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Bottles Act As Currency In The Great Recycle Event

03 Sep 2012
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In a show of support for new york citys pledge to double recycle efforts by 2017, honest tea and partners grownyc, recyclebank, cocacola live positively, global inheritance and fiveboro green services will place a 30foot tall recycling bin in times square and attempt to crowdsource recycle more than 45,000 plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers in 10 hours.

Groups Reach Consensus On Epr, Packaging Terms

03 Sep 2012
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Dozens of new industry programs and state laws to reduce the life cycle impacts of products and packaging have been initiated or adopted in the last decade. The terms, "product stewardship" and "extended producer responsibility" have been used in various ways to describe these activities. To allow for healthy public discussion, three leading organizations in the product stewardship field recently agreed on a consistent set of definitions.

Recycledcontent Aluminum Aerosol Can

03 Sep 2012
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The resulting new metal alloy exhibits increased strength and allows lightweighting of the container without affecting package integrity. Balls technology breakthrough will allow the company to lightweight its extruded aluminum aerosol packaging by as much as 10 percent, with further lightweighting expected in the future. Currently, almost all extruded aluminum aerosol packaging is made from virgin aluminum "slugs." these metal disks are impact extruded to produce packaging for aerosol products ranging from body sprays, sun screens, air fresheners and numerous other markets.

Bottles Recycled To Make Heavy Truck Parts

30 Aug 2012
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Although many other recycled plastics typically lose performance after undergoing successive melt histories, the upcycled valox iq resins have comparable or better performance than conventionally manufactured materials, including excellent resistance to impact, chemicals, and stress fatigue. "upcycling costs more and is harder to do technically," kenneth miller, sustainability general manager for technology and innovation at sabic innovative plastics, told us, at the npe2012 show in orlando, fla.

Earth Day Study Most Shoppers Wont Pay More For Green Packaging

30 Aug 2012
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This shoppers trend report includes data from a survey jointly conducted with ipsos public affairs. Additionally, retailmenot announced it was working with carbonfund.org, a leading carbon offsetting notforprofit, to identify the top green cities where consumers can shop in the united states. Some of these cities include markets like austin, tx our hometown, san francisco, ca and st. Paul, mn. The cities were tiered according to a number of factors, including renewable electricity usage, air quality, public transportation options and other energyefficiency standards

Mirelbased Biodegradable Plant Packaging Launched

28 Aug 2012
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Soilwrap biodegradable plantable flower pot. Floral plant growers and ball horticulture make soilwrap using mirel biopolymer from metabolix. Made from 100percent renewable mirel biopolymers, ball soilwrap is a bottomless plant container that biodegrades naturally in soil. Its innovative design promotes fast plant growth and eliminates transplant shock by immediately bringing roots in direct contact with soil.

Thinking Outside The Wax Box

26 Aug 2012
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The produce industry which uses tons of the nonrecyclable paraffincoated cardboard boxes each year to ship fresh fruits and vegetables all over the world is weighing a greener, waxfree option. Thursday, lakeside organic gardens of watsonville shipped a small load of iceberg lettuce to new leaf community market in santa cruz using cardboard boxes lined with a sustainable alternative. It was a test run to see if an unwaxed box could withstand the hefty cooling process involving ice and water thats required of lettuce and other vegetables.

Toilet Tissue Squeezes Into Sustainable Packaging

26 Aug 2012
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The retailer is the first company to make the move to reduce the diameter of the inner cardboard tube on every roll by 12mm, cutting the number of delivery lorries required by the equivalent of 140,000 kg of co2. The paper in sainsburys toilet rolls has been 100 percent fsc certified for many years and the cardboard tube has also been certified since september 2011, as the household & pet team continued to look for new ways to improve the sustainability of its products.

Partnership Builds Infrastructure Around Recycled Polystyrene

26 Aug 2012
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Cascades and nextlife have agreed to an exclusive partnership to include recycled polystyrene, or no. 6 plastic, and thereby to give this plastic a second life. Specifically, nextlife transforms recovered polystyrene products into sustainable resin that will be supplied to cascades, who will use it in the production of foam trays designed for meat packaging.