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New Zealand – company develops waste-reducing recyclable labels

NZ company Fonterra has developed a label that can be recycled along with the plastic wrap that goes around pallets of goods in order to reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill. AP-foodtechnology.com reports that the company has been working closely with suppliers Walker Datavision (WDV) to …

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Italy – study shows wood recycling saved 2.5 Mt C02

Wood recycling can help reduce the emission greenhouse gases: each recycled kg is a 1.03 CO2 kg reduction. That‘‘s what an Ecobilancio research reveals, accoridng to Italian news agency AGI. In Italy, over the past 4 years, wood recycling has increased considerably, reaching 57 per cent in 2002, and 60 …

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