March 2012 - Page 7 of 8 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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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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Plastic a threat to the environment – Fiji
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations"Being a non-biodegradable substance, composed of toxic chemicals, plastic pollutes the earth, air and water. A single plastic bag can take up to 1000 years to decay completely. This makes the bags stay in environment longer," Plastic a threat...
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AFP bans non-biodegradable food containers inside Camp Aguinaldo
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations“The convenience we get in using Styrofoam and other non-biodegradable materials is nothing compared to the devastation we get from natural calamities. It is now time that we adjust our habits and start embracing the use of environment friendly materials,...
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Verifying Plastic Biodegradation Claims
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsFrom Del Andrus at Enso Plastics I would like to make sure to clear up some things. I sit on the ASTM biodegradable and recycling of plastics subcommittees D 20.95 & D 20.96 and I have a good insight...
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Incinerator waste recycled on M25
Posted on March 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsIncinerator waste recycled on M25 | News | Materials Recycling Week. Once waste (including platsic) has been incinerated to reclaim the energy content of it for power generation, the ash from the incinerator is finding construction uses.
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Coke to launch new 375ml PET bottle
Posted on March 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsCoke to launch new 375ml PET bottle. This is just what we need yet another plastic bottle to pollute the environment with a manufacturer who cares little for the environment. To reduce plastic bottle...
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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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Baillieu retreats on bottle refund scheme
Posted on March 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAustralian politicians bowing down to corporate desires again. Approx 90% of the electorate want this scheme and a few bottling companies do not, so why is the government of Victoria not listening to the 90% of people who they...
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The World’s Largest Bottle-to-Bottle Plastic Recycling Plant Opens its Doors in Riverside
Posted on March 5, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsA good move. They don't discuss how the bottles are to be collected from the consumer and brought back to this plant however which would have been interesting. Perhaps a bottle deposit scheme would make this very efficient. The World's...
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Explaining the new package recycling labels
Posted on March 2, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste Newswww.how2recycle.info This could help reduce the 'binning' of a lot of plastic and allow it to be recycled. Explaining the new package recycling labels - PlasticsNews.
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