Emmi has committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 25 % by 2020. In an important step towards meeting this objective, the largest Swiss milk processor is switching to sustainable electricity. To this end, it is set to rely entirely on ...
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The Nutrition Facts label is found on packaged foods and beverages, and can serve as your daily guide for comparing foods and making healthy choices. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it even easier to explore and ...
Kush Bottles, a supplier of packaging solutions and accessories for the legal cannabis industry, announced the launch of the marijuana industry's first online system that allows customers to design custom-branded packaging solutions. This ...
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The new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) for Australia's food packaging was given the final go-ahead by commonwealth, state and territory consumer affairs ministers this week. Each label will indicate the proportion of Australian ...
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The PEFC leaders’ summit, recently held in London, encouraged consumers to buy day‐to‐day products carrying the PEFC ‘two trees’ label. The summit discussed the challenges and possible solutions to ...
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Textile Exchange (TE), a US-based international non-profit organisation committed to a more sustainable textile industry, has recently announced the release of an online tool for the textile industry that measures the environmental, ...
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GreenWizard, a product management platform of building product data and documentation for sustainable and green construction, and the Mohawk Group have formed a three-year Emerald Partnership. According to the companies, the partnership ...
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The United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it has unveiled a new, free, online search tool consumers can use to find out if a vehicle is directly impacted by a ...
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PPG Industries has launched an online tool that enables architects and specifiers to model energy costs for a statistically representative 12-story building constructed with selected PPG architectural glazings to optimize daylighting, heat ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced research grants to Arizona State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals and nanomaterials throughout their ...
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The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has launched an online tool to help packaging suppliers decide whether their packaging can be classified as recyclable in Australia. The ultimate goal is to reduce consumer confusion about packaging ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $4.9 million research grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals throughout their life cycle—from design, manufacture, ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $5 million research grant to Arizona State University to better understand the impacts of nanomaterials throughout their life cycle—from design, manufacture, use and ...
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Cevisama, the International Ceramic Tile Fair, recently took place at the Feria Valencia center in Spain. The Spanish tile industry continues to be vibrant and sales are on the rise for a third year. Spain has grown its tile exports, ...
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NPS MedicineWise is urging all health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance after new research shows that making a public commitment leads to significant improvements in antibiotic prescribing. The study, ...