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Effectiveness of plastic bag recycling questioned

Newsday
April 28, 2008 - In recent months, Suffolk, New York City and Westchester have all passed voluntary plastic bag recycling measures. One analysis found that in 2006 consumers recycled only about 2 percent of plastic grocery bags.Assemb. Pathmark and Waldbaum's offer rebates to shoppers who reuse plastic bags or bring their own totes. ...
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Plastic-Bottle Scare Is a Boon for Some

New York Times
April 25, 2008 - Eastman says it is the first plastic that has the advantages of polycarbonate but is not made using BPA. Schreitmueller began her hunt for polycarbonate alternatives back in 2001. But that plastic is not as transparent as polycarbonate, and it cracks when dropped on a hard surface. ...
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Consumers back away from BPA products, but what's next?

The Kansas City Star
April 25, 2008 - The former nurse and mother of three young children began researching plastics online. The company, along with many others, sells polycarbonate bottles containing BPA. Brown's bottles, recently started making BPA-free polypropylene plastic bottles in Missouri. ...
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BPA alternatives: Consumers look for safer choices

The Kansas City Star
April 23, 2008 - The former nurse and mother of three young children began researching plastics online. The company, along with many others, sells polycarbonate bottles containing BPA. Brown's bottles, recently started making BPA-free polypropylene plastic bottles in Missouri. ...
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Well: A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions

New York Times
April 22, 2008 - TARA PARKER-POPE Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen? BPA migrates into food from polycarbonate plastic bottles or the epoxy resin coatings that line canned food. Although many plastic products claim to be microwave safe, some scientists warn against putting any plastic in the microwave. ...
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Local man's Web site helps consumers track their gift cards

The Virginian-Pilot
April 12, 2008 - The pages include details such as whether any related chains accept the retailer's gift cards -- EB Games, for example, will take a GameStop card -- and shipping information for cards bought online. At his home office, he keeps a large binder with multiple gift cards inside each plastic page. The site noted, for example, when the bankrupt chain The Sharper Image (OOTC:SHRPQ) stopped accepting customers' gift cards and when it later resumed accepting them. ...
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Fear weans parents off plastic bottles

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 20, 2008 - Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a manmade chemical used in polycarbonate plastic, the material used to make most baby bottles and other shatterproof plastic food containers. The chemical, known as BPA, also has been used to make polycarbonate plastic baby bottles, the most common type, for about 30 years. The plastics industry and the Food and Drug Administration say the safety of BPA is well established. ...
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The flap over plastic shopping bags

The Virginian-Pilot
March 10, 2008 - Retailers favor plastic's low cost, durability and space savings. With a plastic bag, you can't do that."Most municipal recycling operations, including the Southeastern Public Service Authority, cannot accept plastic shopping bags. It purchases about 1.5 billion plastic bags each year. ...
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Haute Trash trades life in landfill for runway splash

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
March 09, 2008 - To help with that task, she recycles plastic grocery bags. Knitting with plastic isn’t for everyone. “Plastic is baby stuff,” she said. ...
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Plastic bags are losing ground

Honolulu Advertiser
February 18, 2008 - Dozens of North Shore restaurants, stores and others have joined the "Plastic Free Haleiwa" coalition, which aims to minimize the consumption of disposable plastics such as plastic bags and polystyrene foam food containers. Meanwhile, businesses on other parts of the island have also been moving away from plastics. The products cost "pennies" more compared to their plastic counterparts, a cost the company absorbs, Schneider said. ...
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