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...