As we enter the year 2014, I am sure many of you have established personal or business-related goals for the coming year. I know the whole New Year's Resolutions issue can be very exciting to some as we set such lofty goals as weight loss, ...
Tags: Beef Industry, Food
Japan made landmark progress in 2013 in methane hydrate development -- carrying out the world's maiden offshore production test and later confirming the existence of "substantial" structures containing shallow methane in the Sea of Japan in ...
Tags: Methane Hydrates, Chemicals
Organic and eco-friendly are terms familiar to consumers as they take a step back to assess their product purchases based on health concerns, environmental impact, and value toward sustainability. “We are in the mode of responsible ...
Adam Gendell, project manager at GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition At first blush, it certainly sounds like a good word, a warm and fuzzy word. A word that surely belongs hand-in-hand with the many R words we use in ...
Deep in the forests of Borneo island, workmen from an Indonesian timber company fell a tree with a chainsaw, stick a red tag with a serial number onto it and attach a corresponding stub to the stump. This is all part of an arduous ...
Tags: Borneo island, Indonesian, timber, auditing process, illegal logging
Many of today's hottest fashions come from an unexpected source: yesterday's plastics. New recycling technologies have enabled designers to incorporate fabrics and materials made with used plastic packaging into on-trend clothing and ...
The Valspar Corporation and Maersk Container Industry announced a long-term supply agreement. Valspar, one of the global leaders in the paint and coatings industry, will provide Valspar Aquaguard waterborne coating for shipping containers ...
Tags: Valspar, Waterborne Coating
US-based in-store marketing firm Windsor Marketing Group (WMG) has launched new fully recyclable pallets, the deep green skid pallets at its headquarters in Suffield, Connecticut. With the move the company expects to expand the ...
Interface officially announced its participation in Healthy Seas, joining us in the journey from waste to wear! Interface is a global leader in the design and production of carpet tiles. Commenting on its participation, Interface VP & ...
Tags: carpet tiles, Interface, Healthy Seas
Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
Tags: glass, decoration, environment
It won't all harm you, but some of it might. That's the caveat in the latest Consumer Reports analysis of tests on raw chicken breasts purchased at retailers nationwide. The analysis found that 97 percent of tested chicken breast samples ...
Tags: raw chicken breasts, intestinal bacteria, food safety, E.coli
Glass container maker, O-I New Zealand (O-I NZ), hosted an education program for glass collectors in Palmerston North to maximise the amount of recycled glass (cullet) recovered from households across the city. In December last year, ...
Tags: glass, decoration
The fourth edition of INGLASS International Architecture Conference will take place in Warsaw on February 4th, 2014. INGLASS is about glass and glass construction, architecture and engineering, facade systems, energy efficiency and ...
Tags: glass, decoration
CRAiLAR Technologies Inc., which produces and markets CRAiLAR Flax fiber The Friendliest Fiber On The Planet, announced that it has completed a General Supply Agreement and CA$3.2 million of financing with Ikea. IKEA has extended the ...
Tags: Flax Fiber, Ikea
Potentially harmful bacteria was found on 97 percent of chicken breasts bought at stores across the United States and tested, according to a new study. And about half of the chicken samples had at least one type of bacteria that was ...
Tags: chicken breasts, harmful bacteria, food health, food safety