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Packaging award winners highlight collaboration and security


May 17, 2013 9:06 am ET

WILMINGTON, DEL. — In remote villages in sub-Saharan Africa, medicine can be hard to find, while Coca-Cola is virtually everywhere.

Biopolymer maker BioAmber raises $80 million in IPO


May 17, 2013 2:27 pm ET

MINNEAPOLIS — Sustainable chemical maker BioAmber Inc. raised $80 million in an initial public offering of its stock on May 10.

Plasticity comes to Hong Kong to tackle plastic waste


May 16, 2013 12:41 pm ET

HONG KONG -- Following its inaugural conference on plastic waste issues on the sidelines of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil last year, the Plasticity conference is coming to Hong Kong in early June.

Colson Caster wins incentive for energy efficiency


May 16, 2013 12:00 pm ET

MONETTE, ARK. — Colson Caster Corp., a manufacturer of caster and wheel products, picked up a cash incentive check from a local utility for installing insulating blankets on its injection molding machines.

Nampak four-pint bottle is industry first


May 16, 2013 11:55 am ET

CONSETT, ENGLAND — Plastic milk bottle manufacturer Nampak Plastics Europe Ltd. claims to have supplied the world's first four-pint milk bottle containing up to 30 percent recycled high density polyethylene.

BASF boosts green packaging options


May 16, 2013 11:53 am ET

LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY — BASF SE has added to its Ecovio range of compostable and partially bio-based plastic with formulations suitable for thermoforming and injection molding.

Some Australian hospitals recycling PVC medical waste


May 15, 2013 11:24 am ET

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — A recycling program operating in two Australian states — Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) — has turned 33,000 pounds of hospital PVC waste into industrial hoses and non-slip floor mats.

New Massachusetts zero waste plan to include incineration


May 13, 2013 12:04 pm ET

BOSTON — The governor of Massachusetts issued a new 10-year Solid Waste Master Plan that will use incineration, among other initiatives, to help the state reach its zero waste goals, according to a government news release.

Hong Kong eyes expanding plastic bag ban


May 9, 2013 11:55 am ET

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's government wants to expand its 4-year-old ban on free plastic shopping bags to cover the vast majority of retailers in the densely-populated city, saying the measure is needed to reduce a landfill space crunch.

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