CO2
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SIG Combibloc to reduce energy consumption by 35%
By 2015, SIG Combibloc plans to have reduced CO2 emissions in its production plants world-wide by 40%, energy consumption by 35% and specific waste volumes by 25%. It also plans to increase the percentage of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) -labe…
CO2 | 04 May 2011
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Palsgaard to become CO2 neutral by 2020
Palsgaard has announced its goal of becoming CO2 neutral by 2020. On January 1, 2011, it entered into an agreement to have its electricity supplied from RECS certified green energy from newly established windmill farms in Denmark. "As our production…
CO2 | 01 January 2011
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Working Safely with CO2
Gas analysis helps to prevent fatalities due to carbon dioxide leaks.
CO2 | 01 March 2010
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Palsgaard wins environmental award
Palsgaard has received the Danish environmental award Wise m2 for its CO2 reductions in 2008. For the past four years, Danish building society Realkredit Danmark has been awarding Danish companies that have been reducing their CO2 emissions. …
CO2 | 01 January 2010
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Study shows using carton packaging saves CO2 emissions by up to 60%
A Europe-wide life-cycle assessment for food metal cans, glass jars, carton packs and pouches has now confirmed that using carton packaging saves CO2 emissions and fossil resource consumption by up to 60%. The recent, independently reviewed study …
CO2 | 20 May 2009
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Vanillin gives small CO2 footprint
After several improvements in terms of yield of the raw material and best possible integration, Borregaard, a producer of vanillin from lignin, asked an external institute to analyze the CO2-emissions of vanillin from lignin compared to vanillin from…
CO2 | 24 March 2009
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Shipping plastic bottles to China produces less CO2, says WRAP
A new study by environmental body WRAP released on August 19, 2008 has found that selling the UK’s used plastic bottles and paper for recycling in China saves carbon emissions. Shipping these materials more than 10,000 miles produces less CO2 tha…
CO2 | 04 September 2008
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Sapporo's beer cans to show CO2 emissions
Sapporo Breweries Ltd. said it will list the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the manufacture of each can on the labels of its flagship beer product. Starting in March next year, the major Japanese brewer will indicate how much CO2 is emitt…
CO2 | 23 June 2008
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KIRIN TARGETS CO2 REDUCTION
Kirin has introduced a NAS battery at its Toride plant, allowing it to make effective use of off-peak power. At its Fukuoka plant, Hiroshima brewery and Yokohama plant, the company has installed power solar systems to produce and use energy effi cien…
CO2 | 01 July 2006
