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Hub Labels Is L.I.F.E. Certified by TLMI

(Green)

June 26, 2012, ... web printing and converting industry: clean production, energy and greenhouse gases, product and environmentally preferable materials, and management practices. TLMI president Frank Sablone says, “I ...

Flexible Packaging | Clear Lam Develops Renewable Package for Snack Cheese

(Flexpack)

February 20, 2012, ... petroleum-based plastic. This new material, which is 50% plant-based, is said to generate up to 35.2% fewer greenhouse gases and uses up to 36.8% less energy than the conventional petroleum-based materials ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... substitute in the US, Canada, and Latin America. This action was based on ecological research claiming that PP cups use 15% less plastic than PET cups and emit 45% fewer greenhouse gases during their ...

ITW Labels, LogoTech Receive TLMI L.I.F.E. Certification

(Label/Tape News)

January 03, 2011, ... L.I.F.E. is a program designed specifically for the narrow web marketplace and addresses four key elements of the narrow web printing and converting industry: clean production, energy and greenhouse gases, ...

Pollution Control: 10 Tips To Cut CO2

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, With mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting on the horizon, converters soon could be paying for the carbon emissions generated by some of their pollution With mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting ...

Two 'Green' Companies Honore

(Green Converting)

August 31, 2010, ... greenhouse gases, product and environmentally preferable materials, and management practices. TLMI president Frank Sablone explains, “The central objective in developing the L.I.F.E. initiative was ...

What Did You Do for Earth Day?

(Yo's Yarns)

April 21, 2010, ... enough energy to significantly reduce harmful greenhouse gases. To add further to the company's already green profile, it uses recycled materials from the bottles and shipping items the products are shipped ...

Mitsubishi Receives TLMI L.I.F.E. Certification

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2009, ... clean production, energy and greenhouse gases, product and environmentally preferable materials, and management practices. Frank Sablone, TLMI president, comments, “I would like to congratulate Mitsubishi ...

Interfilm Recognized For Energy Efficiency

(News Clips Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... fluorescent lighting system. As a result, Interfilm is expected to cut its light-related electricity costs by 57% and to drastically reduce the amount of harmful greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, ... reduce the output of greenhouse gases during production. Doesn't emit toxic fumes when incinerated, requires less water usage than other polymers, reduces oil consumption by half, and can be composted, ...

Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... plastics into EarthClear packaging made from sustainable Ingeo biopolymers [from NatureWorks LLC], you will save 1,630,360 gallons of gasoline annually and reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to driving ...

Offsetting C02 Emissions

(Green Converting)

April 30, 2008, ... hydropower, wind farms, and reforestation. ShipGreen says all projects in their portfolio are inspected, verified, and certified by independent third parties to ensure a reduction in greenhouse gases. ...

Debating China's Effect on the Environmen

(Green Converting)

February 29, 2008, ... The heart of the matter is coal, he added; that's what drives their economy. They are the largest emitter of greenhouse gases; they have contaminated wheat and grain from dirty water; and they practice ...

Lights Lead the Way

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... said they feel better just getting into the light.” On the environmental front, it is estimated the company will save 160,496 kWh each year, which means 256 tons of greenhouse gases will not be released ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... film industry want improved optical and physical properties including shrink films, overwrap films, lamination films, food packaging, greenhouse films, and stretch films. Nucleation improves shelf appeal ...

UV/EB Technology Helps Reduce VOCs

(Archive)

September 04, 2005, Reductions of volatile organic compound (VOC) and greenhouse gas emissions go hand in hand with ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies, according to a position paper just released by RadTech—The ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Wen-Jen Lai. “…By adopting NatureWorks into the mainstream, we reduce the amount of petroleum required for plastic production, significantly reduce greenhouse gases, and offer an end-product with cleaner ...

Climate-Change Poker: Bush Calls the Kyoto Bluff

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... Christine Whitman urging engagement on global climate change, President Bush announced the US would not implement the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The announcement was no surprise. ...

Is Change in the Air?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... including the fact that New Jersey is the only state in the country to have committed formally to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Flex-Pack Industry Airs Concerns The importance to the packaging ...

What Do Global Temps, Unemployment Share?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, What do global temperatures (coupled with the greenhouse effect) have in common with the declining number of workers available to fill vacant jobs? Nothingon What do global temperatures (coupled with the ...