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Lightweighting the can pack - a technical review and recommendations for the can package: performance requirements and lightweighting

Executive summary This project has successfully demonstrated that the current beverages aluminium can pack has the potential to be lightweighted further than the industry initially thought possible, not only by reducing the gauge of the can and end but by modifying the design of the can package. The partnership with WRAP enabled the can makers in Europe (a non-profit organisation - ...

Sep. 1, 2008

By WRAP (The Waste & Resources Action Programme)

DOT eases requirements for security plans

On March 9, 2010, the Department of Transportation"s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) narrowed its list of hazardous materials, or hazmats, that require security plans when transported in commerce. The new rule is effective on Oct. 1, 2010. Currently, persons offering certain hazmats for transport in commerce must develop and implement security plans. PHMSA revised ...

May 19, 2010

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Recycling Domestic Packaging in Spain

Selective collection is undoubtedly the best system to enable the recovered waste to be subsequently recycled, that is to say, to be once again introduced in a production process. The legal requirements force certain recycling objectives to be reached and it is therefore necessary to develop those collection systems that are environmentally and economically “sustainable” and which guarantee that ...

Jan. 1, 2000

SBR Package system

Québec has important water resources. Hydro-Québec, a leader in the field of sustainable development, exploits and develops this collective heritage while respecting the environment. By favouring hydroelectricity, a source of renewable energy, Hydro-Québec meets the needs of the present while making sure it preserves Québec’s environmental heritage and the energy ...

Apr. 18, 2011

By Premier Tech Aqua

What`s in the Package?

What's in the Package? Packaging Migrant Food Safety Assessment What exactly is in your food's packaging? Migrants from food contact materials, often referred to as indirect food additives, have been shown to be present at low concentrations in food. As these migrants are hazards, their presence in food needs to be regulated. The new EU super directive aims to regulate all substances that ...

Aug. 3, 2007

By Creme Global

The Myth about LCA in Packaging

Looking to establish simple goals to drive sustainable packaging? Many companies are focusing on lightweighting, recyclability, recycled content, and renewable content for their sustainable packaging efforts. Bonus: all of these metrics can be measured based on empirical information about the final design alone, thus removing the need to assess the ...

Mar. 10, 2014

By thinkstep

Commercial RO Package, Jordan

INTRODUCTION In April 2013, Pure Aqua, Inc. designed and manufactured a commercial RO package to a major hotel in Jordan to remove, chlorine, TDS, and odor from well water. The package consisted of pre and post treatments including a multimedia filter and chemical dosing systems. The brackish ...

Apr. 1, 2013

By Pure Aqua, Inc.

Commercial BWRO Package, Iraq

INTRODUCTION In July 2013, Pure Aqua, Inc. designed and manufactured a commercial BWRO unit to a major company in Iraq to lower chlorine, TDS, and odor from well water. The system included multimedia and activated carbon filters to remove particulates, odor, color and taste, and ...

Jul. 1, 2013

By Pure Aqua, Inc.

Sustainable Packaging: Making it Stick

Sustainability issues in packaging continue to generate headlines for many audiences: The latest biobased packaging material innovation. Food waste prevention. The most recent adoption of new labels to empower consumers to recycle packaging. But if your company is like most, you’re still finding it challenging to incorporate sustainability goals into the ...

Feb. 26, 2014

By thinkstep

Circular Economy Package: Questions & Answers

What is the Circular Economy? To ensure sustainable growth for the EU we have to use our resources in a smarter, more sustainable way. It is clear that the linear model of economic growth we relied on in the past is no longer suited for the needs of today's modern societies in a globalised world. We cannot build our future on a 'take-make-dispose' model. Many natural resources are ...

Dec. 2, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

How to Create Less Packaging Waste

From an environmental point of view, packaging is a necessary evil, but one that can be minimized in a number of ways. Here are a few ideas companies can use to reduce the amount of packaging waste they generate, and in many cases, improve their operations in the process. Corrugated Box Redesign Corrugated shipping containers generally represent the greatest amount of packaging ...

Sep. 16, 2012

By Heritage Pioneer Corporate Group

How green are those stimulus packages?

At the close of their summit meeting in London, the G-20 leaders committed to make available a $1.1 trillion program of support in addition to their national economic stimulus packages. While repairing the global financial system was the top priority, the closing communiqué stated , 'We agreed to make the best possible use of investment funded by fiscal stimulus programmes towards the goal of ...

Apr. 5, 2009

By GLOBE SERIES

Food processor requires grease management case study

Greasebeta Helps Meat Processing Plant Impress Water Authority Northumbrian Water is reportedly “over the moon” with Tyne & Wear based meat product manufacturer SMP (GB) Ltd since the company installed a GreaseBeta system from Cleveland Biotech in April 2005, preventing its production processes polluting and blocking the public drains. “After we received a ...

May 25, 2011

By Cleveland Biotech Ltd.

Placarding of trucks carrying totes – Clarification to Canadian requirements

A new interpretation of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDG) will affect the way vehicles carrying large means of containment, such as tote tanks, will be placarded.In general, TDG section 4.15 allows the “DANGER” placard to be used on vehicles or other large means of containment that are carrying goods requiring two or more placards. However, Amendment 6 (which was released ...

Feb. 2, 2009

By The Compliance Center (ICC)

Preferences and requirements for batch mixers used in the food industry

In the food industry many end products are mixtures of solid substances. Examples of such products are dessert mixtures, sugar blends, instant drinks, dried soups and sauces, dietetic foods and spice mixtures. The great variety of constituents, such as milk powder, cream powder, sugar, cocoa, flour, vegetables, fungi, spices, fats (liquid and solid), places great demands on the batch ...

Mar. 1, 2008

By Gericke

Packaged Wastewater Treatment for Guantanamo Bay - Case Study

PROJECT DETAILS LOCATION Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba CUSTOMER United States Navy SOLUTION Advance Extended Aeration Wastewater Treatment Plant TECHNOLOGIES 300,000 GPD Packaged Plant Featuring Gravity Sand Tertiary Filter System Extended aeration plant ...

Sep. 30, 2017

By Fluence Corporation

PHMSA Proposes Changes to Air Packaging in HM-231A

The Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has released a proposed rulemaking to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) designed to reduce the number of spills of liquid hazardous materials during air transportation. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), HM-231A, responds to a number of studies on packaging failures by introducing new design requirements, as well ...

Jul. 1, 2010

By The Compliance Center (ICC)

Good things come in small packages case study

When we think of mining equipment, we automatically think of the largest bulldozers, trucks and digging equipment available in the world. Even the pumps used in this environment are quite often supersized as we’ve seen in case of our massive BA-C250H45. However, not everything that is deployed in the mines requires a 32 litre diesel ...

Aug. 7, 2014

By BBA Pumps

Investigations into the possibility to compost paraffincoated packaging materials

Utilisation of biodegradable materials is indispensable for effective economic operation (Soyez, 1998). However, the requirements to be met by the application characteristics sometimes prevent use of such materials. For example, packaging materials for foodstuffs, where protection of the contents is the predominant aim, are required to display hydrophobic properties. Paraffin-coated papers have ...

Jan. 2, 1999

By ORBIT e.V.

Reduction in Solvents for Cleaning: Amcor Packaging (Australia)

Background Amcor Cartons, a manufacturer of folding cartons and paperboard packaging is a 13 million dollar operation employing 60 staff. In keeping with Amcor Cartons’s commitment to respond to customer needs through the application of the highest technology, advantage was taken of the latest available technology when deciding to upgrade their printing press. After installing a new ...

Sep. 1, 1998

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