CooperVision Production Site Receives Environmental Sustainability Honors

SAN RAMON, Calif.—CooperVision announced in June that its manufacturing facility in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, received top honors at the 15th annual Puerto Rico Sustainability Best Practices, Health and Safety Summit. The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA) recognized the site with six awards for its programs and practices relating to its sustainability, and occupational health and safety commitments, according to the announcement. The company was given the Platinum Recycling Award, which is presented to an organization that exemplifies best practice standards in alternate energy and sustainability by achieving greater than 90 percent recycling rates, as reported in VMAIL.

Renewable Carbon Initiative Publishes a Position Paper Outlining the Importance of Chemical and Physical Recycling

HÜRTH, Germany—Chemical and physical recycling play essential roles in realizing the objectives of the Green Deal and advancing the circular economy, according to the Renewable Carbon Initiative’s (RCI) latest position paper titled, Home - Goals and Vision of the Renewable Carbon Initiative. RCI advocates for a pragmatic approach, emphasizing that while closed-loop recycling is a noble goal for sectors such as packaging, textiles and automobiles, it should not be approached too dogmatically. Flexibility is essential to prevent environmental and economic inefficiencies, RCI said.

Ray-Ban Presents Pulse Collection, With Bio-Based Styles

What’s New: Ray-Ban, from EssilorLuxottica, is presenting nine new next-generation silhouettes as part of its new Ray-Ban Pulse collection.

Europa Shares Bio-Based DB4K React Collection, Named Finalist in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards

What’s New: Europa Eyewear’s DB4K React collection of flexible eyewear for kids has been named a finalist in the Consumer Products category of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards.

The Environmental Protection Agency Allocates Funding for the Clean School Bus Program

NEWARK, N.J.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps to lessen the impact of diesel gas pollution from aging school buses on the environment. More than $6.7 million has been allocated for the purchase of clean propane autogas buses in round three of the EPA's Clean School Bus Program funding, according to a statement from the Propane Education and Research Council. Fifty-eight districts have been tentatively selected to receive a total of 269 propane autogas buses to replace the nation's aging diesel bus fleet.