More trouble for Pakistan's beleaguered textile industry. The Institute for Policy Reforms (IPR) in a report outlining structural factors that have hurt the industry, has said that the textile industry has made inadequate investment in ...
UK-based plasma etch and deposition processing system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) says that Sino-semic - the first all-Chinese developer and manufacturer of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for face ...
Tags: plasma processing systems, LEDs
Project Beacon, which has the potential to recycle all plastics in Scotland and beyond, has secured £3m funding. Project Beacon, at Binn Farm in Perthshire, is lighting the way to a circular world of complete plastics recycling ...
Tags: Plastic Recycling
UK’s Costa Coffee, a part of Whitebread, has pledged to recycle over a half a billion takeaway cups per year by 2020, in a bid to prevent them from ending up in landfill. The coffee chain, which plans to recycle at least 100 million ...
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The UK Government is planning to introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use drink containers including plastic, glass or metal, to increase recycling rates and reduce plastic pollution. The scheme, which is subject to consultation, ...
The UK consistently overestimates the amount of plastic packaging that gets recycled, a report by waste consultancy Eunomia has claimed. A new Eunomia report reveals how the UK consistently overestimates how much of the plastic packaging ...
Tags: plastic packaging, Packaging
Water UK has launched a new scheme in the UK to allow consumers to refill plastic water bottles in public places to help reduce the plastic use. People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in ...
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Gosport Borough Council and paper cup manufacturer Huhtamaki have initiated a recycling initiative for paper coffee cups in Gosport, UK. Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, has today launched a new recycling initiative for ...
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Plastico has partnered with Closed Loop Environmental Solutions to introduce the first Closed Loop compliant plastic cup in the UK. Slated to be launched in January 2018, each purchase of the cup will comprise of a contribution from the ...
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UK-based Aston Martin has unveiled its super GT Vanquish S Ultimate with plans to launch the vehicle in very limited numbers. Like the regular Vanquish S, the Ultimate edition is powered by Aston Martin’s legendary ...
SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (an Orbotech company that manufactures etch, PVD and CVD wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LED, high-speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets) has won a ...
German automaker, BMW Group has showcased a new concept Z4 at Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach in California, US. The BMW Group is using the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach to present its exciting new take on a BMW ...
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Destihl Brewery will unveil new brand packaging for its 12oz cans with the release of seasonal sour Synchopathic Apricot. The companywill release all the new packaging solutions for its all brands throughout their distribution centers ...
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RecoMed, the PVC medical devices take-back scheme, is a joint winner of the Waste Prevention category of the 2017 National Recycling Awards for its innovative approach to sustainable healthcare recycling. It’s yet another accolade - ...
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Kite Packaging has acquired North London-based packaging distributor, Brooks Packaging, as part of its efforts to expand operations in the region. Established in 1967 by Jeffrey Horwood, Brooks Packaging supplies archive boxes to the ...
Tags: Kite Packaging, Packaging