How Aviation Is Stepping Up Sustainability
The R&D programs underway to transition the aviation industry to a net-zero carbon producer.
Source: www.mro-network.com
The R&D programs underway to transition the aviation industry to a net-zero carbon producer.
Source: www.mro-network.com
Following the retirement of L’Oréal’s VP of Research and Innovation, Barbara Lavernos, the groups Chief Technologies and Operations Officer, will head up the French giant’s new Research, Innovation and Technologies department…
REDDITCH-based Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has launched a campaign to encourage people to recycle their empty aerosol cans. Running until February 21, ‘the lonely aerosol’ will see social media users targeted with a series of creative digital animations. Sharing best practice recycling advice, each animated character has been specifically created to represent the diversity of aerosol containers found in the home. From ‘Pump up the Volume’ a glamorous hairspray can to ‘Any Old Oil’ a wise old oil can, the fun personalities aim to show viewers the critical importance of aerosol recycling. The campaign is part of a wider cross-industry programme, spearheaded by Alupro and run in partnership with members Ball Aerocan and the British Aerosol Manufacturers association (BAMA), which seeks to establish a proper baseline for aerosol recycling rates.
ERFA said it strongly supports the proposal for a Regulation by the European Commission establishing measures for a sustainable rail market in view of the COVID-19 pandemic: “ERFA believes the proposal will give Member States the necessary flexibility to take concrete actions to assist the rail freight sector during the ongoing COVID crisis.” It said the proposal will allow Member States and infrastructure managers (IMs) to waive or reduce track access charges as well as reservation charges.
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