At the beginning of this year, 84 Lumber Company launched "We Build American," a well thought-out movement focused to persuade builders, remodelers and homebuyers to use American-made materials when building or remodeling their homes. Since ...
Tags: Florim, USA, Construction Decoration
One way of securing the supply of high-quality technical rubbers to industry is to employ plants or other recycled material as feedstock. The BIOPROOF project aims to do just that, and is now being supported by expertise from pump and valve ...
The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastics Industry
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 ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
We may live and do a lot business in a virtual world today, but there's nothing like a little face time. EastPack, to be held June 18-20 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, will provide plenty of opportunities for ...
Tags: Smorgasbord, Packaging&Printing
If the mention of green office furniture has you imagining office chairs fashioned from dried corn husks and desks made out of old cans of Mountain Dew, think again. These days green furniture is not only great for the environment, it can ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, office furniture
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After months without the service, West Virginia Recycling Services will resume collection of glass recycling at its Charleston center. The Slack Street recycling center hasn't been able to accept glass since it ...
Tags: Kanawha, Glass Recycling
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, announced the successful completion of the soft launch phase of its How2Recycle recycling labeling system. In addition, major brand name Kellogg's ...
Tags: PackagingmPrinting
Latest fashion trends include sophisticated as well as trendy feet outfit. More numbers of goodwill companies are investing in shoes due to the increasing demand for it. It is a basic necessity to cover our feet while walking, running, ...
Tags: Shoes, Eco-Friendly, Feet
FORMAX, a leading global manufacturer of speciality composite reinforcements, has launched a new recycling initiative at its UK production facility. Thanks to the creation of a dedicated Recycling Division and the installation of two ...
Tags: Recycling Division, Textile
For years now, rubber flooring has been common in commercial settings such as gyms and hospitals. Today, some homeowners are bringing this flooring into their home and are finding out that rubber flooring is a great choice with plenty of ...
Tags: Rubber Flooring, Flooring
Studio Swine’s new lighting collection uses mindfully crafted materials combined with white and green glass beverage bottles and LED light strips to produce an illuminating retro meets metro glow. This natural exploration of wooden ...
Tags: Retro Glass Light, Glass Light
Katie Wallace, sustainability specialist, New Belgium BrewingEarlier this year, New Belgium Brewing pledged a one-time donation of $10,000 to support a cost-benefit analysis of extended producer responsibility (EPR). The research is being ...
This 19 year old Kenyan designer new that there was a better alternative than kerosene. In Africa kerosene lamps are still used in many areas and cause great harm to children and adults in rural African villages. Evan Wadongo created the ...
Tags: Solar Lamps, Lighting
In recognition of Earth Day 2013, Haggar Clothing Co., the iconic American menswear company, announced today that over 80 million post-consumer plastic bottles have been upcycled through its eco-friendly apparel line E-CLO? which includes ...