June 2012 - Page 4 of 5 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Recycling Reinvented Hires Outreach Director to Advance U.S. Recycling Through Innovative Model | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine
Posted on June 5, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsRecycling Reinvented Hires Outreach Director to Advance U.S. Recycling Through Innovative Model | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Our current recycling system is not keeping up pace with supply and demand. With EPR, many nations have achieved recycling rates that...
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Waste to Energy Project Could be £1.5 Billion Boost for North West – UK
Posted on June 5, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWaste to Energy Project Could be £1.5 Billion Boost for North West - Waste Mangagement World. According to the company, the facility will convert household and business waste which cannot be easily recycled into heat and up...
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Call to revise EU incineration rules
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalCall to revise EU incineration rules | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. The Europeans are so far ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to addressing handling waste. PWS has...
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Nestle and Tetra Pak unveil recycling vending machines in Malaysian schools | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsNestle and Tetra Pak unveil recycling vending machines in Malaysian schools | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. All the students will be given a swipe card to use in the vending machines and...
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New ISO world standards on packaging given green light
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsNew ISO world standards on packaging given green light | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. We hope this also involves more of 'Extended Producer Responsibility' to enfold the producers of packaging who make...
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New start up aims for top plastic firm spot – UK
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsNew start up aims for top plastic firm spot | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. The investment by Viridis Plastics UK, owned by Ireland-based Viridis Plastics Group, will initially create 30 jobs,...
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Life peer raises question over plastic bag tax – UK
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLife peer raises question over plastic bag tax | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. To ban the bags or charge at least 10 cents for them is...
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Gucci launch eco-friendly shoes
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSky News: Gucci launch eco-friendly shoes. The Italian fashion house's creative director, Frida Giannini, has designed the Sustainable Soles footwear line which includes two styles, one for men and one for women, both made with biodegradable plastic. Last year, the label...
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Industry rallies against national deposit scheme – Australia
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsIndustry rallies against national deposit scheme - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Former journalist Gabriel Lafitte says he has seen the scare campaign all before. "It sounded as though it was a genuine attempt to set up recycling of tin cans...
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County Wants Your Help to Ban the Bag – Half Moon Bay, CA
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsCounty Wants Your Help to Ban the Bag - Half Moon Bay, CA Patch. Ban the bag is the best way to go. We have proved year after year they will not get recycled so not the ban is the...
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