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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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Yuma stores turning to reusable bags

The Yuma Daily Sun
June 09, 2008 - ...plastic bags each year, and this is the number of plastic bags Americans use annually. The Web site also explains that a plastic bag is not biodegradable so it never really disappears from the Earth; it is also one major cause of death for marine animals.Grocery stores are not the only ones trying to reduce the use of plastic bags.Wal-Mart and Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) pharmacies also have the bags.According to Rich Babcock, store manager of the Walgreens store on......
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Ministry launches service providing shoppers with reusable bags

Jordan Times
June 06, 2008 - ...use of plastic bags.Irani said the ministry is still considering adding a charge to each plastic bag distributed at supermarkets and raising taxes on importing similar materials.Plastic bags do not decompose, thus polluting the environment and soil, blocking sewage systems and killing sheep, who often consume them while grazing.In seaside areas such as Aqaba, plastic bags affect marine life, as they are swept into the Red Sea from the shore and damage coral......
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China Focus: Plastic bags suggest complexity of China green movement

English News Service
June 05, 2008 - Li Hui, in her 20s, paid 0.5 yuan (7 U.S. cents) for a plastic bag at a Watsons drugstore."I forgot that there were no free bags at shops anymore. At a small grocery near the Carrefour, the shopkeeper still offered customers free plastic bags. WHERE THE MONEY GOESThe PBRN participated in a hearing about charging for plastic bags in supermarkets on the campus of Beijing-based Renmin University in December. ...
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