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USDA warns French BPA ban may harm US food exports
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - USDA warns French BPA ban may harm US food exports. So because it may cost a company to change its packaging material to a less dangerous product for our health, we are to assume that is Ok...
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Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread. These bans are an important part of moving into the future with a cleaner and more sustainable environment for us all. ...
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Vermont may ban recyclables from landfills
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Vermont may ban recyclables from landfills. This is a good start to stop plastic waste from lasting 100s of years in landfills. Either reuse it or get the stored energy out of it. Both are much more...
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Austin, Texas, passes bag ban
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News - Austin, Texas, passes bag ban. Austin joins the list of forward looking cities who recognise the damage these plastic bags do to the environment. Now if they could get a state wide container deposit scheme in place...
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Fremantle to ban plastic bags – Perth, Western Australia
Posted on March 8, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLike other cities, these people are realising the damage all these plastic bags are causing. Australia uses approximately 6 billion bags a year. That is a lot of bags loose in the environment, clogging drains, littering the streets and...
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Monster Bag campaign in Dubai gets drastic about plastic
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulationsgulfnews : Monster Bag campaign in Dubai gets drastic about plastic. Yet another locailty realises the damage that plastic bags cause and are getting rid of them by replacing them with reusable bags.
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Plastic a threat to the environment – Fiji
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations"Being a non-biodegradable substance, composed of toxic chemicals, plastic pollutes the earth, air and water. A single plastic bag can take up to 1000 years to decay completely. This makes the bags stay in environment longer," Plastic a threat...
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AFP bans non-biodegradable food containers inside Camp Aguinaldo
Posted on March 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations“The convenience we get in using Styrofoam and other non-biodegradable materials is nothing compared to the devastation we get from natural calamities. It is now time that we adjust our habits and start embracing the use of environment friendly materials,...
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Baillieu retreats on bottle refund scheme
Posted on March 6, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAustralian politicians bowing down to corporate desires again. Approx 90% of the electorate want this scheme and a few bottling companies do not, so why is the government of Victoria not listening to the 90% of people who they...
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Coalition fights San Francisco bag ban
Posted on March 2, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWhile the Philippines are passing laws to protect their economy from the flooding caused by plastic bag blocked drains, and the large pollution aspect, the USA is mired down with law suits to try to do the same. Plastics News...
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