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Litter traps for plastic debris installed along Beaches
Posted on December 1, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThree trial litter traps were installed by PWS along beaches of Port Melbourne. The litter traps cover the outlets of storm water drains that empty on to the beaches. Previously when a large storm event would occur, plastic litter on...
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Plastic bag ban in Wales
Posted on November 29, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAnecdotal evidence from major retailers suggests that Wales’ carrier bag charge has dramatically reduced bag use in Wales, according to environment minister John Griffiths. The carrier bag charge came into force on 1 October in Wales. As a result of the...
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Drink bottles to be recycled at Olympics
Posted on November 29, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsCoca-Cola has pledged to recycle all clear plastic bottles disposed of at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company will be joining forces with Sita UK, the Games organising committee’s waste management partner, to recycle clear plastic PET...
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Call for industry to do more to reduce pack waste
Posted on November 28, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSpeaking at a Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum on ‘Moving towards a zero waste economy’ (17 November), Thornton stressed that packaging had an important role to play in protecting products. However, he added that packaging “was also inherent waste”. He explained:...
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A lightweight plastic bottle is still a plastic bottle
Posted on November 28, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsNestlé is set to launch what it claims will be the UK’s lightest-weight water bottles after a £35m investment in a new bottling plant in Buxton. Full Story A water bottle by any name is still a water...
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PET bottles to feature in BBC food programme
Posted on November 28, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThe BBC’s The Foods That Make Billions: Liquid Gold is due to focus on the growth of bottled water and will examine the role that PET bottles have played in the multi-billion pound industry. Full Story The plastic water...
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Defining the term Bioegradable
Posted on November 13, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAs much as the USA FTC get criticised on their definitions and requirements for using the word biodegradable, they do have some good points and it would make discussions a lot more meaningful if people followed these points. If people...
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Bottleneck for Coke bottles
Posted on October 10, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News$50 M is indeed a lot of funds to waste. The introduction of bottle deposit-refund schemes would be far less cost and yield a lot more product as the author says. It would also...
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A rigged outcome?
Posted on August 16, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThe Boomerang Alliance in Australia has walked out of the Environmental Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) hosted discussions about new national recycling measures, citing a ‘rigged’ outcome. The discussions began in June last year, when the then environment minister Peter...
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Lack of treatment options
Posted on August 16, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAnother example of the situation of composting being an poor example to handle plastic waste. In May this year, Inside Waste Weekly of Australia reported on the lack of treatment options for compostable organics, with around eight facilities...
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