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Independent Record
October 03, 2008 - ...plastic bags. Several countries in Europe are required to charge money for plastic bags, with the result being a massive decrease in their use. China earlier this year banned free plastic bags, though the sacks are still available for a charge. Nonetheless, news accounts from this summer indicated a 90 percent decrease in the number of bags given out in China. Bangladesh has also banned plastic bags, in part because they are thought to exacerbate flooding by blocking drainage......
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Associated Press Online
October 02, 2008 - ...of plastic or get smaller pieces lodged in their digestive systems, Rose said. At the national seashore, park rangers are going after the most immediate threats first, collecting plastic and steel barrels that could contain oil or hazardous chemicals. A hazardous materials team scheduled a daylong expedition down the seashore this week. Next, rangers will go for the big floating plastic bins that organize households. Lumber is a lower priority, and beachcombers like David......
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The Virginian-Pilot
October 01, 2008 - ...of plastic bags contaminating cotton harvests. Plastic shredded in cotton gins mixes in bales that are shipped overseas for clothing manufacturing. The concerns led to the formation of a coalition studying plastic bags and ways to reduce littering and promote recycling. The Retail Alliance opposed legislation that would have allowed localities to ban the use of standard grocery-store plastic bags, but supported a study to find ways to encourage recycling, said Susan Milhoan, the......
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
September 23, 2008 - Examples of the types of plastic products that are, or can be biodegradable are: plastic shopping bags, milk jugs, single use cutlery, plastic cups amongst many, many more. What needs to happen is that the banks and real estate industry need to get together to make this happen quickly. ...
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Erie Times-News
September 22, 2008 - Plastics on the ground came in March when Procter and Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG) took its business elsewhere. It wasn't clear until Friday, however, that the blow would prove fatal to one of Erie County's oldest and best-known plastics companies. Erie Plastics Chief Executive Paul C. "Hoop" Roche, 63, announced Friday he's in discussions with Ed Crawford, chief executive of Park Ohio Corp., for Crawford to buy both the company's equipment and the plant on Route 6 in Corry....
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Washington Post
September 21, 2008 - And in Guam, Tom Quintana scooped plastic dinner plates from Paseo beach on Agana Bay. Volunteers in Hawaii have been finding plastic spacers from Japanese oyster farms in recent years. No more plastic bags by 2010. "I think we need to do that," she said. ...
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Detroit Free Press
September 21, 2008 - ...plastics and fabric, which typically would end up in landfills, are taking a more prominent role in vehicles, as part of dashboards and exterior parts. The change comes as high oil prices, a key ingredient in plastics, send plastics prices up and as a broad public interest in environmentalism grows. Still, it's not a simple transition to replace new materials with recycled ones. The recycled plastics and fabrics that automakers are moving toward must make economic sense and pass......
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Washington Post
September 21, 2008 - And in Guam, Tom Quintana scooped plastic dinner plates from Paseo beach on Agana Bay. Volunteers in Hawaii have been finding plastic spacers from Japanese oyster farms in recent years. No more plastic bags by 2010. "I think we need to do that," she said. ...
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Daily Press - Newport News, Virginia
September 18, 2008 - The latest victory is the Smithfield Farm Fresh grocery store's decision to go plastic-bag free, starting this week. ...
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