Plastics
Earthbound Farm, Naked Juice Jump Into PCR PET
Two major brands are adopting 100 percent post-consumer recycled polyethelene (PET) packaging. Earthbound Farms is using PCR-PET exclusively on its clamshell salads, and Naked Juice is ...
IBM Plastics Recycling Performance Wanes
Compared to heady growth in recycling figures from 2004 to 2006, IBM's more recent performance on using recycled plastics has dropped slightly, with the percentage of ...
Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics
Marc Green, President of Axion International, dicusses the process behind building a bridge out of recycled plastics, in conjunction ...
Compostable Cutlery Provides Offices A Sustainable Breakroom Option
Vegware, a biodegradable cutlery and tableware manufacturer, has selected Innovia Films' biodegradable and compostable material for sleeves surrounding its natural starch cutlery sets. Vegware products are ...
Top UN Environmental Official: Ban Plastic Bags
Plastic bags, which choke marine life, should be banned or phased out rapidly, says Achim Steiner, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP released a ...
Trade Group Warns Against Biodegradable Plastics
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) has called for "restraint" in the use of degradable additives in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic packaging, raising ...
New Dasani Bottle Made Partially of Plant Material
Coca-Cola has introduced the PlantBottle, a fully recyclable plastic bottle made partially from plant material. The PlantBottle, which is being piloted with the Dasani water brand, puts ...
Teijin Favors ‘Green’ Plastics Over PET, Polycarbonate Resins
Teijin Group, a Japanese chemical firm, is shifting away from its core plastics businesses, including PET film and fibers and polycarbonate resins, toward items made with ...
Reusable Bags Help Marks & Spencer Cut Plastic Bags by 80%
After introducing a surcharge on disposable plastic bags and encouraging the use of reusable bags, British retailer Marks & Spencer has cut its disposable plastic bag ...
Plastic Bag Industry Shoots for 40% Recycled Content by 2015
The Full Circle Recycling Initiative aims for 40 percent recycled content in all plastic bags by 2015, including at least 25 percent postconsumer recycled plastic. The initiative ...
Canadian Supermarket Diverts 328M Plastic Bags from Landfill
Canadian food distributor Loblaw Companies Ltd. has diverted 328 million plastic shopping bags from landfill, and reduced its fuel consumption by 2.1 percent per kilometer in ...
Fred Meyer, JCPenney Add Reusable Bags, Divert Plastic Bags from Landfills
Fred Meyer Stores, one of the largest grocery and retail outlets in the Northwest, announced that it has diverted 20 tons of plastic bags from landfills ...
Sears Adds Suits Made of Recycled Bottles
In May, retailers Sears will begin selling men's suits made of fabric blend of wool and polyester spun from recycled plastic soda bottles. Sold under the Covington Perfect brand, a complete suit will retail for about ...
Aquafina Eco-Fina Bottle Claims Lightest Weight in its Class
At 10.9 grams, Aquafina claims its new half-liter Eco-Fina plastic water bottle is the lightest in its class. The new bottle is made with 50 percent less ...
Con-Agra Adopts 50% Recycled PLA Film
ConAgra Foods has adopted a 50 percent post-industrial recycled Polylactic Acid (PLA) shrink film. The new film will be used for tamper-evident seals on Fleischmann's, Blue Bonnet and Parkay table spreads, and for printed shrink labels ...
Agri-Plas Turns Plastics Into Crude Oil
Oregon-based Agri-Plas has a new process for converting unwanted agricultural plastics into crude oil, which it then ships off ...
Apple Eliminates Plastic Bags From Its Stores
Apple's retail stores are now implementing a new “no plastic bags” policy, AppleInsider reports. Instead of bagging customer's products in plastic, Apple's retail stores are now offering ...
BPA Voluntarily Banned From Baby Bottles
The six largest makers of baby bottles will stop manufacturing baby bottles in the United States made with bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in plastics ...
Coke CSR Report: Cans Leave Smaller Carbon Footprint Than Bottles
When it comes to carbon footprint, packaging matters most. That has to be the largest lesson from a study by Coca-Cola of its carbon footprint in ...
Discover Launches Biodegradable Credit Cards
Discover Financial Services has introduced a biodegradable credit card that breaks down when exposed to microorganisms, New York Times reports. The company behind Discover's biodegradable card is ...
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