Posty Cards, Inc., a manufacturer of personalized business greeting cards, has broken ground on a $6.4 million expansion/remodel that is being built to LEED v3 Gold green building standards. When the project is completed in July 2010, the new facility will feature a large solar photovoltaic array, solar heated water, high efficiency HVAC, natural lighting and automatic artificial lighting control systems, rain water reclamation for irrigation and waste management, and water efficient native plant landscaping.
Airless Systems conducts industrial processes such as carbonization, torrefaction and airless drying. With the help of the process of carbonization waste materials can be transformed into resalable products or carbonized fuels. Through this process, some wastes can also be converted into sources of clean energy.
Magnum D'Or Resources announced the completion of the process of removing and processing a disposal pit of scrap tires at its Hudson facility. This is the first time that the tire volume has been reduced at the Hudson facility. This achievement by Magnum D'Or Resources highlights its aim of utilizing the entire stock of about 35,000,000 tires that were already disposed and that are currently available at the site within the Colorado Legislative order of 10 years.
Eco-Inkjets, a leading provider of inkjet cartridges and laser toner cartridges has announced that each of its products can potentially save three ounces of oil, which is a fast depleting resource. In fact, if inkjet cartridges were recycled and not discarded, this could help prevent 1.1 trillion pounds of plastic from getting into the waste stream.
A new method has been discovered by scientists at University of Leeds to extract substantial amount of rare-earth oxides that are present in titanium dioxide minerals. The rare-earth oxides are essential for application in green technologies, such as for manufacture of wind turbines, hybrid and electric cars and energy-efficient lighting. This material is extracted or reclaimed from industrial waste materials cheaply.
RPC Containers UKSC has created its lightest ever standard jerrycan, reducing the weight of the container by a further 10%. The absence of labels and closure wad creates a mono material pack that is fully recyclable, thus further enhancing its sustainability credentials.
RPC Cobelplast-Montonate has developed a new range of A-PET sheet for printing and box applications, manufactured using 50-70% post-consumer recycled (PCR) A-PET scrap.
Move over, white Christmas, and make way for a “green” holiday. Here are a few tips that can make the holiday season more environmentally friendly, courtesy of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society, and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®.
The latest figures from APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) show that 70% of steel packaging is recycled in Europe. This represents over 2.5 million tonnes of food and drinks cans and other steel containers being recycled in 2008, saving 3.9 million tonnes of CO2. According to the latest available data, this places recycling rates for steel above those of other packaging materials such as plastic, beverage cartons and glass (29% , 33% and 62% respectively).
Axion International Holdings announced that CNN has released an online news clip on its proprietary recycled plastic technology. Axion International utilizes recycled plastic to manufacture structural products for industries that are capable of withstanding high loads.
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