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6 dead in Henderson, Ky., plastics plant shooting

Birmingham News, Alabama
June 25, 2008 - The shooting happened around midnight at Atlantis Plastics in this Ohio River town of about 28,000 people. The Atlanta-based company has 1,300 employees worldwide, and about 150 in Henderson, where workers make parts for refrigerators and plastic siding for homes. Hours after the shooting, police had set up a roadblock on the street leading to the plant, which is in an industrial area on the southern side of Henderson. ...
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Crescent Plastics remembers 1918 shooting Newspaper ARCHIVES

Courier Press
June 25, 2008 - Daryl McReynolds * Courier Archives: Two Killed Four Injured in Crescent Plastics Shooting in 1981 Courier Archives: Two Killed Four Injured in Crescent Plastics Shooting in 1981. By Chris Combs. * Courier Archives: Gun Barrel found in suspects home Courier Archives of 1981 shooting at Crescent Plastics. You are close to them and are very much affected by these tragedies." Crescent Plastics produces custom plastic extrusions. ...
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The Miami Herald Glenn Garvin column Plastic warriors of childhood lure nostalgic boomers

The Miami Herald
June 22, 2008 - ...plastic toy soldiers were to little boys what Barbie was to little girls: indispensable and ubiquitous. DIME STORE BAGS They could be bought anywhere from 59 cents for a plastic bagful at a dime store to a princely $6.99 for the elaborately packaged playsets containing tin buildings and fortresses, so many of them (The Alamo! Valley Forge! D-Day!) that the toy sections of department-store catalogs looked like military training manuals. The demand for plastic soldiers (or......
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Recycle for a greener York County recycling centers accept many common products.

York Daily Record
June 16, 2008 - ...plastic used in grocery and sandwich bags and squeezable bottles. 5. Polypropylene: A heat-resistant plastic found in Tupperware, yogurt containers and medicine bottles. 6. Polystyrene: This plastic can be found in solid or foam forms such as coffee cups, egg cartons and plastic forks. 7. Other: These items are often a blend of different or less common plastics. Items include 5 gallon reusable water jugs and some citrus juice containers. Source: ides.com ......
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Gas costs are reflected in nearly everything you buy

The Dallas Morning News
June 16, 2008 - People might forget that plastics also come from oil. Plus, it costs more to manufacture anything made from or packaged in plastic. In the U.S., most plastic comes from natural gas. ...
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Recycle for a greener York County recycling centers accept many common products.

York Daily Record
June 15, 2008 - ...plastic used in grocery and sandwich bags and squeezable bottles. 5. Polypropylene: A heat-resistant plastic found in Tupperware, yogurt containers and medicine bottles. 6. Polystyrene: This plastic can be found in solid or foam forms such as coffee cups, egg cartons and plastic forks. 7. Other: These items are often a blend of different or less common plastics. Items include 5 gallon reusable water jugs and some citrus juice containers. Source: ides.com ......
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Parks plastic project unveils recycle bins

Monterey County Herald
June 14, 2008 - ... Plastic is "a valuable resource," said Steve Russell, managing director of the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division, "and it doesn't belong in the ocean or beaches." In addition to the bins, the Chemistry Council is providing signs and educational materials, he said. Russell said 80 percent of U.S. households have the opportunity to recycle at curbside. In 2006, 2.2 billion pounds of plastic bottles and 800 million pounds of other reuseable plastic......
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Chemical in baby products has parents nursing fears

Tampa Tribune
June 13, 2008 - Brown's bottles and followed instructions to sanitize them in a dishwasher. Heating plastic that includes BPA could cause the chemical to leach into contents, advocates warn. ...
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Hoping to be left holding the bag

San Diego Union-Tribune
June 12, 2008 - At the grocery checkout, I always request plastic, never paper. Americans lug home 100 billion plastic bags a year. A scant portion, maybe 5 percent, are recycled into new plastic products. ...
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City says: No foam with that latte: Bethlehem will be first in the Valley to recycle polystyrene.

The Morning Call
June 12, 2008 - ...polystyrene. They don't want other kinds of foam, such as packaging materials that bend. Polystyrene will break if you bend it far enough, and products also carry the tell-tale symbol: the numeral 6 inside a triangle.The city also doesn't want the small foam "peanuts" that are commonly thrown into boxes to cushion shipped goods. Some of those peanuts are not the type of product the city is recycling.Besides polystyrene, Bethlehem's recycling center also accepts are glass, cans,......
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