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Published May 19, 2008

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Business


myPlasticsindustry.comTop Auto Designers Say Eco-Friendly Is The Future Of Design

A group of designers at a recent automotive forum about technology and design agreed that the future face of cars and trucks will have a much more eco-friendly look. Growing consumer demand and expanse of new materials means cars and trucks of the future will be made from sustainable materials. ...Detroit News, 5.21.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comPlastic Finds A Second Life And Skirts The Dump

What do brushing your teeth and recycling plastic have in common? More than you might think. Recycline, a company founded in 1996, transforms recycled plastic into toothbrushes, razors, colanders, cutting boards and other personal-care and houseware items that can all be sent back to the company — in postpaid mailers — and recycled again. ...New York Times, 5.21.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comPlastics From Spuds Gets Funding

A consortium hoping to make plastics from Maine potatoes has received more than $650,000 to further develop the proposal. The group, which is known as the Sustainable Bioplastics Consortium, plans to spend the next 18 months demonstrating the feasibility and marketability of using Maine spuds to produce an environmentally friendly type of plastic. ...Bangor Daily News, 5.20.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comDebate Continues Over Plastic Chemical BPA As Industry Responds

The debate about one of the most commonly used chemicals in America has moved quickly from biotech experts and government regulators to parents shopping in grocery stores. While industry officials continue to say the science shows that their products are safe, other researchers disagree. The consequence is that the plastics industry is cranking out BPA-free alternatives. ...The Dallas Morning News, 5.18.08
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General News


myPlasticsindustry.comTurning Plastic Waste Into Crude Oil – A Thailand Venture With Potential

An innovation that can turn plastic waste into crude oil could help cut imported crude by a million litres a year in Thailand, from 1,800 tons of plastic waste. Rayong's local administration is preparing to purchase a machine imported from Poland that uses depolymerisation to turn plastic into crude, the reverse of polymerisation, which makes plastic from crude. ...Bangkok Post, 5.22.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comSabic Innovative Plastics Names New CEO

Sabic Innovative Plastics has named a new president and CEO to succeed Brian T. Gladden, who has been tapped as chief financial officer of the Texas-based Dell computer company. ...Berkshire Eagle, 5.20.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comSPI President Carteaux Selected To Advisory Committee To U.S. Secretary Of Labor

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has invited Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. President Bill Carteaux to serve as a representative of the employer sector on the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. ...SPI, 5.20.08
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Whitepapers


myPlasticsindustry.comCreating Value In Your Plastics Recycling Program

By Robert Render and David Kaplan, Maine Plastics
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myPlasticsindustry.comImpact Of RFID And Sensor-Based Network

By Pete Efstathiou and Tim Stojka, Fast Heat Inc.
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