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Coca-Cola Co. has taken a stance against bottle deposit laws
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsHaven't we learned by now that the current methods are not working and are just seen as ways for manufactures like Coke to keep on doing what they are doing now and not have to make any changes. Lots of...
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Plastic Bag Charge Claimed as a Tax.
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsThis is not a tax by any measure. A consumer has the option to bring in their reusable bag and not pay any fee. Also with no local govt getting any of the revenue how is that construed as a...
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The Need for a Container Deposit Scheme
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA CDS or Container Deposit Scheme is a very successful program where it has been introduced. In Australia and internationally. Just this morning I picked up 8 bottles in a 200 m stretch. It just shows the magnitude of the problem...
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Palm Desert City to Discuss the Banning of Plastic Bags
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPWS was surprised at most of the comments entered on this article. It is very short sighted thinking of many people. Plastic bags are an item that have a life time of just a few minutes and then discarded. In a...
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California debates the Use of the Biodegradable Claim
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA sad case of bureaucrats getting involved in a technology they do not understand. http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_19195413 This article refers to landfill-biodegradable plastic bottles, yet cites the problems that a different technology ‘oxo-degradable’ plastics have and then further confuses with problems that...
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Dana Point CA to Consider Ban on Plastic Bags
Posted on December 11, 2011 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsIn every case we have read of, the banning of plastic bags has been well received. Even in Italy after one year now, 83% of the people would not want to go back to the plastic bag. Ireland dropped their...
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