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- NPE Follow Up
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- April 30, 2012, ... solutions to both consumer and industrial waste so as to minimize the size of the landfill stream and cost to the consumer. Sophisticated technology allows these plants to increase the IV (intrinsic viscosity) ...
- Ten Years of Success for FILMtech
- (Flexpack)
- April 24, 2012, ... business model. The company is committed to environmental stewardship and annually prevents as much as 500 tons of film, pallets, aluminum, and paperboard from entering landfills as part of its ongoing ...
- Solar Farm Is Latest Green Initiative from Toray Plastics (America)
- (Substrates)
- December 11, 2011, ... Schloesser, president and CEO of Toray, told guests the company launched a major sustainability initiative in 2004, enabling it to achieve its goal of producing zero landfill waste, among many other significant ...
- PCR Milked for Flex-Pack
- (Flexpack)
- August 21, 2011, ... that would reduce carbon emissions. Reduced landfill waste, cuts in energy use, less greenhouse gas emissions—it was a green trifecta, if we could do it.” A number of challenges presented themselves—all ...
- Eco-One Plastic Additives To Be Used for Food Service Containers
- (Green Converting)
- July 27, 2011, ... and lids, and thin-wall food containers for subsequent disposable in a biologically active landfill environment, in accordance with ASTM D5511. Letica also plans to utilize Eco-One to facilitate biodegradation ...
- Experience Speaks: Myron Geiser
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2011, ... today is commonplace tomorrow. What sustainability efforts has your company made? We are on the journey to Zero Waste, eliminating any waste from our operations going to a landfill. Significant progress ...
- Methane Gas for Fuel Is Clean Solution
- (Green Converting)
- June 30, 2011, PAINESVILLE, OH | NOVA Chemicals is using landfill methane gas as a significant fuel source at its Painesville facility. The clean-energy landfill gas PAINESVILLE, OH | NOVA Chemicals is using landfill ...
- Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles
- (Flexpack News)
- May 18, 2011, ... emissions. Reduced landfill waste, cuts in energy use, less greenhouse gas emissions–it was a green trifecta, if we could do it.” A number of challenges presented themselves—all of which Hood’s Tyler ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... which can be recycled into new coverings to reduce material sent to landfills, is said to provide excellent chemical resistance, superior load-bearing, and better cut and abrasion resistance. Mitsubishi ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... found on converting and packaging machines. The elastomeric covering, which can be recycled into new coverings to reduce material sent to landfills, is said to provide excellent chemical resistance, superior ...
- Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2011, ... be recycled, incinerated, or buried in a landfill. Functionally, p-s labels can have good graphics, but they are subject to defects on the container, such as flagging, wrinkling, and puckering. Container ...
- Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... the weight of solid waste being introduced into landfills. This package also wins a gold award for Technical Innovation. Packaging Excellence/Environmental & Sustainability Achievement Nordenia ...
- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... mostly to landfill sites. However, the advantages of a biodegradable notion are rather ambiguous. First, the compostable cup moves the eco-responsibility from the manufacturer to the user, which means ...
- Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field
- (Flexpack News)
- January 04, 2011, ... KW h of electricity, and 10.1 billion BTUs annually. Operational innovations have also contributed to zero landfill waste. In addition, the company’s rigorous recycling program saves 285 tons of wood, ...
- Optimism Returns
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2010, ... be sent to the landfill when they need to be disposed of. — Jim Lepp, Executive Director, Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Coating/Laminating AIMCAL members report continued improvement throughout ...
- Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings
- (Web Handling)
- November 30, 2010, ... large winding or nip rolls require 700 lb of rubber. That covering is then discarded in a landfill. Now as much as 100% of that material can be saved by removing it carefully, testing it for foreign contaminants ...
- Foodservice Packaging To Grow
- (Trends/Management)
- August 31, 2010, ... less space in landfills and consumes less material than rigid alternatives. Pouches are expected to post the fastest gains of all flexible foodservice packaging types. Bags and sacks will remain the ...
- Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, ... from the landfill. Bag Replaces Pail Packaging Fresh Step Cat Litter in a flexible bag rather than a polypropylene pail brings a Gold award to Clorox, Oakland, CA. The company cut packaging ...
- Two Honored for Green Efforts
- (News Clips Archive)
- April 30, 2010, ... the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership criteria as the framework, Robbie Fantastic Flexibles implemented a continuous improvement project resulting in 15% landfill reduction by December 2009 and a ...
- Turning Corrugated into Firelogs
- (Carton Box)
- March 31, 2010, ... the only national brand safe to use in woodstoves, chimineas, campfires, and as a cooking fuel. To date, the company has diverted more than 100 million lb of wax from landfills, reducing the grocery trade' ...