November 2012 - Page 2 of 7 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Recycling boost for UK economy
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Plastics Help Lighten The Holiday Season’s Environmental Footprint
Posted on November 24, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPlastics Help Lighten The Holiday Season's Environmental Footprint | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. While we agree with the message of the American Chemistry council on using recycled plastic items whenever plastic it to...
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Singled out for small portions A Environmental Disaster
Posted on November 23, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSingled out for small portions | Markets | Packaging News | Jobs | Production | Design | Innovation. While manufacturers often cite the rise in demand of single serve packets as their excuse to make more of them, it is...
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Vancouver first to use recyclables for asphalt
Posted on November 23, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsVancouver first to use recyclables for asphalt | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. Drivers in Vancouver will soon be running their cars over their own recycled plastics.
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If a product can’t be recycled, more and more people want to know why not?
Posted on November 21, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsIf a product can't be recycled, more and more people want to know why not? Actually deposit schemes work very well. They can take recycling of plastic bottles from 25% to...
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Oheraldo Goa’s complete online news edition :: IFFI-2012-says-no-to-plastic-waste – India
Posted on November 21, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsOheraldo Goa's complete online news edition :: IFFI-2012-says-no-to-plastic-waste. Re the International Film Festival of India. The CCP Commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues on Sunday said, “We are not going to allow any use of bags, bottles, drinking cups or glasses, plates of...
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EU Waste Exports Rising – Including Hazardous Waste
Posted on November 20, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEU Waste Exports Rising - Including Hazardous Waste - Waste Mangagement World. While trade of hazardous waste grew between 2001 and 2007, shipped volumes decreased in 2008 and 2009, probably due to the economic downturn, according to the report 'Movements...
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96,000 TPA Waste Gasification Plant Awarded EA Permit in Merseyside – UK
Posted on November 20, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and Disposal96,000 TPA Waste Gasification Plant Awarded EA Permit in Merseyside - Waste Mangagement World. Once operational the plant is expected to generate some 9 MW of power, which Energos said is equivalent to the output of 15 large wind...
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Experts out to bag levy in plastic fight – Hing Kong
Posted on November 20, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsExperts out to bag levy in plastic fight - The Standard. But as the Environment Protection Department is now proposing to extend the levy to include all retailers and to allow small outlets to keep the proceeds, to minimize administrative...
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Mass. advocates see momentum for plastic bag ban – Boston
Posted on November 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMass. advocates see momentum for plastic bag ban - News - Boston.com. More than 20 years have passed between when Nantucket became the first Massachusetts community to ban plastic shopping bags and Brookline became the second this week. Now, advocates...
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