European Aluminium has announced that aluminium beverage cans are well above the future EU Circular Economy recycling targets. With an increase of 0.7%, the overall recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, ...
Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA – which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state light sources for the global illumination market – has expanded its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to ...
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Mercedes-Benz has premiered its new A-Class L Sedan at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2018). The notchback model being presented there features a 6 cm longer wheelbase (2789 instead of 2729 mm) and is a ...
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Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced new sustainability goals for 2030, which include 100% recyclable or reusable packaging. PG announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans ...
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Aston Martin has unveiled Lagonda Vision Concept, the first luxury brand exclusively driven by zero emission powertrain technologies. Production is planned to start in 2021. Lagonda aims to be the world’s first zero emission ...
Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has joined as a new funding partner of The Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit that applies corporate funding to improve recycling efforts in ...
Packaging products and services provider Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) has launched recycled shrink sleeve material. The material features post-consumer recycled content (PCR) which decreases landfill waste, ...
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The results of a controlled horticulture lighting study conducted by the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, USA have ...
Coca-Cola Company, along with Coca-Cola European Partners, has launched its first joint sustainability action plan for Western Europe. The action plan iincludes new commitments on drinks, packaging and society in the region. The ...
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India-based Alpha Plastomers has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new flexible packaging materials and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Alpha provides rigid and flexible plastic packaging solutions for the ...
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Waitrose is trialing a new environmentally friendly pack that is expected to signal the end of plastic packaging for organic tomatoes. A new form of non-plastic punnet which uses tomato leaves is being experimented to help package ...
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Japanese auto components supplier Denso is investing $1bn in its Maryville, Tennessee location in the US as part of its commitment to advancing automotive innovation in North America. The investment will focus on vehicle electrification ...
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Automakers Toyota and Mazda and auto components supplier Denso have signed a joint technology development contract for electric vehicles. The new company has been named EV C.A. Spirit Corporation to efficiently implement joint ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched three new products in its LUXEON SunPlus Series of LEDs for horticulture lighting. The LUXEON SunPlus Series is claimed to be the only line of LEDs on the market to be tested and binned ...
Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac has introduced new plant-based PE film for home and personal care applications. Launched in European market, the company’s new RafBio PE film can be used for the squeezable ...