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new south wales might get bottle recycling scheme like south australia pkbr staff writer

05 Jan 2015
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cocacola amatil cca has confirmed the acceptance of a letter addressed to the national packaging covenant industry authority npcia from the new south wales nsw government related to a container deposit scheme and is examining different approaches to encourage recycling and litter reduction targets.the potential container deposit scheme of nsw is similar to the one that exists in south australia where people are awarded with cash backs for recycling bottles.the company, in a statement, said that it had received a letter addressed to npcia, signed by nsw premier mike baird and state environme

gwent packaging firm fined 14.6k over fork lift injury

05 Jan 2015
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a south wales packaging company has been fined &pound14.6k for safety failings after a delivery driver was hit by a forklift truck at its premisesin december newport magistrates&rsquo court heard that graham williams 61 visited platt packaging at rassau industrial estate on 7 october 2013 to collect palleted products for distribution.while his lorry was being loaded, mr williams was on a telephone call with his employer, a freight company, and was standing nearby with his back to the vehicle.

bay city to consider incentive resolution for landaal packaging pkbr staff writer

05 Jan 2015
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the bay city commission in michigan, us, will consider a resolution for a brownfield redevelopment plan for the city&39s landaal packaging systems that would be an incentive for the nearly 5m expansion that had been announced earlier.the company had announced the expansion plans at its delta containers division in july 2014 which would see an addition of 66,000ft2 to the existing facility.

uk recycler lifts capacity, creates packaging unit familyrun business committed to home market

05 Jan 2015
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the latest investment further improves jayplas&39 uk infrastructure photo jayplasin an investment said to be worth &ldquoseveral million pounds,&rdquo major uk recycler jayplas corby, northamptonshire www.jayplas.com has installed a new extrusion and recycling plant at worksop and a new wash facility at loughborough, leicestershire, where the company in summer 2014 increased output of ldpe packaging resin recyclate by 20,000 ty.

iip wants focus on vizag at packaging expo

05 Jan 2015
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indian institute of packaging iip, which is planning to set up its campus here, has asked ap industrial infrastructure corporation apiic to highlight the investment potential in the proposed packaging park at the sixth international packaging exhibition indiapack2015 being held in mumbai from october 8 to 11.team visita highlevel team of iip, comprising its chairman r.v.s. ramakrishna and director n.c. saha, were here last month to study the request for establishing a campus in the city.

ksa accounts for 70 of gcc packaging market

04 Jan 2015
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saudi arabia maintains 70 percent share of the total packaging industry in the gulf cooperation council gcc, according to recent industry studies, with local business posting a 15 percent annual growth.due to a widespread use of plastic as a raw packaging material over glass and metal, packaging has emerged as one of the most active industries in the country, with demand continuing to rise for both flexible and solid packaging.the current surge in demand for safe and sustainable packaging solutions, alongside food packaging requirements, comes at a time when food consumption is expected to