A school uniform that continues to look new, after the first week of term, is every parent's dream. Thanks to an enzymatic bioblasting process, UK retailer, Marks & Spencer (M&S), has recently turned this into reality. Increasing quality ...
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The Arabian United Float Glass Company,the first independent float line in the Middle East and Africa has committed to taking the first steps to implementing a strategic approach to reducing its impact on the environment and engaged the ...
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ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has won a prestigious 2012 Banksia Environmental Award in the Clean Technology – Harnessing Opportunities category. The award is in recognition of ABB’s new cost effective ...
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National Manufacturing Week returns to Melbourne next May with a focus on sustainable manufacturing and working “smarter.” Co-located with Austech, NMW 2013 will feature – for the first time in Victoria – two new ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), Washington, and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) — a global organization established by a group of apparel and footwear brands, retailers, manufacturers, nongovernmental ...
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Wool organizations from around the world have united to research the environmental credentials of this natural fibre. The starting point is the publication of a scientific report assessing existing wool Life Cycle Analyses (LCA). The ...
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Unilever is launching a consumer challenge to UK families to help them tackle food waste Dubbed 'The Sustain Ability Challenge', the six-month "live social experiment" will feature 12 families reducing their monthly food bills by 15% ...
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The Yeongju recycling centre is part of a multi-year, $400 million expansion of Novelis' operations in Korea. According to the aluminium recycler, Asia is the world's fastest growing market for rolled aluminum used to create beverage ...
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The manufacture of sustainable yarn products that ensure a smaller environmental footprint, in addition to good performance and safety. This is one of the goals of RadiciGroup and one of themes addressed by the 51st Man-Made Fibers Congress ...
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Interface, Australia's largest carpet tile manufacturer has formalised its commitment to rebuild its manufacturing facility in the Sydney area. "This is wonderful news," said Clinton Squires, Interface Australia's managing director. ...
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Sportlifestyle company PUMA will be launching a collection of shoes,apparel and accessories that are either biodegradable or recyclable when consumers return them to PUMA's Bring Me Back Program at the end of their lifecycles.With the PUMA ...
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Miami Tower,an iconic symbol of the city,is making a dramatic new statement in the downtown skyline with the recent adoption of a state-of-the-art exterior LED lighting system. The advanced LED system will reduce related lighting energy ...
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MASPETH,N.Y.,Sept.21,2012—/PRNewswire/--Davis&Warshow,(www.dwny.com)an 87-year-old family-owned business and New York`s premier dealer of luxury kitchen and bath fixtures and plumbing materials,has converted its entire ...
c, end-to-end wastewater treatment facility on Russia’s Russky Island. The Ecologix Integrated Bioreactor (IBR) will help support an estimated 30 000 residents who will attend or work at the island’s new Far Eastern Federal ...
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LED light bulbs have a slight environmental edge on compact fluorescent bulbs and both trump traditional incandescent bulbs by a wide margin, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says in a new report. PNNL, a U.S. Department of ...
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