UK-based consumer goods maker Unilever has made a commitment to ensure usage of 100% recyclable plastic packaging by 2025. Besides ensuring all of its plastic packaging is designed to be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable, the firm ...
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The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has unveiled a new technology, which will improve Niagara region's ability to divert waste from landfills and manufacture products out of recyclable material. Niagara Region is claimed to ...
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A grand ceremony was held at the Beijing Convention Center on August 18, 2016 to celebrate the partnership between BYD Company Ltd. and the Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group Ltd., and launch the world’s first pure ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has released its 2015 Sustainability Report, a voluntary non-financial public document that addresses the firm's commitment to sustainable ...
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A company was sued and will give two million yuan (308,000 U.S. dollars) in compensation for dumping contaminated water, announced by Dalian People's Procuratorate in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Tuesday. China-Japan joint ...
CS Clean Systems AG of Ismaning (near Munich) and centrotherm clean solutions GmbH & Co KG of Blaubeuren, Germany (both specialists in the treatment of exhaust gases in semiconductor and solar cell production processes) signed a memorandum ...
Unilever has announced that it has become a zero landfill company in Europe after achieving zero non-hazardous waste to landfill at its 242 factories. The announcement means that Unilever will not contribute to wastes from its premises, ...
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Cromwell Polythene has launched a new packaging division, and announced changes in its sales force in the UK. The packaging arm of Cromwell will supply general purpose bags, including food grade polythene bags and liners, and a range of ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) have resolved alleged violations of hazardous waste requirements at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. By ensuring that hazardous waste ...
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Six years ago, the 5 Gyres Institute formed to answer a question the world had put in its too hard box. Marcus Eriksen, PhD, director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, explained, “The 5 Gyres Institute’s work began six ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Triax Turbine Components for violations of the hazardous waste law and, in a separate action, Hill Brothers Chemical Company for violations of pesticides law. These actions support ...
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WASHINGTON — EPA announced it is adding five hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites and is proposing to add three additional sites to the ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Kronos Micronutrients to resolve violations of federal hazardous waste laws, according to an EPA settlement. The company is a fertilizer manufacturer in the town of ...
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PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the U.S. Navy over alleged environmental violations at the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Chesapeake, Va. The settlement will help reduce ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $112,000 to the Pueblo San de Ildefonso, N.M. as part of the General Assistance Program (GAP). The tribe will use the funds to administer its environmental program and assist ...
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