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The event featuring a 30foot tall recycling bin in times square was a huge success with new yorkers recycling more than 15,000 empty plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers 1,500 containers each hour. The plastic bottles collected are being recycled into pieces of plastic lumber, which grownyc will use to build raised beds in urban gardens for nyc public schools as part of their grow to learn program. 5boro green services will responsibly recycle the other items donated at the event.

Portola packagings north american facilities reduced energy usage by almost 20 percent and recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of material over the past two years. The company, known as a leading closure manufacturer, is reporting an 8 percent reduction in energy usage in 2011, in addition to a 10.5 percent decrease in 2010, compared to the year prior. In addition to energy reduction, portola plants recycled in excess of 3 million pounds of material in 2011, including plastic regrind, corrugated, paper, aluminum and steel.

Yardley london, known for their finely crafted botanical soap bars, announces the launch of its new skin indulgence bath & shower collection. This new assortment of bath & shower gels & moisturizing bath bars feature delightful new scents and goodforyourskin ingredients, something women have come to expect from yardley. "yardley skin indulgence was developed for women who want indulgent boutiquestyle bath products but not the premium prices," said randy sloan, lornamead president.

Several leading brands&mdashheinz, kraft, pepperidge farms, cadbury and unilever&mdashalso took home diamond, gold or silver awards in the 24th dupont awards for packaging innovation, the industrys longestrunning, global, independently judged celebration of innovation and collaboration throughout the value chain. "the 2012 diamond winner exemplifies the role packaging plays in helping to feed a growing population around the world.

As tappi attendees sipped on white coffee cups with a green siren logo, brent denniston, starbucks vp of global procurement, said the company is fully aware of the profound effect of its packaging. "our packaging is an asset, but its also a liability," denniston told tappi members and attendees. "what is iconic to our company is our cup, people associate their experiences with the brand through it. But they also associate it with not being environmentally responsible."

In a parade of success stories told at walmarts seventh annual sustainability expo held this week in rogers, ar, representatives of the retailing giant and its suppliers related the impact that minor changes have made, especially in such areas as material usage and reduced transportation costs. The expo drew nearly 2,000 participants and 190 packaging exhibitors to walmarts home base in northwest arkansas.

Revolutionary new packaging that doubles the amount of time fruit and vegetables stay fresh is to be trialled across the u.k. The packaging film, which is a british invention, slows down the rate at which fresh produce decays, meaning that "best before" dates can be doubled. This could save shoppers millions of pounds a year by significantly reducing the amount of food they throw away. It could also save the fruit and vegetable industry tens of millions of pounds a year in wastage costs by extending the amount of time products stay fresh on shelves.

This is the companys fifth full report and the completion of the first set of fiveyear environmental goals. The report is selfdeclared application level b as confirmed by the global reporting initiative. The annual report focuses on the companys commitment to being a responsible food manufacturer.

Fillair r5 inflatable packaging film is designed to boost the overall sustainability of packaging while delivering the same performance as traditional films.

The material can be used on the companys fillair 2000 and fillair cyclone packaging systems to create airfilled cusions for voidfill applications. The material contains a minimum of 10 percent thermoplastic starch resin which, according to the firm, is derived from an annually renewable source it also is said to contain a minimum of 10 percent preconsumer recycled content derived from film manufacturing facilities.