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Daily Archives: March 12, 2008
Greening of an Industry: Cereplast signs sheet supplier agreement
Read the full story in Modern Plastics. Cereplast (Hawthorne, CA) has signed a multiyear supply contract with extruder Pace Industries Inc. (Reedsburg, WI) to supply that company with its Compostables resin for use in custom sheet and roll products for … Continue reading
Greening of an Industry: DSM to launch Chinese PHA plant
Read the full story in Modern Plastics. Using $20 million in financing from Royal DSM N.V.’s venture arm, Tianjin Green Bio-Science Co. will build a manufacturing site for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA). Produced through fermentation … Continue reading
Posted in Green Products, International, Plastics
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Flame retardant, TBBPA, makes the EU grade
Read the full story in Modern Plastics. The conclusions of a risk assessment of brominated flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) are to be published in the European Union (EU) Official Journal, which should enable a smooth transition of the material through … Continue reading
Rex TCS barrel technology given Wisconsin energy credits
Read the full story in Modern Plastics. On the basis of augmented energy efficiency, Wisconsin has given approval to Rex Materials Inc. for financial incentives for injection molders and extruders who apply the company’s TCS barrel heating system on their … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Great Lakes Region, Plastics
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Closed-loop recycling sees cost savings, less waste
Read the full story in Modern Plastics. A new closed-loop custom processing service to recycle post-industrial scrap packaging strapping into reusable polymer is helping one British processor to reduce landfill and save raw material. Developed by the compounding division of … Continue reading
Posted in Plastics, Recycling
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COMMENTARY: Connected Up: California's Energy Innovations Help Build a Unique Link with China
Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. A group of energy campaigners want to use California’s energy expertise to create a freely available U.S. export, with China as its first port of call. Booming but struggling, China is … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, International
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Electronics Slowly Turn Green
Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. Greenpeace International recently surveyed environmental responsibility among consumer electronics companies, and released the findings during last week’s CeBIT information technology fair in Hanover, Germany. While the group gave kudos to Sony, … Continue reading
Mercury Switch Removal Program Hits Milestone
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. A national program has reached a major milestone: 1 million switches have been removed from scrapped vehicles, according to a Feb. 29 release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The millionth mercury switch … Continue reading
Posted in Mercury, Scrap & Salvage Industry
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High-Performing Building Standard Open for Review
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Proposed Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is now open for its second public review. The standard will provide minimum requirements for the design of … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building
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USDA, DOE Invest Up to $18 M in Biomass R&D
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman recently announced that combined, the departments will invest up to $18.4 million, over three years, for 21 biomass … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Biomass, Research
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