The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled a plastic bottle made entirely from renewable plant material. The US beverage giant claims the bottle is fully recyclable and the first to use PET plastic (a common type of polyester) that is entirely ...
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Cintas Corporation, an apparel uniforms program provider said that has recycled 19.5 million PET bottles and diverted them from landfills to manufacture apparel. Cintas uses plant-based ingredients and plastic bottles to create fibres ...
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North America based plastic packaging designer and manufacturer Placon has launched the completely recyclable Selectables packaging range with a custom packaging look. The sustainable food packaging range also features inserts that ...
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Panel makers in Taiwan are calling on the Taiwan government to loosen restrictions on new policies geared toward reducing water supply out of concern that operations will be affected. Water available for industrial use will be reduced by ...
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Recently, Ardleigh Minerals, Inc. demonstrated their products and services at the FABTECH 2014 exposition and conference in Atlanta. The company now announces these technologies to industry, according to Ernie Q. Petrey, Sr, ...
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Tandus Centiva recently recognized Chattanooga Airport for recycling 47,000 pounds of Powerbondback into new material. The Powerbond installation was in use for 23 years, with more than 640,000 people traveling through the Chattanooga ...
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The latest report by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has revealed that the US recorded a recycling rate of 31.2% for PET bottles last year. This ...
Tags: Pet Bottles, Bottles Packaging
Equating to over 200,000 cans or 30 tonnes of carbon dioxide savings, the challenge highlights the canmaker’s recycling policy and work with local communities. The scheme saw plant workers, from a number of European sites, join ...
As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
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South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors has started production of the new all-electric version of the Kia Soul vehicles, which will go for sale in overseas markets during the second half of 2014. Kia Soul EV will represent the ...
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Habitat launches 'Align', one enterprising platform that integrates business, technological institutes and administration to foster new business initiatives. A study of design and aeronautical engineering; a community 'online' between ...
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Lismore mayor, Jenny Dowell, and Lismore MP, Thomas George, turned the first sod in the construction process for the new $3.65m Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and glass processing plant in Lismore nine months ago. it was completed this ...
US-based Hologenix has unveiled – Celliant, a revolutionary, patented technology that, through the use of fibers, converts the body’s natural energy (heat) into infrared (IR) light and emits it into the body’s tissue and ...
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PET resins producer DAK Americas Argentina has acquired a PET bottle recycling operation CabelmaPET, in Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cabelma, a manufacturer of plastic-crates, is not part of the acquisition, while 100 employees ...
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Novelis, a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries, has commissioned a new aluminum slitting and packing line at its joint-venture facility Aluminium Norf (Alunorf) located in Neuss, Germany. The line, which involved an investment of around ...
Tags: Aluminum Slitting, Packing Line