Packaging Requirement Articles on Environmental XPRT

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.

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

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

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 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

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

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.

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

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 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 Foundation

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

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.

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

Patented method for oxygen permeation analysis of food packaging

The PermMate utilizes an innovative method of oxygen permeation analysis of finished packages - ‘Ambient Oxygen Ingress Rate’ (AOIR). Providing the ability to test the oxygen permeability of packages under different test conditions including how the product ...

May 16, 2011

By Systech Instruments Ltd

A mono nov packaged challenge for flour mill

The Grade II listed building in Hampshire was taken out of service in 1993 and records show that water-powered corn milling on the site, predates the Norman Conquest. The mill even received an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. Mono’s projects and installation team evaluated the requirements of the site and produced a design for a Mutrator packaged system which was subsequently accepted. The ...

Feb. 26, 2010

By NOV (manufacturer of Mono™ products)

The Dangers of Uncalibrated Activated Sludge Simulation Packages

ABSTRACTActivated sludge simulation packages are useful tools, but it can be dangerous to rely on them ifthey are used incorrectly. How dangerous? To determine potential pitfalls, we compared theactivated sludge tank volumes predicted by three simulation packages used directly out-of-theboxwithout calibration. We sought to identify the underlying reason for differences in predictedrequired ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Corrugator Wastewater Reuse Results Containerboard Packaging

Corrugator Wastewater Treatment Success Corrugator Wastewater Reuse The previous wastewater treatment was composed of the following chemicals: an acidic coagulant, caustic for pH adjustment, and ...

Mar. 28, 2006

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

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