Across The Wire
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Eastman Introduces Tritan™ Renew For Sustainability Without Compromise
6/23/2020
Global specialty plastics provider Eastman introduces Tritan™ Renew copolyester. Tritan Renew offers sustainability without compromise, providing the same durability, performance and safety of original Tritan but now with up to 50% recycled content derived from waste plastic
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CPI Card Group And Visa Launch Payment Card Made With Up To 98 Percent Upcycled Plastic
6/16/2020
CPI Card Group Inc. (“CPI” or the “Company”), a leading provider of credit, debit and prepaid solutions, and Visa today launched the Earthwise High Content Card
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AmpleTech Refresh Joins TERRA's ‘Done With IT’ Mail-In Electronics Recycling Program
6/16/2020
AmpleTech Refresh has joined TERRA's Done with IT program to provide a simple and safe electronics recycling options for businesses and individuals across Arizona and surrounding states
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Samsung Receives Zero Waste To Landfill Validations For All Of Its Global Semiconductor Manufacturing Sites
6/11/2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has received UL’s Zero Waste to Landfill validation of Gold level and above for all of its global semiconductor operation sites. This signifies that Samsung’s semiconductor sites in South Korea, US and China meet the requirement of more than 95-percent waste diversion through methods that do not involve thermal processing
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The Alliance To End Plastic Waste And USAID Partner To Address Global Ocean Plastics Pollution
6/10/2020
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a new partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to address global ocean plastic pollution by implementing local solutions across rapidly urbanizing cities in Asia
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Jacobs Selected By Radioactive Waste Management Ltd To Study Radioactivity In Graphite Nuclear Reactor Cores
5/12/2020
Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM), a subsidiary of the U.K. Government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, to study the release of radioactivity from irradiated graphite sampled from reactor cores at the U.K.'s nuclear power stations
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Campbell Announces New Sustainable Packaging Goals
5/6/2020
Campbell Soup Company today announced new packaging sustainability goals to reduce packaging waste by increasing circularity—keeping materials in use and out of landfills. The four goals are designed to address all phases of the packaging lifecycle, from sourcing to end-of-life, including recycling or composting. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200506005614/en/ (Graphic: Business Wire) The holistic approach aims to reduce packaging waste through investments in recyclability, use of
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Hospitals Utilize Medical Waste Sterilizers To Reuse PPEs To Protect Healthcare Workers
4/2/2020
The Healthcare Coalition for Emergency Preparedness reports that a California manufacturer of medical waste sterilization equipment, San-I-Pak, has been collaborating with local hospitals who have now tested and started sterilizing certain disposable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with these large autoclaves already on-site
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New Compensation Program Helps Purchasers Combat Toxic E-Waste
3/31/2020
Thousands of tonnes of toxic e-waste is illegally dumped in vulnerable regions every year. A new addition to TCO Certified Edge will help solve the problem. By choosing to buy certified IT products, purchasers can make sure that an equivalent amount of e-waste is collected and recycled in a safe way
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Raytheon Facility Earns First TRUE Platinum Zero Waste Certification In Texas
3/24/2020
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) earned the first TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification in Texas for its advanced manufacturing center in McKinney. The site earned the designation for its innovations in resource management and waste reduction