September 2012 - Page 3 of 5 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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ReCommunity Opens Tucson Recycling Facility
Posted on September 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsReCommunity Opens Tucson Recycling Facility | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Following a $7 million investment in a brand new, state-of-the-art processing facility, ReCommunity began serving the City of Tucson in July. At full capacity, the fully-automated facility will create...
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Alcoa, Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful Launch “Action to Accelerate Recycling” Commitment to Increase U.S. Recycling Rates
Posted on September 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAlcoa, Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful Launch “Action to Accelerate Recycling” Commitment to Increase U.S. Recycling Rates | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. The U.S. recycling rate lags the rest of the world, which has financial and environmental implications:...
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Our Plastic polluted oceans
Posted on September 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic & WildlifeLast night we went to a presentation by Charles Moore, who is credited with discovering the plastic Pacific Garbage Patch. The region NE of Hawaii that has a higher concentration of plastic bits then the rest of the Pacific due...
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City of Toronto Bag Ban
Posted on September 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsCity of Toronto Bag Ban | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Again we see the plastic bag manufacturers tryig to steer the plastic bag conversation to the production side of the bag only. They do not care about what happens...
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National container deposit scheme crushed by Australian Senate
Posted on September 21, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNational container deposit scheme crushed by Australian Senate. This is so bad for the Australian evironment. If you read the comments by the people who wrote in on this they all say is should have been passed without a 2nd...
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Catalyst: Plastic Oceans – ABC TV Science – Australia
Posted on September 20, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsCatalyst: Plastic Oceans - ABC TV Science. This is a very good short video of the problems of plastic. If only more people could watch this video we would all be better off. Even in this video they are begging for...
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New Study Shows Alternatives to Extended Producer Responsibility Achieve High Recycling Rates with Less Cost and Administrative Bureaucracy
Posted on September 19, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNew Study Shows Alternatives to Extended Producer Responsibility Achieve High Recycling Rates with Less Cost and Administrative Bureaucracy | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. We wonder when an industry group who fights any change to bring any environmental benefits to...
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PepsiCo Dream Machine Recycle Rally(TM) Launches 2012/2013 Contests and Continues to Inspire K-12 Students to Recycle
Posted on September 19, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPepsiCo Dream Machine Recycle Rally(TM) Launches 2012/2013 Contests and Continues to Inspire K-12 Students to Recycle | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Since the Dream Machine Recycle Rally launched in 2010, more than 500,000 students in approximately 900 schools in...
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Gretta Monahan Highlights Plastics–and Recycled Plastics–in Fashion at New York Fashion Week
Posted on September 19, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsGretta Monahan Highlights Plastics--and Recycled Plastics--in Fashion at New York Fashion Week | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Gretta pointed out that well-known designers and brands, such as Rebecca Taylor and Patagonia, are using recycled plastics in clothing and accessories...
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Rexam Hosts “Cans for Cash” Recycling Event to Help the Environment and Raise Money for Local Charity -USA
Posted on September 19, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsRexam Hosts "Cans for Cash" Recycling Event to Help the Environment and Raise Money for Local Charity | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. They stated 65% recycling rate for alumimum cans in the USA. Yet there is only approximately 5%...
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