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Packaging & The Environment: Shoppers Say, “Please Help Me!”
Posted on March 21, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPackaging & The Environment: Shoppers Say, "Please Help Me!" | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. One of PWS's main issues is that packaging manufacturers make a lot of green claims by changing their design as in lightweighting bottles, using plant based...
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Less plastic
Posted on March 21, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsLess plastic | Inquirer News. 'Plastics as waste products are non-biodegradable and thus more difficult to dispose of than paper. Unlike paper, which is easily soaked and shredded to pieces, plastics don’t deteriorate. They remain intact in garbage sites and...
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Milk Bottles Recycled in Wheelie Bins in New Zealand
Posted on March 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMilk Bottles Recycled in Wheelie Bins in New Zealand - Waste Mangagement World. Using waste plastic bottles to make reusable plastic waste collection bins. Nice.
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Environmental crunch worse than thought
Posted on March 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEnvironmental crunch worse than thought | Herald Sun. "The report, OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050, reissued appeals for a change in policy. Pollution should be made more expensive, such as by scrapping environmentally-damaging subsidies for fossil fuels, it said. And natural assets...
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The Truth About Water Bottles –
Posted on March 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThe Truth About Water Bottles - Woburn, MA - Woburn Advocate. "An estimated 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away each day – most are not recycled. They are not biodegradable and end up as litter or in...
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UK PVC recycler using prison labor
Posted on March 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPlastics News - UK PVC recycler using prison labor. Prison governor Susan Kennedy said the project, part of the Working Prisons Initiative, is working well, providing an opportunity for prisoners to develop a work ethos within a realistic working environment. “This...
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High school chums start growing industrial plastics recycling business
Posted on March 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPlastics News - High school chums start growing industrial plastics recycling business. Another example of how rethinking how things are done means...
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Recycling site aids Nestlé bottles
Posted on March 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPlastics News - Recycling site aids Nestlé bottles. We need a few more visionaries like these guys. “We are experiencing a time of realization in America that there are limits to how much we can use of our natural resources, and...
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Packaging on YouTube: Don’t feed the bag monster
Posted on March 15, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsPackaging on YouTube: Don’t feed the bag monster. We wish him success on educating people on reducing the plastic bag consumption
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Glasgow-based event venue joins Coke recycling scheme
Posted on March 15, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsGlasgow-based event venue joins Coke recycling scheme. These recycle zones are good and public education is also good. But...
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