With the assistance of Glass Association of North America's (GANA) flat glass manufacturing division, NSF International has announced the development of a Product Category Rule (PCR) for flat and float glass. This PCR is intended to provide ...
Tags: Flat Glass, Float Glass, glass, rolled glass
Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
Tags: paint producers, raw material suppliers, Europe, CEPE
The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. That's followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington ...
Tags: New York, metropolitan area, H-1B workers
Baw Baw Shire Council has revealed plans to test new street lighting based on light-emitting diode (LED) technology as an alternative to existing mercury vapour street lamps that present a toxic waste disposal challenge at the end of their ...
Tags: Baw Baw Shire Council, plans, street lighting, light-emitting diode
ASTM International announced its new initiative as a program operator for Product Category Rules and Environmental Product Declarations.The goal of the program is to assist product manufacturers in developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.Also ...
Tags: ASTM, LCA, environment
ASTM International announced its new initiative as a program operator for Product Category Rules and Environmental Product Declarations.The goal of the program is to assist product manufacturers in developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.Also ...
A new Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) undertaken by the Intertek Group for UK-based Symphony Environmental Technologies’ d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic carrier bags and bread bags revealed that the oxo-biodegradable bag performed 75% ...
Tags: plastic carrier bags, oxo-biodegradable bag, litter category
TRW Automotive Holdings (TRW) will unveil a new modular radar platform and next generation camera at a customer event in Hockenheim, Germany. The new range of driver assistance systems (DAS) technologies will allow the company to deliver ...
Tags: TRW, new modular radar platform, next generation camera
Kraft Foods is using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to help it make the right changes and get the best results when it comes to the environmental impact from packaging. The LCA function builds on the multi-year footprinting project Kraft ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, Life Cycle Assessment, environmental impact, packaging
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 ...
Tags: Sustainable Premium Fibre, IWTO, AWI, Wool
Recently, the forty-sixth International World Steel Association, as well as the third Steelies prize presentation, was held in India. The two projects Baosteel declared: LCA excellent case and thermal state blast furnace slag for direct ...
Tags: Market View, Fasteners
The glass and glazing industry took one step closer to developing product category rules for windows during the American Architectural Manufacturers Association National Fall Conference in Albuquerque, N. M., yesterday. Product category ...
Tags: market view, glass
Those who attack the cotton industry for its perceived impact on the environment will need to have their facts straight, thanks to a major research project undertaken by Cotton Incorporated: a life-cycle assessment (LCA) for cotton. ...
Tags: cotton, Cotton Life-Cycle Project, ICAC
Energy was the topic of discussion this morning when Energy Division committees convened today in Chicago as part of the Glass Association of North America's(GANA)Fall Conference.Both the technical committee and advocacy committee met to ...
Tags: GANA, energy, solar applications, sustainability group
Over the past years, the EU has put a lot of focus on designing legislations to increase the energy efficiency of buildings such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Now that ...
Tags: Sustainable Buildings, EPBD, EED, Glass Industry