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Brambles says US pallets demand falls
Madrid :: Spain | about 6 hours ago
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Brambles chief executive Tom Gorman told the ABC's Inside Business program that Brambles had a total of about 75 million pallets in the US, with about four million "excess" coming into this fiscal year. He said Brambles was predicting a reduction in pallet...
Tags: Mr Gorman, Eastern Europe, big bounce, Spain, Madrid, Packaging, Pallet, Business Finance
Report: Man's truck contained melons, 800 pounds of pot
Orlando :: FL :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility A semi truck driver has been arrested after more than 800 pounds of marijuana were discovered inside his truck at a weigh station on Interstate 75. Department of Transportation officials charged Richard Garfield Coulton, 31, of Orlando, with trafficking...
Tags: Orlando, Truck, Packaging, Weigh station, Pallet, Law Crime
Black mark for 'green' bags
Sydney :: Australia | about 22 hours ago
Credibility IGA supermarkets around Australia have failed to decompose as advertised during independent tests, raising serious questions over green marketing claims. About 60 million of the plastic bags, bearing the brand name Goody and produced by packaging company...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Plastics, Containers, Plastic shopping bag, Plastic bag, Biodegradation, Recyclable materials, Packaging, Shopping bags
Penang marts must observe ‘No Plastic Monday’ from Jan
George Town :: Cayman Islands | 1 day ago
Credibility Effective January next year, all hypermarkets, supermarkets and minimarkets will have to comply with the �No Plastic Monday� if they want to get their licences renewed. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said those applying for new licences will also have to...
Tags: Cayman Islands, George Town, Queensbay Mall, Lim Guan Eng, Plastic, Bag, Packaging, Penang, Plastic bag, Politics, Municipal Council of Penang Island
Dell makes new green move with bamboo packaging
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility It's being used everywhere from floorboards to tableware to inline skates and T-shirts, as consumers increasingly seek out products considered gentler on the Earth...Starting Tuesday, the molded cushions that protect two of Dell's computer models from...
Tags: Dell Inc., Dell Mini, Oliver Campbell, Seattle, Dell, Bamboo, Recycling, Packaging and labeling, Recyclable materials, Netbooks, Packaging, Environment, Technology Internet
Plastic bottles are safe, claims forum
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 2 days ago
Credibility The use of plastic water bottles is safe, says the Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF). It chairman Lim Kok Boon said plastic or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles had been subjected to the US Food and Drugs Administration�s (FDA) review and regulations...
Tags: plastics bottled, PET, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Bottles, Plastics, Plastic bottle, Polyethylene terephthalate, Plastic, Recyclable materials, Packaging, Containers, Human Interest, Environment
Ban on plastic bags now gets thicker
Gāndhīnagar :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Plastic bags of 20 micron have already been banned. State government sources said that non-recyclable laminated plastic/metallic pouches, multilayered packaging, and other non-recyclable plastic too would be prohibited. Biodegradable plastic bags or...
Tags: plastic bag, India, Gāndhīnagar, Containers, Plastic, Biodegradable plastic, Bioplastic, Recyclable materials, Packaging, Plastics, Environment
Food safety measures reviewed
Doha :: Qatar | 2 days ago
Credibility The National Food Safety Committee in a recent meeting has recommended continuation of the ban on Indian eggs and discussed various other issues pertaining to public health including the quality of saffron sold in the market, use of stapler pins on tea...
Tags: National Food Safety Committee, plastic bags, tea bags, Qatar, Doha, Containers, Tea bag, Plastic bag, Plastic, Saffron, Packaging, Medicinal plants, Tea
Monterey Peninsula: Plastic bag recycling gets easier
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility But for shoppers still in the habit of taking groceries home in plastic bags, the Monterey Regional Waste Management District has made recycling them as easy as recycling bottles and cans. Through the bag-in-bag program, the district offers pickup service...
Tags: plastics bag, Monterey Peninsula, Monterey City Disposal Service, Angela Brantley, Jeff Lindenthal, film plastics, recycle bins, bag recycle, waste manager, Monterey, Containers, Packaging, Plastic bag, Plastic recycling, Plastic, Recyclable materials, Recycling, Plastics, Environment
Champagne sealers tipped a winner
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility THE tradition of popping a cork from a champagne bottle and chucking it out is over. Hackney-based firm Zork has developed a resealable sparkling wine closure which, it says, benefits producers, consumers and the environment.
Tags: SPK, spk closure, Zork, Australia, Sydney, Alternative wine closures, Bottle, Sparkling wines, Screw cap, Cork material, Packaging, Glass bottles, Recyclable materials
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