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Assembly passes bag fee legislation

Ventura County Star
May 29, 2008 - ...plastic bag-recycling goals, under a bill approved Wednesday by the Assembly.The 25-cent fee would be levied on both plastic and paper bags. It would apply only to large grocery stores and pharmacies.Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, the author of the proposed law, said the system would create in California the most aggressive plastic bag reduction program in the nation.The bill, which now goes to the Senate, passed the Assembly on a 40 vote, with only......
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China ban on ultra-thin plastic bags draws mixed reaction

English News Service
May 29, 2008 - However, to limit the use of plastic bags is to protect our entire environment."In addition to banning ultra-thin plastic bags, retailers will no longer provide free plastic bags. ...
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McGuinty says government-owned LCBO to lead by example and ban plastic bags

The Canadian Press
May 27, 2008 - Canadian Plastics Industry Association said banning plastic shopping bags at the LCBO is a bad environmental decision "based on politics rather than scientific fact," and claimed that new plastic bags are more environmentally friendly than paper bags."The manufacture of paper bags is more energy intensive, requiring 2.2 times more non-renewable energy than plastic shopping bags, using 4.7 times more water and emitting 3.1 times more greenhouse gases," the association said in a......
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Plastic bag foes make the grade for persistence

Telegram & Gazette
May 27, 2008 - STURBRIDGE— Two Tantasqua Regional High School students say they plan to continue to campaign for a ban on plastic bags at large stores, despite its rejection at the annual town meeting. White said each high-quality reusable bag has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime. The bag will pay for itself based on the added costs of plastic bags to a grocery bill, they said. ...
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EDITORIAL: Bill to recycle plastic bags unnecessary

The Star
May 26, 2008 - ...plastic bags for recycling purposes.It's a bad idea to require merchants across North Carolina to provide for recycling stations.Nevertheless, state Reps. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, and Grier Martin, D-Wake, have filed a bill that would require retailers throughout North Carolina who provide plastic shopping bags for their customers to provide aplastic bag recycling program at their store.It would apply to any such business that controls more......
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I.C. to switch yard waste bags

The Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
May 26, 2008 - ...plastic bits in them," said Jennifer Jordan, the city's recycling coordinator.Paper comes from a renewable resource -- trees -- and is considered more environmentally friendly than plastic, although Jordan said some people believe biodegradable plastic is equal to paper.Public Works Director Rick Fosse said the plastic bags have been used because they are less bulky than the paper ones and are easier for retailers to store and for customers to handle, he said....
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Plastic-to-crude venture has potential: Rayong investing in SPPT system

Bangkok Post
May 22, 2008 - ...plastic is suited to our technology, such as used shopping bags, food bags or white plastic bottles."He said that about 60 percent of plastic waste could be converted and the resulting output sold to refineries, and investors could recover their investment in the machine within five years.The study is based on the assumption that plastic waste costs five baht per kilogramme. Operating 300 days a year and processing 1,800 tonnes of plastic waste, the machine could produce......
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Debate rages over safety of BPA in everyday plastics

The Dallas Morning News
May 21, 2008 - ...plastic products with BPA.BPA has been used for more than 60 years as the essential ingredient in hard, clear and strong polycarbonate plastic. It also is used to make epoxy coatings sticky and durable, and is used in the U.S. in linings found inside cans from tomato sauce to soda. It's also found in dental sealants, printer ink, lenses and many plastic car parts.Industry scientists -- and the federal Food and Drug Administration -- say the material is safe, and they......
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Pittsfield Sabic names new CEO

Berkshire Eagle
May 20, 2008 - The Pittsfield headquarters has about 400 employees at One Plastics Ave. The acquisition broadly expanded Sabic's plastics product business, which includes applications ranging from automotive and construction to the electronics, transportation and medical industries. At the time of the sale, GE Plastics was a $6.6 billion global supplier of plastic resins used in its various markets. ...
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Q&A: Plastic chemical difficult to avoid

The Dallas Morning News
May 20, 2008 - Then it was used as the essential building block of a clear, hard, heat-resistant, durable plastic called polycarbonate. During World War II, a tin shortage pushed the food canning industry to search for a new protective lining. Avoid polycarbonate bottles, tableware or eating utensils by looking for identifying marks on the packaging or the plastic itself. ...
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