The guiding concept behind the French scheme is the idea that consumers can make better decisions if they are more informed. This is a concept that will be familiar to the UK packaging industry with front of pack labelling. The ultimate aim ...
Commercial Metals Company announced Wednesday financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended August 31, 2013. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended August 31, 2013 were $4.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on net sales of ...
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Reusable plastic containers manufacturer RPP Containers has introduced a new DuraGreen medium-duty collapsible bulk container. The new collapsible bulk container includes around 118lbs weight, with a capacity to hold 1,500lb and a 3:1 ...
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Beverage carton recycling has increased by 2% during 2012 to reach 39% in the EU, Norway and Switzerland compared to 2011, according to a new report from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The report noted that ...
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Flooring manufacturers have been re-investing as the industry continues to climb out of the recession and two mills were recently honored by the state of Georgia for their efforts. Engineered Floors was among the companies honored at the ...
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Baking Up a New Concept in Magnets Newly patented devices from Bunting??Magnetics Co. represent an advance in bread pan magnet technology, significantly increasing the life of magnets on proofing and oven lines, and greatly reducing ...
Tags: Magnets, Industrial Equipment, Components
The global glass market is expected to be the largest consumer and driver of soda ash business to 2018 and beyond. Global soda ash demand is expected to increase from around 55m tpa today to more than 65m tpa by 2018, while the capacity ...
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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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SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
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On October 21, the first electronic trading center for renewable resources (mainly steel scrap) in the southwest of China officially began trading in Chongqing, as announced by local media sources. The total value of trading activity on the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, renewable resources, steel scrap
HERE are many ways to promote "greening". Recycling glass containers is one of them. It is simple but not "successful" at present. The demand for glass containers has diminished; replaced by plastic and tetra-pack containers as well as ...
Tags: Greening products, Glass Containers, glass, Construction
For this year August and September two months, Bayi Iron & Steel slag recycling level hit new high, up to 63 kg iron element per ton of iron recycled, which nearlyt doubled compared to the level during the same period last year. Based on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Consumers are continually changing the way they view, interact with and discard packaging. Whether you're a manufacturer or a product marketer, you know how important it is to reflect the changing needs of the consumer in your products. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Consumer Packaging
Package recyclability is a major driving factor affecting purchasing decisions by both product manufacturers and their customers. Not only does product packaging account for a significant space in landfills, but many of the current disposal ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
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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