Global packaging services provider MeadWestvaco (MWV) has announced a 4% decrease in carbon emissions since 2010 in its corporate responsibility report for 2012. MWV has also reduced water usage by 5% and half of its global manufacturing ...
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In an effort to expose the abundant natural fiber resources available in the Greater Bay Area, Fibershed presents the Fibershed Fashion Gala- a “Soil-to-Skin” sustainable fashion event featuring the collaborative works of top ...
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The New Belgium Clips Beer & Film Festival made a stop in Charlottesville, VA, on Sept. 13. New Belgium recruited GreenBlue to organize compost, recycling and trash services for the event. With the help of Republic Services and Black Bear ...
Hershey, a US-headquartered chocolate manufacturer, has achieved Zero-Waste-to-Landfill (ZWL) status at two of its facilities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Robinson, Illinois. With this development, the company now has six plants in the ...
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Swiss food giant Nestlé has announced its commitment to achieve zero waste in all of its 150 European factories by 2020. The environmental sustainability pledge was made at a European Policy Centre event on food sustainability in ...
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The initiative is run by Perth and Kinross Council and Zero Waste Scotland and is designed to support communities in Perthshire to achieve zero waste to landfill. The first Zero Waste Fortnight, hosted by Aberfeldy in Highland Perthshire, ...
Recycling initiatives showcased at the fifth CRUK Conference in Birmingham highlighted the progress being made in developing value for waste carpet and embracing circular economy opportunities. "Active projects revealed how attitudes have ...
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At the end of 1991, the Leo Group then established Heshan Astros Printing in the city of Heshan. Constant expansion of the overseas market fostered healthy growth for Heshan Astros Printing and the other group subsidiaries. The favourable ...
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The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) is proud to announce the brand new Strategic Sustainable Solutions Zone, one of seven sales-free, educational areas on the show floor at the2013 SGIA Expo (Orlando, October 23-25). The ...
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The move follows an initiative announced by the government earlier this year. In June, the government announced that a new front-of-pack food label that has the support of big brands, health groups and all the major supermarkets was to be ...
Lochhead believes schemes which offer people in Scotland an incentive for recycling drink containers could help tackle Scotland's litter problem. 'Recycle and Reward' In Scotland, eight different 'Recycle and Reward' schemes have been ...
Diageo North America celebrated the completion of a more than $120M investment in its largest bottling facility in Plainfield, IL. The Plainfield facility packages some of Diageo's leading brands, including Smirnoff No. 21, Smirnoff ...
The Spanish company Jeanologia, world leader in the development of sustainable technologies for finishing garments, and its partner in China, Prosperity Textile, have launched a sustainable technology Demo Centre in Guangzhou (China) to ...
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
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According to the Federal Highway Administration, in 2011 143,899 bridges were either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, with a surface area exceeding 89 million square meters. The American Society of Civil Engineers' 2009 ...
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