The Taurus interior keeps green with extensive
use of recycled material in the cloth surfaces, in the headliner, and in noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) control components.
The use of recycled materials in food packaging applications is governed by the same principles that apply to all food packaging.
However, companies within those industries continually try to get us to focus on one small green gesture like an investment in alternative energy or
the use of some recycled materials in their packaging.
«One of the more impactful things we are doing is finding a way to increase
the use of recycled materials in resins.
Indeed, we've seen a shift by manufacturers from Apple to HP to Nokia all striving to reduce packaging waste as much as possible (which translates to a reduction in GHGs during transportation) and boosting the recyclability, and
use of recycled materials in packaging.
While the company has quietly been working on other initiatives as well — including an increase in
the use of recycled materials in manufacturing their packaging, as well as transitioning away from non-recyclable packaging — the new cups seem worthy of a shout - out.
Some of the challenges to increasing the recyclability of electronic devices can be addressed by improving the logistics and technology of the collection and recycling process, designing electronic devices to avoid the use of hazardous materials and to be more easily recycled, and encouraging
the use of recycled materials in more applications.
Not exact matches
Roughly two - thirds
of paper
used in North America is
recycled, more than any other
material.
Chris Yura, the CEO and founder
of SustainU, an apparel company
in Morgantown, W. Va., which
uses only
recycled material and American labor, was among those invited to the White House.
All Alex and Ani jewelry is produced entirely
in the United States,
using recycled, natural
materials, and the company introduced a line
of products designed specifically for charities.
Shunning the usual practice
of sacrificing nature for the sake
of gigantic sporting arenas, the Norwegian city urged companies to
use natural
materials whenever possible, launched a regional
recycling program, and stipulated that all built projects had to blend
in with the natural landscape.
Rather than just talking about how green your company is (
in manufacturing process,
recycling, or
use of materials), your marketing can impact lasting social change.
yo the thing is not about believing or not, is the fact that if we don't believe then we are worthless living garbage who occupy a space
in the universe only to create crap and pollution,
in that kind
of case we would better be
recycled into some industrial
material for a better
use than eating and living like cattle, but if there is a god we acquire a divine status and a purpose to continue to exist beyond afterlife or at least the idea
of it, which would give life a sense right?
The Lilly's facility fully
recycles materials used in the production
of hummus, and composts food waste as well.
Rather than attempt to
recycle every type
of material used in its packaging, ConAgra Foods is exploring ways to extract energy from those
materials as a method
of supplementing traditional energy consumption.
In Enhancing Package Performance, Value and Sustainability With Modifiers, Jose Torradas, Ph.D., DuPont Packaging senior technical consultant, shared insights into
using polymer modifiers to make packaging polymers tougher and stronger, enhance their sealing properties, improve adhesion to foil or paperboard and / or increase the performance
of recycled materials.
BPA is not
used in the production
of PET
material; it is not
used as a chemical building block for any
of the
materials used in the manufacture
of PET, nor is it part
of the PET
recycling process.
To ensure that our customers get the greatest benefit
of our expertise we have a number
of consultative services to help you achieve your goals from the design
of the packaging, through the
use of the packaging
in the supply cycle right to the
recycling of the
materials.
Currently, up to 30 %
of the plastic
in Müller's fresh milk HDPE bottles are made from
recycled material, and plastic bottles
used for Müller's branded and private label fresh milk products are already 100 % recyclable.
Thus began a concerted effort to reduce the volume
of trash by increasing
recycling rates
of used packaging
in the U.S. Efforts to establish an economically viable infrastructure for various packaging
materials and engage all stakeholders continue to this day.
Believed to be the only one
of its kind
in South Australia, the hut has been built
using local and
recycled materials,
in keeping with the sustainability focus
of Gemtree Wines.
The venue is committed to operating
in a sustainable and environmentally - friendly way and has a number
of initiatives
in place to achieve this including serving Fairtrade teas and coffees,
using recycled office
materials and harvesting rain water to flush a proportion
of the toilets.
In mixed plastics
recycle streams such as this,
using Fusabond ® improves impact resistance, surface finish, and processability
of parts and films... so the
recycled material can be made into more sustainable articles with less
material loss and higher end -
use value.
With an average
of 77.5 %
recycled across Europe
in 20151, steel for packaging is already the most
recycled packaging
material in Europe, bringing - great savings
in emissions, resource and energy
use.
As an industry, we are also increasing
use of post-consumer
recycled materials, reducing waste and supporting
recycling initiatives
in communities across the country to help bring beverage containers full circle.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 6, 2013)
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered or recycling, maintaining its top position as the most - recycled packaging materia
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons)
of the corrugated packaging
used in the U.S. was successfully recovered or recycling, maintaining its top position as the most - recycled packaging materia
in the U.S. was successfully recovered or
recycling, maintaining its top position as the most -
recycled packaging
material.
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most - recycled packaging materia
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons)
of the corrugated packaging
used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most - recycled packaging materia
in the U.S. was successfully recovered for
recycling, maintaining its top position as the most -
recycled packaging
material.
We recognize there is a significant opportunity to reduce, reuse and
recycle the plastic, aluminum and other
materials we
use to put our products
in the hands
of our consumers.
The Nestlé ® Pure Life ® 700mL bottle will be featured
in a short video highlighting its
use of recycled materials, and encouraging consumers to
recycle the bottle so that it can be made into a new one.
Arrowhead is partnering with Los Angeles - based CarbonLITE Industries LLC, one
of the largest producers
of food - grade, post-consumer
recycled PET
in the world, to provide the rPET
material used in its bottles.
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.
A. Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle; B. Meets market criteria for performance and cost; C. Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and
recycled using renewable energy; D. Optimizes the
use of renewable or
recycled source
materials; E. Is manufactured
using clean production technologies and best practices; F. Is made from
materials healthy
in all probable end -
of - life scenarios; G. Is physically designed to optimize
materials and energy; H. Is effectively recovered and utilized
in biological and / or industrial closed loop cycles.
It is packaged
in safe
recycled materials and even the ink
used is made out
of soy.
You are also buying from a company who prides itself on the ethical sourcing
of all its
materials and
in fact
uses 80 %
recycled silver and gold
in all jewellery items, meaning the
material has a wealth
of history behind it and it's easy to tell when you look at the jewellery that it is
of the highest quality.
Essentially, until it can be precisely documented which different
materials, containing which components and
in which degree
of cleanliness, are
used at
recycling plants, we can not be sure that the end
recycled material is not harmful to health.
Beginning
in 2013, Bumbleride has since been
using recycled plastic water bottles as part
of the
materials used in the exterior fabric.
In fact,
recycling, reusing and
using raw
materials from the waste we generate are some
of the environmental challenge that we face today.
Geoffrey Mitchell, a
material scientist at the University
of Reading
in the UK, says the fact that the process
uses no catalyst is a major plus, and if the technique can be
used to
recycle the growing mountain
of low - value, mixed plastic waste, it could have a rosy future.
The current situation offers us an opportunity to find new solutions to our waste problem, increase the proportion
of recycled plastic
in our own manufactured products, improve the quality
of recovered
materials and to
use recycled material in new ways.
In general, consumers should seek out brands that specifically tout
use of 100 percent
recycled materials with a high percentage (40 percent or more)
of post-consumer waste, and not just keywords like «green» or «eco» on their labels, which may be misleading.
Furthermore, since magnets containing rare earths are
used in a wide range
of technologies, including electric motors, wind turbines, and medical imaging devices, including MRI scanners — manufacturers would be able to improve the sustainability
of their products by
recycling these
materials.
In order to account for the characteristic features
of cascading
use, wood researcher Michael Risse applied the holistic life cycle approach and analyzed the exergy
of all
materials used, the internal
recycling processes, and the consumption
of other primary resources, such as the forest land areas required.
Looking at the technologies over a span
of 50 years, including manufacture, installation,
use, and disposal /
recycling, they found that the extra energy and emissions embodied
in cool pavement
materials usually exceed the expected energy and emissions savings from reduced space conditioning (cooling and heating)
in buildings.
The biggest barrier to
using recycled concrete has been the variability and uncertainty
in the quality and properties
of the
recycled material and how this variability affects the strength, stiffness and durability
of reinforced concrete structures.
Because
of the knowledge gap to date, the
use of recycled aggregates
in the U.S. has been limited mostly to non-structural applications such as sidewalks and roadways, even though the quality
of the
material is generally significantly higher than is required
in these applications.
We
use more
recycled materials: around 90 per cent
of construction and demolition waste is already
recycled in the UK.
Kurama's team is trying to develop an understanding
of how
using recycled concrete affects the behavior
of reinforced concrete structures so that buildings
using large amounts
of recycled material can be designed for safety and to serve their intended purpose without undesirable consequences
in performance.
Pros: 100 percent electric; has range
of about 100 miles; charges
in 4 to 8 hours on a 220V home unit; will charge to 80 percent
in 26 minutes at one
of Nissan's quick charge stations;
uses recycled materials liberally
in the interior.
By
using electro - metallurgical separations, PRISM is designed to perform the
recycling of the 96 percent
of the fissionable
material (uranium and transuranics) remaining
in used nuclear fuel.
They also
use recycled and recyclable
materials in all
of their shipping and take measures (like carbon offsets) to be completely environmentally friendly.