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Plastic world – Australia
Posted on February 26, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic & Wildlife, Plastic Waste NewsPlastic world - Helix @ CSIRO. Each year, around 16 plastic bags full of plastic enters the oceans for every meter of coastline – but where is it coming from? “In 2010, if you turned all the plastic we threw...
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We dump about 19 billion lbs of plastic into the ocean every year – USA
Posted on February 23, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWe dump about 19 billion pounds of plastic into the ocean every year. The problem with plastic waste starts from companies who make all this disposable plastic stuff and let it loose out there. Yes it is the consumer who...
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Plastic waste heading for oceans quantified
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsBBC News - Plastic waste heading for oceans quantified. About eight million tonnes of plastic waste find their way into the world's oceans each year, say scientists. The new study is said to be the best effort yet to quantify...
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Eight million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEight million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year. You might have heard the oceans are full of plastic, but how full exactly? Around 8 million metric tonnes go into the oceans each year, according to the...
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More than 25,000kg of plastic littered in NZ daily – New Zealand
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMore than 25,000kg of plastic littered in NZ daily - National - NZ Herald News. New Zealand, one of 192 countries examined, generated about 3.68kg of waste per person each day - a rate much higher than the vast...
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Third WA WtE facility receives EPA’s tick – Australia
Posted on February 5, 2015 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalBusiness Environment Network - Third WA WtE facility receives EPA's tick. Phoenix Energy's $380 million facility will receive and process up to 400,000 tonnes of household waste, enough to produce up to 36MW of electricity for the South...
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Researchers Propose Earth’s ‘Anthropocene’ Age of Humans Began With Fallout and Plastics
Posted on January 19, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsResearchers Propose Earth's 'Anthropocene' Age of Humans Began With Fallout and Plastics - NYTimes.com. In a paper published online this week by the journal Quaternary International, 26 members of the working group point roughly to 1950 as the starting point,...
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Viridor to Go-Ahead with 30 MW Waste to Energy Project in Scotland
Posted on December 9, 2014 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalViridor to Go-Ahead with 30 MW Waste to Energy Project in Scotland - Waste Management World. The plant will use a combination of moving grate combustion technology, anaerobic digestion and recycling technologies, and will generate 30 MW of...
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McDonald’s Restaurants to adopt Brisbane’s recycling lesson
Posted on November 27, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMcDonald's Restaurants to adopt Brisbane's recycling lesson. However a six-month trial by Brisbane City Council's waste recovery teams at McDonald's Albion store has resulted in a 17.5 per increase in the amount of wrapping that could be recycled, actually being...
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CCE study finds support for profit with sustainability- UK
Posted on October 12, 2014 by DrRossH in GeneralCCE study finds support for profit with sustainability | Packaging News. Around nine in 10 current chief executives and future business leaders believe businesses should have a social purpose according to a new study by Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) But while 86%...
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