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US states banned from exporting their trash to China are drowning in plastic – Quartz
Posted on October 3, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsUS states banned from exporting their trash to China are drowning in plastic – Quartz. For every ton of reusable plastic, China has received many more tons of random trash, some of it toxic. That has helped build...
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European Commission discussion problem of plastic waste.
Posted on October 2, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsFrom the European commission conference today "Plastic waste: The role of plastic and plastic waste in a circular economy" The Commission’s Green Paper on plastic waste in the environment, published on 7 March 2013, has attracted great interest with over 270...
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Air line industry could do a lot better to avoid plastic waste.
Posted on September 22, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsOn a recent international trip, we took note of how many plastic items were served to us during the flight. It was a 12 hour flight from Spain to Singapore to Australia. Hence multiple meals were served during that flight. The...
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Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil – YouTube
Posted on July 31, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMan invents machine to convert plastic into oil - YouTube. If we had more people like this gentleman out world would be a lot less polluted with plastic waste and affected by unnecessary CO2 emissions.
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The Plastic Film Challenge – Canada
Posted on July 28, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThe Film Challenge We use a lot of film as we as a society have made it easy to use. Shrink wrapping of pallets for transport is a good example of where film is widely used. But is many situations it...
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WM opens $1.5-million Florida transfer station – USA
Posted on July 28, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWM opens $1.5-million Florida transfer station. City of Fort Pierce officials joined in the festivities to kickoff off the city’s new Single-Stream Cart recycling program. Over the past few weeks, more than 5,000 64-gallon blue carts on wheels have been delivered...
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Bagging the Rhetoric on Plastic Bag Recycling – USA
Posted on July 23, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsBagging the Rhetoric on Plastic Bag Recycling | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram. But last week the Bangor Daily News reported a sobering reality: Maine’s largest recycling company, ecoMaine, grosses barely $4-5 per TON for recycled...
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Trends in Waste for 2013 – Canada
Posted on July 14, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSolid Waste & Recycling Magazine. The sooner we get to zero waste the better off we will be. Manufacturers have to made partially responsible for their products as an incentive to get the products back out of the waste stream. ...
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Do you want plastic with that?
Posted on July 6, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsDo you want plastic with that? | Exploring life, parenting, and social justice. It is a disastrous situation many people do not know or want to know about. Plastic waste is a larger problem that global warming, just not as...
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TerraCycles cigarette recycling program aims to double first-year results
Posted on July 3, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsTerraCycles cigarette recycling program aims to double first-year results. TerraCycle and Imperial Tobacco Canada partnered in 2012 to recycle the butts, inner foil, outer wrap, unused tobacco, ashes and other elements that comprise cigarette waste - the most littered item in Canada and worldwide. As...
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