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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 26]
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HEADLINES
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- GM expands landfill-free efforts
- Toilet technology recycles water, produces waste heat
- Tom’s of Maine eyes potatoes for biodegradable packaging
- Walmart, Fox Campaign Promotes Eco-Brands
- Korea tests electric road and buses
- Ford adds rice to F-150 truck mix
- Coca-Cola offers savings to greenest customers
- Call2Recycle named first battery recycling plan approved by NY State
- Electrolux Helps Consumers Monitor Water Use
- CleanTech One officially opens in Singapore’s first eco-business park
- Waste CO2 could be a source of power
- Command Packaging to open agricultural plastic recycling center
- More resources to rise from ashes
- Ameripen IDs Top 3 Packaging Recovery Practices
- UK’s first cradle-to-cradle demonstration set for East London
- Environment Ministry to test-run forecasts of fine dust levels in Seoul area
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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GM expands landfill-free efforts
General Motors’ Rayong engine plant in Thailand and Cheongna proving ground in Korea are now landfill-free, bringing the company’s total to 33 sites throughout Asia that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all of their daily waste.
Toilet technology recycles water, produces waste heat
ReAqua Systems’ toilet technology recycles wastewater from baths, showers and some sinks for use in flushing toilets and can extract heat from the greywater, feeding it back into the central heating system.
Tom’s of Maine eyes potatoes for biodegradable packaging
Tom’s of Maine is studying the viability of using non-GMO potatoes that otherwise would be tossed in the garbage as feedstock for biodegradable packaging.
Walmart, Fox Campaign Promotes Eco-Brands
Walmart and Twentieth Century Fox have partnered to promote eco-friendly brands including Brita, Burt’s Bees, Glad, Green Works and Clorox and the studio’s home-video launch of “Epic,” an environmentally themed animated film.
Korea tests electric road and buses
South Korean researchers have switched on a new bus route that charges itself. Thought to be the first of its kind, the Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) buses get their charge from buried points in the road, charging while stationary or in motion.
Ford adds rice to F-150 truck mix
Rice is the latest sustainable ingredient to be added to Ford’s F-150 pick-up, the best-selling truck in America.
Coca-Cola offers savings to greenest customers
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will launch this week a fresh campaign designed to help boost the UK’s recycling rates, by offering discounts to families who reuse or recycle their plastic bottles.
Call2Recycle named first battery recycling plan approved by NY State
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has named Call2Recycle the first batter recycling plan under the New York State Rechargable Battery Act.
Electrolux Helps Consumers Monitor Water Use
Consumers have a new partner to help them track their daily water use thanks to appliance manufacturer Electrolux.
CleanTech One officially opens in Singapore’s first eco-business park
Industrial estates developer JTC Corporation opened the first property in Singapore’s first green business park.
Waste CO2 could be a source of power
Dutch scientists have thought up a new use for all the carbon dioxide that pours out from the chimneys of fossil fuel-burning power stations: harvest it for even more electricity.
Command Packaging to open agricultural plastic recycling center
Command Packaging is planning to turn part of the former Firestone plant outside Salinas, California, into a 124,500 square foot recycling facility for plastics from the agricultural industry.
More resources to rise from ashes
Instead of ending up in the Semakau Landfill, more metals found in the incinerator ash will be recovered and given a new lease on life from the second half of next year.
Ameripen IDs Top 3 Packaging Recovery Practices
The white paper, Ameripen Analysis of Strategies and Financial Platforms to Increase the Recovery of Used Packaging, says these three strategies can collectively help shift consumer practices away from waste disposal and towards recycling and other recovery strategies.
UK’s first cradle-to-cradle demonstration set for East London
East London businesses will have the opportunity to see how a truly circular economy could work, after planning permission for the UK’s first industrial scale “cradle-to-cradle” demonstration project was granted.
Environment Ministry to test-run forecasts of fine dust levels in Seoul area
The Environment Ministry said that it will test-run a fine dust forecasting service in Seoul and its adjacent areas starting this weekend before officially expanding the service nationwide early next year.
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