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Volume 32, Number 31

Minnesota State Regulations
January 28, 2008 - Distribution media includes, but is not limited to, drainfield rock, polystyrene beads, chambers, and gravelless pipe. Subp. 3. Authorization of training for continuing education credits. Nonaccredited training may qualify qualifies for continuing education credits only if authorized by the commissioner. ...
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Plastic bags outlast proposed county ban

Los Angeles Times
January 24, 2008 - Bins are provided to return plastic bags for recycling. No * Are the plastic bags biodegradable? Bins are provided to return plastic bags for recycling. ...
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Retailers join the plastic bag backlash: Some stores will ban them, others will recycle

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
January 23, 2008 - However, the agency provides no information about well-traveled venues, such as retail stores, that take plastic bags. ...
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Retailers join the plastic bag backlash

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
January 23, 2008 - LEE BERGQUIST Did your newspaper come in a plastic bag this morning? Plastic uses less energy Despite their purported ecological baggage, the plastic industry claims its bags are greener than the paper bag. The DNR agrees that plastic bags require less energy to make than paper. ...
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Plastic a problem Del. could solve

News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
January 09, 2008 - Plastics make up about 11.1 percent of all waste landfilled and 11.4 percent of residential waste. But Canzano said the authority has no immediate plan to expand plastics recycling beyond narrow-neck bottles. Rigid plastics are banned from those curbside collections because they contaminate the recyclable plastics. ...
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Santa Monica eateries going green

Los Angeles Times
December 23, 2007 - For many, however, the switch has been a struggle, with some small-business owners saying they are still scrambling to find affordable material to replace cheap polystyrene, or plastic foam. Santa Monica is the only city in the state to ban both polystyrene and nonrecyclable plastic, Miller said. Tommy Makino, who owns and runs the small shop alone, said he recently spoke to a paper distributor about switching out the shop's plastic and polystyrene cups. ...
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Gift cards in, real gifts out: In an impersonal society, plastic wins

Detroit News
December 22, 2007 - While many Americans, like Lowe, complain that gift cards are impersonal and a sign of a lazy gift-giver, they just can't resist all that plastic money cards have going for them. Experts attribute the decline in real gift giving and the rise in plastic card giving to numerous factors. Some say gift cards are a convenience in a time-starved society. ...
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Gift card business is booming

Houston Chronicle
December 22, 2007 - A customer can order a gift card that comes with a tree ornament. ...
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As gift cards gain in popularity, they also get snazzier

Houston Chronicle
December 21, 2007 - And another: Gift cards keep getting spiffier. Retailers, too, are wild about gift cards. Personalizing gift cards, either the card itself, or the greeting card that accompanies the gift card, with family photos is a major industry trend, he noted. ...
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Sears, Kmart to remove products with polyvinyl chloride

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 13, 2007 - Sears has been feeling heat from environmental groups since March 2006, when more than 50 environmental organizations wrote the $50 billion retailer urging it to eliminate PVC. Vom Saal suggested that people avoid PVC by buying wooden toys or those labeled "PVC free" and that they install water filters on taps. ...
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