International technology group Andritz has purchased technology and intellectual property assets from Swedish firm Franssons Recycling Machines. Based in Sundsvall, Franssons Recycling manufactures and produces machinery for recycling ...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is undertaking a Near-Zero Waste initiative in Turkey, by funding recycling setups, green initiatives and technologies that cut down on packaging waste. The program, which also ...
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DuPont, the world’s leading science company, has been awarded the prestigious Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Certification in Gold Category for the DuPont Knowledge Center (DKC) in Hyderabad, India. DKC is an ...
On 12 November, Packaging News organised a conference in conjunction with British Glass, bringing together members of the UK glass industry to discuss ways of improving recycling in Britain. The central London conference included talks ...
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Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
The New Zealand government has provided $4m ($3.3m) funds to Wellington-based plastics manufacturing company Flight Plastics to build a recycling facility that could turn plastic waste into food-safe packaging. Flight Plastics company ...
Megaport, a plastics film and packaging company based in Bulgaria, has opened an €1.84m plastics waste recycling facility at Veliko Turnovo, a city in the western part of Bulgaria. Equipped with advanced recycling machinery, which ...
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The Caribbean Container (CCI) has commissioned a $44m waste recycling plant at its facility in Farm East Bank Demerara, Guyana, South America. The new facility is a part of the company's strategy to strengthen its recycling capabilities ...
A facility of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Lee’s Summit, Mo., has received the year’s top national award in EPA’s Federal Green Challenge, an annual recognition of best efforts by federal government agencies to ...
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EPA Region 7 is announcing nine new collegiate members of EPA's Food Recovery Challenge (FRC), a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses, organizations and institutions to actively participate in food waste prevention, surplus ...
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World Cup organizers said Wednesday that an estimated 320 tons of solid waste which the June 12 to July 13 event is expected to generate will be sent for recycling. The government World Cup web portal said organizers expect each match to ...
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The Facts 2012 – showed a 34% recycling rate, 35% energy recovery rate and 31% landfill figure. It found 69.2% of all plastic packaging waste was recovered in 2012, the balance going to landfills and incineration without energy ...
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Based on the data gathered by the "Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative," by 2017, all of that year's end-of-life refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, computers, monitors, e-toys and other products with a battery or electrical cord ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
All of those cell phones, computers, tablets, toys, and toaster ovens really add up. Not only are consumers gathering more and more electrical and electronic equipment, but we are also tossing much of it in the trash. The piles of ...
Thanks to the ready availability of affordable flat screens, many homes are renovating their computer and home entertainment setups to take advantage of high-resolution, low-footprint products. There's an inevitable problem, though: what ...
Tags: Glass Tile, Construction, Decoration