April 2012 - Page 5 of 8 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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What a waste! Why reducing rubbish might not make sense
Posted on April 14, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsWhat a waste! Why reducing rubbish might not make sense. This is a fine example of people talking about issues who either know nothing about them but are using credentials to try to establish...
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Compost control | Kinks are still being worked out of food scrap composting program
Posted on April 12, 2012 by DrRossH in BioPlasticsCompost control | Kinks are still being worked out of food scrap composting program. While composting has great potential to rid us of plastics, the practicality of getting compostable plastic separated out from normal plastic and then collected to take...
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Encouraging responsible waste disposal
Posted on April 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEncouraging responsible waste disposal | Blogs | Main. Our generation of waste is a big problem. Not only the amount of it, but the way in which we dispose of it. This is a pretty big topic, and we could...
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A national container deposit scheme the cheapest option for industry
Posted on April 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA national container deposit scheme the cheapest option for industry | Blogs | Main. Well written reply on the RIS report that looked at the costs of various packing waste elimination schemes. The report concluded with advocating an industry promise...
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Fresh & Easy Brings Back Popular Design-A-Bag Contest | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine
Posted on April 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsFresh & Easy Brings Back Popular Design-A-Bag Contest | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. An example of people or companies pushing the need to use reusable bags at the grocery store rather than the thin disposable bags.
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Plastic-free Saturdays proposed in Cebu City Philippines
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastic-free Saturdays proposed in Cebu City | Sun.Star. It started out as a good law but some of it seems to be weakening under business lobbying pressure.
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Southeast Louisiana Turns to Greener, Grocery Bag Options
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSusan Buchanan: Southeast Louisiana Turns to Greener, Grocery Bag Options. Most of the details in this are correct except for bags not biodegrading in a landfill due to no oxygen there. The newer landfill-biodegradable...
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Bottled Water Industry Wages Agressive Campaign On Tap Water
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsBottled Water Industry Wages Agressive Campaign On Tap Water | Care2 Causes. The industry in the US is worth $22 billion a year and sales are increasing at a rate of 5.4 per cent annually. On an even more depressing side...
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No More Single Use Plastic Bottles At Grand Canyon
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNo More Single Use Plastic Bottles At Grand Canyon | Care2 Causes. Something is going on in the background that no one wants to talk about it seems in reagrds to disposable plastic water bottles. Congratulations to the park...
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Germany’s IK slams EC’s bag ban plans
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsGermany’s IK slams EC’s bag ban plans | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. It is interesting to note that Germany already orten charges for bags at the till and the fee includes a...
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