September 2012 - Page 4 of 5 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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No let-up in implementation of anti-plastic bags ordinance – Philippines
Posted on September 19, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNo Let up in Plastic bag ban This was after a department store in the city was reported to have remained defiant to calls to stop using plastic bags and insists that what it is using as packaging are biodegradable,...
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BC gets top marks for 2011 milk recycling efforts – Canada
Posted on September 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsBC gets top marks for 2011 milk recycling efforts | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. British Columbians get top marks for their milk carton recycling efforts as over 15 million milk containers were returned to participating Return-It Depots in 2011. “The...
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Yukon recycler diverts landfill plastic by changing it back to oil – Canada
Posted on September 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsYukon recycler diverts landfill plastic by changing it back to oil | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. It can process 240 kilograms of plastic per day, generating enough oil to heat some 70 homes. At the same time, it is...
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Study Finds Ingeo™ Biopolymer Stable in Landfills with No Statistically Significant Quantity of Methane Released
Posted on September 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsStudy Finds Ingeo™ Biopolymer Stable in Landfills with No Statistically Significant Quantity of Methane Released | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. This article should have been titled " Study finds that Biodegradation claims by...
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Toronto students push council for ‘clamshell’ recycling
Posted on September 11, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsToronto students push council for 'clamshell' recycling | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. City has been working closely with retailers to help get clamshell packages down to one specific type that would use polyethylene terephthalate It took a group of Grade...
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Ban on plastic to be reality soon in State – India
Posted on September 11, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsBan on plastic to be reality soon in State. This city generates about 225 tonnes of plastic waste every day. That is a mountain by any standard, as the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) tells us. Posing an enormous environmental...
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Green Matter: Biopolymers help green the event industry
Posted on September 10, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsGreen Matter: Biopolymers help green the event industry | PlasticsToday.com. It is not sure that compostable plastics are the answer to plasic waste especially in areas where there is no composting. In some European countries, they seem to be leading on...
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Warrant articles would ban most plastic bags, Styrofoam in Brookline – Brookline, Massachusetts – USA
Posted on September 10, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWarrant articles would ban most plastic bags, Styrofoam in Brookline - Brookline, Massachusetts - Brookline TAB. She said she decided to submit the article after reading a book about massive amounts of plastic floating in the ocean. She said she...
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Panalipdan rues politics, econ in plastic ban – Philippines
Posted on September 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPanalipdan rues politics, econ in plastic ban | Sun.Star. He added that the change of the material is not the most pressing problem but "the people's behavior on where, when and how to dispose plastics properly." "There's no assurance that those...
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Landfill Gas Trigeneration Plant Supplies Heat, Power & Cooling to Coca-Cola – Waste Mangagement World
Posted on September 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalLandfill Gas Trigeneration Plant Supplies Heat, Power & Cooling to Coca-Cola - Waste Mangagement World. Mas Energy said that the facility includes a vacuum collection system that captures methane gas from a nearby landfill, which is converted the...
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