Strategic Materials,Inc.has agreed to pay a penalty of$159,750 to settle EPA's claims that it violated the federal Clean Water Act by allowing polluted storm water from its Franklin facility to flow into nearby waters,according to an EPA ...
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At the end of June 2012, Wrap launched the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement with the broad aim of reducing food and associated packaging waste. But what does this mean for the foodservice packaging sector and what steps can be taken to ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 2:40:44 PM Redhook Brewery is well-known for its sustainability practices, partnering with EcoMovement Consulting & Hauling, of Dover, for example, on a ...
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Burt's Bees, Waltham, MA, a manufacturer of earth-friendly, natural health and beauty care products, has introduced a line of Holiday Gift packs in time for the holiday season from stocking stuffers and highlighted presents. Each gift makes ...
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The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)'s consumer website has released a new YouTube video, Meet Norman, that shows how bottled water bans are having an unintended effect by shifting consumption to less healthy drinks packaged ...
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ReCycle,based in Los Angeles have 3 different aluminium bike models and they're looking for USD 105,000 in pledges on Kickstarter to get the project off the ground. ReCycle's Bryce Edmonds said that"Our prototypes are alive,well and ...
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Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 7:00:00 AM While sustainability is growing ever louder as a packaging buzzword, a wealth of questions about the concept and its potential impact on the industry remain. On ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 4:04:27 PM The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft ...
Tags: SPC, How2Recycle on-package, How2Recycle Label, recycling labeling system
Recycling the products is one of the best ways to economize and protect the environment.There are various products that can efficiently be recycled and reused as essential commodities.Recycling this way would save the planet from lots of ...
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Metal recycling services at H&H Metals are available for a wide array of scrap metals including steel,aluminum,brass and copper.Each type of material has its own recycling process requirements and H&H Metals'modern facility is well equipped ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:45:13 AM U.S. demand for post-consumer recycled plastic is forecast to rise 6.5 percent per year to 3.5 billion pounds in 2016. Gains will be driven by a ...
Tags: plastic recycling, PET, HDPE, beverage bottles, thermoformed containers
Xylem Inc.has been awarded a contract to supply treatment technology and systems for a new wastewater treatment plant in Brazil that will serve 60,000 people. Construction is currently underway with Xylem providing its Sanitaire brand ...
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Walmart Canada announced a first-of-its-kind sales floor LED lighting retrofit, with all of the overhead sales floor lighting at its Brampton North (located at Highway 10 and Bovaird Road in Brampton, Ontario) supercentre from conventional ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 1:05:15 AM Z-View is an open carton design that allows consumers to focus on the product instead of the packaging. Features include proper nesting for ...
The Co-operative Food, a UK-based retail chain, has changed the packaging on its own-brand onion to a recyclable material, a move which allows about 32 tons of packaging to be recycled annually. Changing the packaging from polypropylene ...
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