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Council, residents praise plastic bag ban in Ukiah California
Posted on March 13, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsCouncil, residents praise plastic bag ban - Ukiah Daily Journal. "This to me is about changing people's habits and giving them some idea of the true cost to the environment," said Mayor Mary Anne Landis, adding that she was "very...
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Aspen Colorado bag ban set to begin
Posted on March 13, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAspen bag ban set to begin | AspenTimes.com. Colorado city, Aspen joins the group of people aware of what their city wants their future to look like.
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East Africa plans to ban use of plastics
Posted on March 13, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsEast Africa plans to ban use of plastics. As stated above, the people in those regions are generally quite poor and even a plastic bag to them has some value. Only when it...
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UAE brings forward ban on disposable plastics
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsUAE brings forward ban on disposable plastics. We applaud the UAE for this stance, it is necessary for sheer volume of disposable plastic now being manufactured. Unfortunately they have not made a wise...
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Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread. These bans are an important part of moving into the future with a cleaner and more sustainable environment for us all. ...
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Austin, Texas, passes bag ban
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Austin, Texas, passes bag ban. Austin joins the list of forward looking cities who recognise the damage these plastic bags do to the environment. Now if they could get a state wide container deposit scheme in place...
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Fremantle to ban plastic bags – Perth, Western Australia
Posted on March 8, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLike other cities, these people are realising the damage all these plastic bags are causing. Australia uses approximately 6 billion bags a year. That is a lot of bags loose in the environment, clogging drains, littering the streets and...
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Monster Bag campaign in Dubai gets drastic about plastic
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulationsgulfnews : Monster Bag campaign in Dubai gets drastic about plastic. Yet another locailty realises the damage that plastic bags cause and are getting rid of them by replacing them with reusable bags.
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Why ban plastic bags? Make them degradable
Posted on March 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMichael Laurier: Why ban plastic bags? Make them degradable Where do we start with such a marketing snow job done in that above article. First for Annelisa, these bags Symphony talk about are not biodegradable. They are called Oxodegradable. They are...
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Coalition fights San Francisco bag ban
Posted on March 2, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWhile the Philippines are passing laws to protect their economy from the flooding caused by plastic bag blocked drains, and the large pollution aspect, the USA is mired down with law suits to try to do the same. Plastics News...
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