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Pharmaceuticals in Reverse Supply Chain Now Hazardous Waste

Material Handling and Logistics

A new rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that prescription pharmaceuticals sent from healthcare facilities to reverse distributors must be regulated as solid waste and evaluated for hazardous classification at the healthcare facility before they are shipped.

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The Principles of Waste-Free Product

Bringg

In this post I will try to quickly explain the top level, most important principles on how to develop a waste-free product flow. One reports suggests that 45% of features are never used, and are a waste of time for the product, design and R&D teams. Isn’t this the definition of a project company? Rather, I will cover: ?

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To protect and preserve: How packaging can help prevent food loss and waste

World Food Programme Logistics

To mark World Food Day, which shines the spotlight on the issue of food waste, I sit over a coffee with WFP’s packaging expert Carole Manceau. and waste?—?which Manceau explains: “When food is lost or wasted, all of the natural resources and energy that went into producing, processing, transporting and distributing it are also wasted.

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Sustainable Strategy: Eco Friendly Packaging

GoShip Blog

With the skyrocketing online shopping demands due to COVID-19, eye-catching plastic packaging waste has unfortunately become a serious environmental issue which has become a rising concern among consumers in recent years. . Producing little to zero environmental waste . What are the considerations for eco-friendly packaging?

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DCSA Publishes Complete Framework of Just-in-Time Standards for Main Port Call Activities

Shipping and Freight Resource

Latest release of DCSA’s Just-in-Time Port Call Programme provides interface standards and API definitions for all 50 port call event timestamps. To provide a global industry framework that preserves investments, DCSA collaborated with ITPCO¹ and IMO² to align port call data definitions to existing standards. About DCSA.

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What Is Upcycling?

Compactor Management Company

Upcycling involves using waste materials to create new products, thereby reducing overall consumption. It’s a way of creative reusing and extending the lifespan of materials or items, instead of them being discarded as waste. Upcycling has several key benefits, starting with reducing waste in landfills. How do you Upcycle?

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A Complete Guide to Shipping Hazardous Materials

Blue Grace Logistics

This term applies to things like hazardous substances and wastes, marine pollutants, and elevated-temperature material. Class 9 – Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods: Including things like environmentally hazardous substances, elevated temperature material, hazardous wastes, and marine pollutants. These are critical to safe passage.