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Cisco's Sustainability 101: What Is E-Waste?

3BL Media

Instead of helping you listen to music, they have now become what is sometimes referred to as e-waste. The European Commission explains that E-waste contains a complex mixture of materials, some of which are hazardous. These can be recycled and re-used if the waste is effectively managed. How much e-waste is there?

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Clorox’s Martinsburg Plant Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill

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Our Litter manufacturing facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia, recently achieved zero-waste-to-landfill, or ZWtL, status. How did you engage and motivate your team to adapt to waste-reducing practices? Were there any unique challenges this team faced during the transition to zero waste to landfill?

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HPRC Publishes Final White Paper on Advanced Recycling for Plastic Hospital Waste

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April 9, 2025 /3BL/ - The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) announces the completion of its groundbreaking multi-year project on the advanced recycling of hospital waste. Advanced recycling technologies can successfully convert hospital waste into valuable products, supporting a circular economy in healthcare.

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Saint-Gobain North America Recognized As Finalist for Three 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards From the National Association of Manufacturers

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Saint-Gobain North America announced today that its team members have been named finalists by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in three 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards categories.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. 📆 November 20th, 2024 at 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM GMT

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Packaging Waste and the Need for Sustainable Improvement

3BL Media

The third is manufactured goods, which contribute primarily to pollution and climate change through heavy material- and energy-intensive industrial activities at the production level. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn.,

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Institute of Physics awards ‘revolutionary’ waste heat-to-electricity technology

Envirotec Magazine

A technology that converts low-temperature waste heat into electricity has earned the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award for FeTu, the Elland-based green energy business behind the approach. A group of blue-chip food production firms, data centres and industrial manufacturers are rigorously trialling the product this winter.

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