Chevron says its new PitPack motor oil dispensing system helps technicians more efficiently store and deliver oil to vehicles. Chevron Products Co., manufacturer of Havoline brand engine oils, has introduced a motor oil dispensing system ...
The Facts 2012 – showed a 34% recycling rate, 35% energy recovery rate and 31% landfill figure. It found 69.2% of all plastic packaging waste was recovered in 2012, the balance going to landfills and incineration without energy ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastic Packaging
The reusable carrier bag is durable enough for repeated use, with a pull, tear and snap system the bag folds out into a full size (60 litre) refuse sack. Made from 100% recycled materials utilising post-consumer plastic waste and produced ...
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Alejandro Duran’s Washed Up project is an ongoing project that involves finding new meaning for plastic waste products. Duran’s unique skill for upcycling everyday plastic products into art installations that blend into nature ...
Tags: Plastic Pollution, Lighting
B&B Plastics Inc. and Greystone Logistics have joined the Reusable Packaging Association and will join 35 other exhibitors in the RPA Reusable Packaging Pavilion at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013. B&B Plastics is a plastic recycler that ...
The particular plant at the Horana industrial estate south of Colombo Sri Lanka was built with an investment expenditure of 300 million rupees to produce high-quality yarn using plastic waste as raw material. "The yarn produced will be ...
Tags: Beira Group, Sri Lanka, Textile
Most of the products we use today, particularly components of large products, are made using a process called injection molding. It requires the use of mold cavities into which materials in molten state are poured and solidified to form ...
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The Italian government has recently criticised Britain for this stance. Italy planned to issue just biodegradable, cloth or paper bags in shops and use one Italian supplier that made compostable plastic. However, the approval was ...
Symphony Environmental Technologies deputy chairman has told Chinese investors that environmental technologies can offer many benefits for future investment with worldwide applications and are urgently needed to tackle China’s own ...
In countries like India, waste material is dumped into seas or burnt loosely. But, as environmental awareness is increasing, more and more people are concentrating on protecting the Mother Nature. One thing to understand is that you can't ...
Brussels published its Green Paper entitled European strategy on plastic waste in the environment, last week (7 March). It poses the question ‘What shall we do about plastic waste?’ Speaking at a PET conference in Amsterdam ...
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The ban covers all conventional and bio-based plastic bags and other plastic products, except those made from oxo-biodegradable plastic, according to the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA). In a statement, the ...
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Australia-based Replas is set to build a new plastic recycling facility in 2013 in South East Queensland. Planned to funded equally by Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and the Queensland Government, the $600,000 facility will ...
New mercury reduction rules for coal-fired utility boilers, industrial boilers and cement plants in the U.S. will boost the market for certain chemicals. However, due to the many regulatory, technical and competitive factors, the annual ...
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Images courtesy of waterbobble.com Americans spend over$15 billion dollars each year on bottled water.One billion dollars worth of plastic water bottles goes into landfills and litter each year. If tap water cost the same as the ...
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