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carbon dioxide

13 Apr 2021

Carbon negative flooring: Carpet tiles now available in S.A

By Staff Writer

Interface, a leading global modular flooring producer, has launched what it claims is the world’s first range of carbon-negative flooring: carpet tiles that deplete the atmosphere of harmful carbon dioxide. To achieve this milestone, Interface, which has KBAC Flooring as South African distributors, had to transform key manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA, and...
18 Feb 2021

Rio-Carb R-C700 wear liner plate is the ‘green steel’ alternative

By Staff Writer

As a market leader in wear solutions for the mining and related industries, R-C700 long-life liner plate from Rio-Carb offers the benefit of significantly reduced greenhouse (GHG) emissions for its customers. This is because these liners, featuring a chromium carbide (CrC) overlay, outlast quenched and tempered products by a factor of eight. Therefore the carbon...
27 May 2020

Evonik and Beiersdorf partner on project to turn CO2 into care products

By Staff Writer

Beiersdorf and Evonik have entered into a research partnership to develop sustainable raw materials for care products using carbon dioxide as the starting material. Beiersdorf is on the lookout for new sources of raw materials that will also reduce the company’s carbon footprint. One option here is artificial photosynthesis technology. The idea: with the aid...
08 Aug 2019

NOSA Testing for CO2 analysis and testing is now accredited

By Staff Writer

When it comes to beverages, carbon dioxide (CO2) provides effervescence, a level of acidity and some protection against microbiological growth without the beverage looking, smelling or tasting strange, and without any undesirable levels of trace impurities. The food industry also employs carbon dioxide for food processing applications, such as chilling and freezing, modified atmosphere packaging...