Probably the best ____ in the world: Upcycling and Lightweighting

Danish brewing multinational Carlsberg has embarked on a major private sector initiative, involving many of its main suppliers, on the upcycling of beer cans, bottles and other packaging. Upcycling is the conversion of used materials into materials of equivalent or better quality. The Carlsberg initiative will address the need for greater resource efficiency and reuse...

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New version of the ‘Blue Guide’ on the implementation of EU product rules 

The new ‘Blue Guide’ has been published.  It builds on the on the content of the Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach (the “Blue Guide”) published back in 2000, but reflects the modernisation brought to the legal framework in the past decade.  This new version of...

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Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation – Classify and label your mixtures in time for 2015 Deadline

From 1 June 2015, the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation will be the only legislation that applies to the classification and labelling of both substances and mixtures in the EU.   The CLP Regulation has applied in fact to substances since 1 December 2010 but now, mixtures come into play. CLP requires companies to...

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A standard to measure your water footprint

Water Footprint is becoming more well known – Water an expensive resources which may have just got easier thanks to a new ISO International Standard. ISO 14046, Environmental management – Water footprint – Principles, requirements and guidelines will allow all kinds of organizations, from industry, to government and NGOs the means to measure their ‘water footprint’, or...

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