Sentences with phrase «plastic used in its pet»

The latest in an ongoing trend by our companies is further reduction in the amount of plastic used in its PET bottles, including for bottled water.

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We specialize in food package manufacturing particularly using PET plastic materials.

Unilever is looking into a technology that converts PET plastic waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

Unilever is entering into a new partnership with the aim of developing a technology to convert plastic PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

While most plastic bottles are made out of material called polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Arrowhead has focused on introducing bottles made from recycled PET (rPET) and began using it in its 1/2 - liter bottles three years ago.

Melamine is a toxic chemical used in plastics that contaminated pet food last year.

But after Kevin said he saw hundreds of dead fish floating in the water last summer, he suggested using plastic fish that could be exchanged for real goldfish or a gift certificate at a pet shop.

One type of plastic, polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is widely used in polyester clothing and disposable bottles and is notoriously persistent in landfills.

TRASH STASH Scientists have modified a bacterial enzyme to make it even better at breaking down PET, a plastic widely used in disposable water bottles.

PET carpet advocates report that because plastic beverage containers are made with top quality resins as required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, recycled PET is superior to lower grades of virgin synthetic fibers used in making other brands of polyester carpet yarns.

The so - called PlantBottle from the Coca - Cola Co. is made by converting sugars from sugarcane farmed in Brazil into the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic commonly used in the ubiquitous clear bottles for various beverages.

The organism, named Ideonella sakaiensis, can break down a thumbnail - sized flake of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the type of plastic used for beverage bottles, in just six weeks.

Japanese researchers have found a bacteria that appears to have evolved to consume PET, a common polymer used in plastics, New Scientist reports.

The low - density polyethylene (LDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics we use for bottles and closures are also used to make film for foods and powders that are packaged in single - serve packets.

Chrysler also is experimenting with plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, the plastic used in soft - drink bottles, for structural inner body pieces such as the hood, trunk and door frames.

The 2007 pet food recall revealed that the food was contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical used in plastics and fertilizers.

Melamine (used in plastic manufacture) was added to ingredients used in making the pet food.

Sometime in mid-March, an «unnamed pet food company» reported to Cornell they had discovered an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacture, melamine, in internal testing of wheat gluten samples.

Run - abouts are a novel way to watch your pet exercise and are available in simple ball shapes, a wheel shape that propels a sport car, and the Hamtrac which is a system that can be used with either the ball or the car on an oval track made of interlocking plastic pieces.

In March of 2007, for example, more than 100 brands of pet food, including some of the most prominent names in the industry — like Hill's Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, and Purina — were contaminated by melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics and, in this case, imported into the United States from ChinIn March of 2007, for example, more than 100 brands of pet food, including some of the most prominent names in the industry — like Hill's Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, and Purina — were contaminated by melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics and, in this case, imported into the United States from Chinin the industry — like Hill's Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, and Purina — were contaminated by melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics and, in this case, imported into the United States from Chinin fertilizer and plastics and, in this case, imported into the United States from Chinin this case, imported into the United States from China.

Case in point: the widespread contamination of melamine (a chemical used in the production of plastics, which imitates protein) rocked the pet food industry not so long ago, and led to thousands of deaths and illnesses.

Along with artists like Peter Alexander, Larry Bell and Robert Irwin, he championed the use of modern technology and industrial plastics in fine art, experimenting with the perceptual and textural qualities of these materials to generate groundbreaking new sculptural forms.

Polyethylene plastic traditionally used in pet food packaging is conventionally produced from fossil raw materials such as oil or natural gas.

The company also notes the use of PCR PET creates a demand for recycled plastic: plastic that may have otherwise ended up in landfills.

This is in contrast with what we do right now: PET plastics are mechanically broken down with metal - based catalysts and then mixed in with virgin PET at high temperatures (and so a lot of energy is used).