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More governments barring plastic bags

The Washington Times
August 19, 2008 - We try to show them the bags are actually better for the environment." According to the council, composted paper bags create 50 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than plastic bags. He also points to a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which said plastic bags generate 80 percent less waste than paper bags. Mr. ...
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ConAgra adds PCR content to frozen meal trays

Packaging World
August 19, 2008 - Most frozen meals trays used by other companies are made of crystallized PET plastic, a material that uses only newly produced plastics and that requires more energy and resources to produce. ConAgra Foods partnered with tray supplier Associated Packaging Technologies (www.aptechnologies.com) to utilize a new technology that permits recycled plastic for use as a component in direct food-contact trays for frozen meals. ...
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Progress against toxins in toys takes small steps

Chicago Tribune
August 18, 2008 - What they got from Congress was another scientific review of three compounds, including di-isononyl phthalate, or DINP, a chemical frequently found in children's toys. Its leading manufacturer is Exxon Mobil.During a telephone news conference last week, industry representatives suggested Congress acted on emotion rather than facts. ...
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Ping: Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands

New York Times
August 17, 2008 - Creative designers and engineers are rebelling against their alienation from the physical world. Building optical switches in silicon materials, for example, requires engineers to test the experimental switches themselves, and to build test equipment, too. Designs could become safer, more user-friendly and even more durable. ...
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Progress against toxins in toys takes small steps

Chicago Tribune
August 17, 2008 - What they got from Congress was another scientific review of three compounds, including di-isononyl phthalate, or DINP, a chemical frequently found in children's toys. Its leading manufacturer is Exxon Mobil. During a telephone news conference last week, industry representatives suggested Congress acted on emotion rather than facts. ...
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Rising costs give groceries nip and tuck

Chicago Tribune
August 14, 2008 - Last year, Coke cut plastic intake by 4 million pounds because of the new cap. ...
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My biofuel road trip: Hot as hell, eco-friendly

CNN
August 11, 2008 - We bought 81.39 gallons of biofuel during the trip. Apparently a previous owner of the Scout installed fuel lines with pliable plastic tubing. We camped in Yosemite National Park and New Orleans. ...
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Green homes a growing trend

CNN
August 05, 2008 - Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry displays a rooftop garden, drainage system and solar-paneled roof. This year, green building is expected to represent 6 percent of the residential construction industry, according to a survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics for the U.S. Green Building Council. Watch how a former bank turned "green" » "It is happening. ...
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Push is on to green up the gardening industry

Chicago Tribune
August 04, 2008 - Though a substantial proportion of the plastic resin that goes into the larger, sturdier pots is recycled from other sources, not much of that gets reused or recycled again. Re-engineering production, like cleaning pots for re-use and sorting them for recycling, would substantially increase costs. Louis that recycled more than 100,000 pounds of garden plastic into landscape timber in 2007. ...
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Bags get sacked Farmer charges for bags to make ecological point; some customers tell him to get stuffed

Chicago Tribune
July 20, 2008 - Plastic bags, after all, had been getting a bad rap for the environmental harm they can cause long before this farmer took a position. Some filled cloth sacks and, of course, an array of National Public Radio tote bags. ...
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