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Foodservice sector defends coffee chains over cup recycling
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThere are some fair comments in the reply to the Which? report in the link below. Consumers do have a large responsibility to dispose of items in the best manner not just the most convenient manner. However the manufacturers have...
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New plastic shopping bags are not so ‘green’ –
Posted on December 28, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsIt is hard to believe a whole country like Dubai can be fooled by green washing salesmen. Oxodegradable bags are possibly worse for the environment than the original plastic bags that virtually...
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Plastic Packaging is the Problem
Posted on December 20, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThere has been a trend to plastic way from cardboard boxes or cardboard containment of goods for shipping purposes. A lot of this is due to cost, not necessarily due to more secure packaging. Cardboard enjoys very high recycling rates...
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What does ‘biodegradable’ mean?
Posted on December 11, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAs usual nothing in life is that simple. Biodegradable does not mean compostable. Many materials will biodegrade in a compost facility but many will not. This should be well understood. Most compostable material will NOT biodegrade in a landfill. ...
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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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