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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti bans plastic bags, foam containers
Posted on September 27, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti bans plastic bags, foam containers - Haiti - MiamiHerald.com. Plastic and foam food containers are everywhere in this enterprising Caribbean nation — clogging canals, cluttering streets and choking ocean wildlife. Now those pesky black plastic bags made...
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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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Plastic bags – New Jersey
Posted on September 2, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastic bags | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com. The commenter below is obviously missing the point. Too many times people get sidetracked by thinking a new law is a loss of their freedom. But...
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More support for plastic bag ban – Australia
Posted on August 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMore support for plastic bag ban - The West Australian. The City of Vincent, which covers inner-city shopping districts Leederville, Mt Lawley and North Perth, has voted to give in-principle support to outlawing non-bio- degradable plastic grocery bags. The proposed bylaw,...
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Plastic, like diamonds, is forever: time to use fewer bags
Posted on July 28, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastic, like diamonds, is forever: time to use fewer bags. Ban the bags. It is that simple. People will complain for a few months then find something else to occupy their thoughts...
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Illinois girl fights bill to ban plastic bag bans
Posted on July 28, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Illinois girl fights bill to ban plastic bag bans. It strikes us as a little odd that causing a 'inconvenience ' to customers is a greater overriding concern than that of...
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Australian states seek federal ban on plastic bags
Posted on July 28, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Australian states seek federal ban on plastic bags. The politics in Australia make it very difficult to get any legislation through. They have a federal government and each state...
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City council again considers plastic-bag ban 07/25/12 – Alaska
Posted on July 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsCity council again considers plastic-bag ban 07/25/12. Ban those plastic bags is a good idea and a necessary one for the future. People will very soon get used to the idea of using their reusable bags. The commented below scoffed...
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Italy replicates US reusable bag challenge
Posted on July 22, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsItaly bag challenge The challenge is open to towns with populations of between 8,000 and 16,000 inhabitants. The participants will tally the purchases made without the use of single-use bags in the stores taking part for a six month period,...
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Mass. bill would require compostable plastic bags
Posted on July 22, 2012 by DrRossH in BioPlastics, Plastic Waste NewsPlastics News - Mass. bill would require compostable plastic bags. While it is good that petroleum based bags are to be banned as they are a huge blight on our waste management problems, how do these...
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