Manufacturers could save up to £110m a year by taking simple low and no cost actions to improve their compressed air systems and processes, according to new guidance published by the Carbon Trust.
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A local farmer is reaping the rewards of a land restoration project that has seen British Gypsum's Kirkby Thore manufacturing site close its gypsum waste landfill and restore the site back to grazing. The restoration follows the introduction of a waste reduction programme that led to all gypsum waste being recycled, enabling the company to achieve its target of zero production waste to landfill.
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Logistics specialist Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract to manage a second service centre for pallet and container pooling business CHEP.
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International steel business Sheffield Forgemasters has reached a record recycling rate of 90 per cent, and has started making money from selling-on waste products for re-use.
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A new support scheme has been launched to help small Welsh manufacturing firms to save money and help the environment by increasing the amount of recycled content in their products, processes and packaging.
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A new one ounce United Future World Currency coin made entirely from recycled silver produced by Cookson Precious Metals in the UK is to be officially unveiled in Berlin on Saturday (29 January).
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BMI Trailers, a leading manufacturer and supplier of waste ejector trailers and kerbside recycling vehicles, will be acting as the main Northern Ireland dealer for Edbro's new range of hydraulic skiploader and hooklift systems. The move comes as a natural progression for BMI Trailers as it has recently moved into new, larger premises and is able to deliver top-level dealership servicing, maintenance and technical support for the Edbro range, reducing costs and lead times for local customers.
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Renold Hi-Tec Couplings has been awarded the ISO 14001 - Environmental Management System (EMS) – standard. Renold was prompted to work for the accreditation by a recognition of the need to become more environmentally conscious and of the desire of an increasing number of suppliers who want to deal with companies who can prove their commitment to the environment.
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Packaging group DS Smith today (9 December) said that it was "undertaking steps to align ... employees with the aims of the group" and intends to "reduce ... exposure to paper manufacturing".
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2009 Best Factory Award winner InterfaceFLOR is celebrating a month during it has stacked up further accolades for its 'Mission Zero' pledge to eliminate any negative impact it has on the environment by 2020.
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European Metal Packaging (Empac), the association bringing together European producers of rigid metal packaging, has announced an extension to the deadline for the student competition Empac Challenge – The Next 200 Years to coincide with Empac's participation at Interpack in May 2011, the world's most important trade fair for the packaging industry.
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Mitsubishi Electric UK has launched an end-of-life scheme for all air conditioning equipment, under which the return and disposal of equipment will be managed by its logistics partner Norbert Dentressangle (NDL).
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Steam systems specialist Spirax-Sarco Engineering reported improvements in sales and profits and said today that it had seen an improvement in trading conditions although Europe's recovery remained "fragile and mixed". It had made good progress implementing a global manufacturing strategy which is expected to yield cost savings that will begin in 2011 and build to full savings of about £4 million a year in 2012.
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Motors and drives specialist ABB has announced that its recycling programme has this year recycled 13 tonnes of waste variable speed drives, recovering over 90 per cent of their component materials by weight.
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What is being described today as a milti-million pound deal has been struck to form what is being claimed as the UK's largest manufacturer and supplier of recycled rubber garden products. The new company, officially launched at the end of January is called Re-Bound and has been formed by recycled garden products specialist Bob Jones (pictured) and recycling expert Peter O'Kane.
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The failure of the Copenhagen climate change summit's failure to reach a stronger agreement that would place all countries on a level footing with the same targets to reduce emissions poses a threat to manufacturing production and investment in the UK, it was claimed today (21 December).
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Britain's manufacturers are improving their environmental performance and reducing emissions through clearer incentives and rewards, according to a new survey.
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Condiments, chutneys and dressings manufacturer and distributor, The English Provender Company, says it is reducing the material used in its jars to benefit the environment in a number of ways, including cutting transport costs.
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The UK needs to step up its efforts to become a premier location for low carbon industries if it is not to risk losing out on a slice of a £4.5 trillion business opportunity. This is the key message from a major report released today (16 November) examining how the UK rates as a location for low carbon industries.
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A new report unveiled in London today (8 October) suggests that more UK companies need to be setting carbon emission reduction targets. This year's Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) FTSE 350 Report lists manufacturers Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser among the UK corporations leading efforts in both performance and disclosure to tackle climate change.
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A new initiative claiming to be capable of saving £1000 per employee by changing manufacturers' approach to the way they deal with waste was launched today (1 October).
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A package of measures designed to help manufacturers realise what are believed to be £150 billion worth of opportunities arising from a low carbon economy have been announced by the manufacturers' organisation EEF.
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Power business Ener-G has opened an additional factory in Salford, Greater Manchester, to keep pace with worldwide demand for its renewable and energy efficient technologies.
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Manufacturers are missing out on the opportunity to make far more efficient use of environmental resources to achieve greater cost savings and prepare for an increasingly regulated environmental landscape, according to a major report released today (30 March).
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A new Select Committee report published today (27 March) has expressed concern that engineering is not sufficiently promoted as a worthwhile, challenging and exciting career option. It advocates that engineering features more prominently in the provision of careers advice at schools and has pointed to a possible ‘X-factor’ that might help.
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