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KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, is pleased to announce that substantial investments, up to $750 000, will be made in its Cascades Enviropac HPM, LLC plant, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By the end of 2012 and beginning 2013, new equipment will be added to modernize the plant and optimize its overall efficiency, from the competitiveness, quality and...
Zhongtian Lighting announced its new product----100W LED Flood Light. This model is upgraded for many aspects. Firstly, its light body is composed of high quality aluminum radiator, high-purity aluminum reflector, and high-strength tempered glass, sealed with anti-aging silicone rubbers. Secondly, its effective thermal diffusion reduces the lamp body temperature, which makes LED flood lights possess the best working condition, so as to ensure the light source and service life. In addition,...
DETROIT, Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Corporate Recycling & Waste Conference (CRWC) is pleased to announce its lineup of distinguished speakers for the second annual event to be held Sept. 10-12 in Orlando, Fla., at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. Todd Fitzgerald, director of corporate sustainability, Costco Wholesale; Joseph Stearns Jr., senior environmental compliance specialist, FedEx Ground; and Alex Sorondo, corporate director of environmental...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Promoting good nutrition and awareness of sustainable packaging benefits among school children are the goals of the Made by Milk Carton Construction Contest, a unique nationwide student design competition launched August 1, 2012. Schools across the U.S. can win up to $5,000 by having classroom teams design and construct creations made from empty school milk cartons. The contest, sponsored by Evergreen Packaging, promotes carton...
USC-led team develops a battery that could help California transition to renewable energy sources A team of researchers has developed a cheap, rechargeable and eco-friendly battery that could be used to store energy at solar power plants for a rainy day. Led by Sri Narayan, professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the team developed an air-breathing battery that uses the chemical energy generated by the oxidation of iron plates that are exposed...
CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Make product storage neat and tidy with poly bags and kraft bin boxes from TriSupplies. TriSupplies (www.TriSupplies.net) offers a wide selection of storage and organization products that are ready to ship from the Chicago warehouse. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120308/MM67087LOGO ) Resealable bags keep products clean and free from moisture; gusseted poly bags have expandable sides and fitted bottoms; or anti-static poly bags...
DETROIT, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to strong demand for its limited-time incentive offer on fluorescent lighting retrofits, DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) has announced that it is expanding its program and extending the deadline to apply. In an effort to meet the demand of business owners investing in newer energy-efficient technology, DTE Energy is offering increased cash incentives on additional lighting measures through August 31, 2012. The incentive bonus is an element of DTE...
ESCONDIDO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flux Power(®) Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: FLUX) today announced that it completed a heralded California study of the extensibility of electric vehicle battery life to household electric storage devices and can now pursue opportunities to develop technology that could extend the useful lifespan of electric vehicle batteries by repurposing them in second life applications. As a result, the addressable worldwide market for Flux Power's...
VIENNA, Ohio, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of BP-free export pallets is particularly important to ensure product safety in the food, produce and pharmaceutical industries. Although banned in the U.S., many of the materials used by overseas pallet manufacturers to prevent mold, insect infestations, and fire hazards, including brominated phenols (TBP), trichlorophenol (TCP), and methyl phenols (MP), can impart strong odors that result in product contamination. The toxicity of...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At this summer's Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach, Plastics Make it Possible(®) partnered with fashion bloggers to highlight the growing role of plastics--and even recycled plastics--in summer clothing and accessories. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111114/LA05519LOGO) On the evening of Friday, July 20, Bloggers Night Out, a network of bloggers who cover fashion, gathered more than 75 colleagues on the rooftop of the Betsy...
Latest Recyclable materials Reference Libraries
Fiberglass consists of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass. Although experimented with throughout history actual glass fibers were not mass produced until the invention of finer machine tooling. A dress with glass fibers was first worn in 1893 by stage actress Georgia Cayvan. Russell Games Slayter invented, in 1938, what is commonly known as fiberglass today. It is commonly used for insulation. Carbon fiber is also a somewhat similar but more expensive technology used in place of...
The incandescent light bulb provides a source of electric light through incandescence. The bulb works by passing current through a filament which heats to a temperature that produces light. The glass bulb that contains the filament prevents oxidation of the hot filament. The bulbs are also called electric lamps. Incandescent bulbs come in a various sizes and voltages. They can range from 1.5 volts to 300, require no external regulating equipment and have low manufacturing costs. They work...
Aluminum (or aluminium) is a soft, lightweight, silvery metal. It is an element in the boron group on the periodic table of elements, with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. On the earth's crust, aluminum is the most abundant metal, and the third most abundant of all elements on the earth's crust, after oxygen and silicon. It accounts for 8% of the weight of the Earth's solid surface. Because aluminum is a highly reactive metal, it doesn't occur in nature in a pure form. Aluminum forms a...
Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789, from the Greek γÏαφειν: "to draw/write", for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. Unlike diamond, graphite is a conductor, and can be used, for instance, as the material in the electrodes of an electrical arc lamp. Occurrence Associated minerals include: quartz, calcite, micas, iron meteorites and tourmalines. Notable occurrences include New York and Texas in the USA, Russia, Mexico, Greenland,...
Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb (L. Plumbum) and atomic number 82. A soft, heavy, toxic and malleable poor metal, lead is bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes to dull gray when exposed to air. Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, and is part of solder, pewter, and fusible alloys. Lead has the highest atomic number of all stable elements. (But see the article on Bismuth, which has a half life so long it can...
