A revolution/evolution in thinking, image and action. The first Earth Day was in 1970. Two years later, the recycling logo was created by a 23-year-old engineering student who entered a competition by the Container Corporation to create a symbol for recycled paper.
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December is very much on the minds of recyclate traders at the moment, and this has helped to start some movement after a subdued November.
Eisengiesserei Mezger, a Swiss iron foundry, expanded its services with a highly automated 3D printing system from ExOne – making the jump into new markets.
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, arrived in New York last week on a solar-powered and emissions-free yacht after a 15-day voyage across the Atlantic. Along with her urgent message on climate change, Thunberg brings something that not many Americans are thinking about right now: flight shame. Thunberg is a non-flyer. She quit flying because of the greenhouse gases that are emitted during flights. Airplanes burn fossil-fuel based jet fuel and air travel is responsible for some 2 percent to 5 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, depending on whose numbers you use.
Almost a third of online shoppers surveyed by UK distributor of protective packaging Macfarlane, said they are prepared to pay more for sustainable packaging.
Hobart City Council has voted 8-4 in favour of a by-law that could see the city become the nation’s first to ban single-use plastics by 2020.
Everybody wants sustainable products, and retailers are putting pressure on manufacturers to deliver goods that satisfy consumers’ new preference for green and clean options…