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Misleading green claims on plastic bags cop fines – New Zealand
Posted on September 8, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMisleading green claims on plastic bags cop fines | Scoop News. "A manufacturer of plastic rubbish bags has been fined $30,000 in the Auckland District Court for breaches of the Fair Trading Act in relation to environmental claims that were...
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Revilla wife wants nationwide plastics ban – Philippines
Posted on July 22, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsRevilla wife wants nationwide plastics ban | ABS-CBN News. If Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla’s House Bill 106 gets approved, plastic bags will be a thing of the past nationwide after 3 years. Revilla’s bill essentially legislates for the whole country what...
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Campbell Newman should be applauded for axing plans to add to shopping costs by banning plastic bags – Australia
Posted on July 15, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsEditorial: Campbell Newman should be applauded for axing plans to add to shopping costs by banning plastic bags | The Courier-Mail. This is misleading article designed to scare the public into thinking something bad would happen to them if this...
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Which bags kill planet Earth faster – plastic or paper? – Russia
Posted on July 14, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWhich bags kill planet Earth faster - plastic or paper? - English pravda.ru. The research center of Superjob.ru recruitment portal wondered what common people think on the subject. It turned out that respondents (1,600 people from 230 settlements of the...
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Minister rules out plastic bag ban in Queensland – Australia
Posted on July 14, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMinister rules out plastic bag ban in Queensland | Coffs Coast Advocate. The state government in Queensland is showing it self time and time again it is willing to forgo the environment just to get a few jobs happy. This...
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A biodegradable bag to end the reign of plastic -India
Posted on July 6, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA biodegradable bag to end the reign of plastic - Hindustan Times. Imagine a plastic bag which will vanish completely if you keep it out in the open for some months and will not even harm the environment. It would...
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Summer of 2013 a busy time for plastic bag bans – USA
Posted on July 4, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSummer of 2013 a busy time for plastic bag bans - News - Plastics News. As summer heats up across the country, so are efforts to rid communities of single use plastic shopping bags. Across California bag bans and taxes continue...
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Scotland to unveil 5p carrier bag charge by 2014
Posted on July 4, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsScotland to unveil 5p carrier bag charge by 2014 | Packaging News | Jobs | Production | Design | Innovation. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead announced the move today (28 June) which...
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Half of Australia’s territories and states now ban Plastic Bags
Posted on July 1, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsHalf of Australia’s territories and states now ban thin HDPE bags By Plastics News Half of Australia’s states and territories have now banned single-use, lightweight plastic bags, the latest being Tasmania.And while they are Australia’s least-populated states and...
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Ald. Moreno, Environmental Advocates Call For Plastic Bag Ban At Committee Hearing -Illinois
Posted on June 19, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAld. Moreno, Environmental Advocates Call For Plastic Bag Ban At Committee Hearing | Progress Illinois. The average Chicagoan uses 500 plastic bags a year, Moreno said. The “monster” (pictured) represents those bags. About 3.7 million plastic bags are used every...
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