled in the last three years. Nespresso published a corporate backgrounder in March 2011 stating that 12,300 cups of ...
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Speaking exclusively to Packaging News at the third European Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, Quentin Clark, head of sustainability and ethical sourcing at Waitrose, said the high-end grocery retailer wanted consumers and local ...
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Michelin has added a hard surface tread pattern and an all-terrain tread pattern to its Tweel line-up of skid steer airless radial tires. The Michelin Group has added two tread patterns to its Tweel airless radial tire. The new ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, presented its first “Axalta Mexico Science Award” at the State of Mexico’s Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by the Science and ...
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Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis has opened its first plant in Changzhou National Hi-Tech District in China. The Chinese plant will produce heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet and is expected to have production capacity ...
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Goodyear's Akron, Ohio, headquarters, which is attached to the company's Innovation Center, has won a LEED Gold rating for its design The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. global headquarters building in Akron, Ohio, has earned a Leadership in ...
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AmeriPride Services, a textile services and supply company said it received the SafeTRSA Innovation Award and the Clean Green Innovation Award for its efforts to improve plant safety and the environmental impacts of its operations. The ...
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With all space booked one year before the event begins, organisers of ITMA 2015 will add an additional hall, due to a very high response for exhibition space received from global textile and allied machinery and equipment producers. ITMA ...
This next generation end-of-line adhesive is specially designed to help manufacturers deliver a more sustainable future for the packaging industry. Based on a significant percentage of renewable raw materials it delivers impressive ...
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South Carolina-based packaging products firm Sonoco has begun operation of a fully automated Material Recycling Facility (MRF) to process kerbside collected dual stream residential and commercial waste materials from the Raleigh and Wake ...
The latest report by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has revealed that the US recorded a recycling rate of 31.2% for PET bottles last year. This ...
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