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Sustainability—Déjà Vu All Over Again?

(Bag Pouch)

February 29, 2008, ... participating educators what they would find at their local landfills. He explained how newspapers from the 1960s were still legible; how chicken bones, hot dogs, and other “biodegradable” products were ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... landfills and forests alike. According to the Environmental Defense Fund and the Alliance for Environmental Innovation, compared to the manufacture of coated virgin fiber paper, recycled paper offers ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... reportedly will prevent millions of pounds of trash from reaching landfills, save energy, and reduce emissions. Amerikal, Oxy-Dry Partner WAUKEGAN, IL—Amerikal Products Corp. announces a strategic partnership ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... to reach a 5% packaging reduction across Wal-Mart's supply chain by 2013, reportedly will prevent millions of pounds of trash from reaching landfills, save energy, and reduce emissions. Amerikal, Oxy-Dry ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... NC, its pads are constructed of natural cellulose fiber sheets and a PE film of very thin gauge. The pad’s layered design separates and biodegrades in landfills, the company says, while the simple construction ...

Testing for Toxins in Packaging

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... reducing the amount of toxics in municipal solid waste landfills. The laws are based on model legislation adopted by the Source Reduction Council of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG); 19 ...

Myllykoski Sponsors Environmental Workshop

(Archive)

August 09, 2005, ...  VP of national accounts and conference chair, "The Alsip mill was designed with long-term sustainability in mind. By sourcing fiber in the urban forest of Chicago, Alsip diverts waste paper from landfill ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ...  Recycling Solutions, based in Wausau, WI, currently has ongoing programs in place in which hundreds of tons of spent liner are being diverted from landfills. In some cases, Recycling Solutions is paying ...

Release Liner Recycling Program

(Archive)

June 25, 2005, ...  Recycling Solutions has diverted hundreds of tons of spent liners from landfills and, in some cases, is paying $30 per ton for liner shipped to its plant. In other cases, the company can facilitate ...

Biodegradable Films Today

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... method is available to recycle, separate, or divert them from disposal in landfills. PLC Probe Most of us love our creature comforts, including the many items that use flexible packaging substrates. ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... use and disposal of packaging in the US. At its peak, more than 80% of US solid waste, including packaging, was disposed of in landfills. The increased time to permit new landfills in accordance with new ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... movie theaters. Respectable consumers that dispose of packaging properly also contribute to the need for adequate recycling techniques and the accumulation in landfills of materials that can decompose ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... to former municipal landfills, and parties who sent waste to oil and battery recycling facilities prior to 1987. The Oxley bill also repeals the preference under the current law for remedies that focus ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... and high temperature, oil breaks down and carbonizes. At this point the waste oil requires special packaging and disposition at expensive, isolated toxic waste landfills. Also, carbonized oil restricts ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... landfills, they'll undoubtedly be looking at European companies." * Green Awards - A Cincinnati-based plastics company and its president/CEO were among five winners of the Eighth Annual Governor's Award ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... to the landfills in one year. The package was switched from a paper wrapper and folding box to 48-gauge polyester, flexo-reverse printed and adhesive laminated to a 1.5-mil white low-density polyethylene ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... or refillable or reusable containers. Other provisions could have mandated: recycled content in packaging, a ban on transport packaging, including shrink wrap, from disposal in landfills and incinerators, ...

Dutch converter expands in worldwide flex-pack market

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ... in effect in Europe presently, the severe lack of landfills and increasing tipping fees make recycling a primary corporate goal," Paalman said. "We have identified a new entity which I call the Eurocustomer ...