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Focus! Has a New
Look
We have
recently re-designed our
Focus! newsletter to
include news and
perspectives from the
EPS and UPES® resin
businesses in addition
to the ARCEL® resin
business. As part of
this change we have also
developed this new look
for the newsletter.
Please feel free to
write to us using the
Feedback Section Box
below
box
below.
To view the previous
Focus! issue that
includes stories: ARCEL
Introduces Two New
Grades & UPES Announces
All New Web Site -
click here.
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Feedback Section
Like the new design?
Want to read more about
a specific topic? Want
to share your packaging
reduction or a
sustainable practice
story? Please write to:
sustainablesolutions@novachem.com.
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Special
Earth Day/April 2011 Issue
In this special Earth Day issue,
FOCUS! takes a look back at NOVA
Chemicals' adoption of sustainable
programs and practices at its
production facilities in Ohio and
Pennsylvania.
In This Issue
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Focus! Interview with
John Thayer- EPS
Director
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Two Programs Reducing NOVA Chemicals' Emissions
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NOVA Chemicals Employees
Foster More
Understanding of
Plastics Recycling
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FOCUS! Interview with EPS
Director John Thayer
FOCUS! sat down with NOVA Chemicals
Director of Expandable Polystyrene
Business, John Thayer, to discuss
the re-introduction of Foam Food
Service at the U.S. Congress for
this Earth Day special issue.
Recently the House of
Representatives' cafeterias
switched back to plastic
food service ware from
biodegradable cups and
utensils, which actually
used more energy, cost an
additional $475,000
annually, and had poor
performance. We also asked
John about his role in
spreading the sustainability
message of NOVA Chemicals
and the benefits of EPS.
Here's what John had to say:
For full interview,
click here.
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An Earth
Day Review: Two Programs Reducing
NOVA Chemicals' Emissions
Using landfill methane gas as a
significant fuel source is something
many companies and municipalities
dream about. For a year NOVA
Chemicals has been walking the talk
in a major way at its Painesville,
Ohio manufacturing location. In a
smaller but significant initiative,
offering alternate work schedules to
many employees in Beaver Valley, Pa.
has reduced
carbon emissions.
Read More...
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At Earth Day Expo NOVA Chemicals
Employees Foster More Understanding
of Plastics Recycling
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Employees at NOVA Chemicals
supported local community
activities for Earth Day on
Saturday, April 23,
including the Green
Lifestyles Expo at our
neighbor, the Mall at
Robinson in Pittsburgh.
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