Sentences with phrase «use of recycled materials in»

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.

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.

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.

«One of the more impactful things we are doing is finding a way to increase the use of recycled materials in resins.

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.

The use of recycled materials in food packaging applications is governed by the same principles that apply to all food packaging.

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.

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 materiaIn 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 materiain 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 materiaIn 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 materiain 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.