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- Airtight Container Market In North America Is Required To Represent Noteworthy Income Share In ...on July 28, 2021 at 1:30 am
LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airtight Container:- Containers are durable storage solutions that are airtight and leak proof and ...
- Plastic sandwich packs... to go! Supermarkets chains are to trial paper-based packaging for ...on July 28, 2021 at 12:33 am
Plastic sandwich packs... to go! Supermarkets chains are to trial paper-based packaging for takeaway lunches in recycling boost · Trials of plastic-free ...
- Dead woman's body wrapped in layers of plastic found in Norman home, court document reveals ...on July 28, 2021 at 12:11 am
... into the basement and located an approximately 3-foot-by-4-foot container that had been wrapped in high-density plastic, packing tape and rope.
- Saving our wildlife from plastic wasteon July 28, 2021 at 12:00 am
In mid-2023 this will be extended to single use plastic produce bags, plastic tableware (plates/bowls/cutlery), plastic straws and non-compostable ...
- BC cities will no longer need provincial approval to launch single-use plastic banon July 27, 2021 at 9:22 pm
The province has made it easier for B.C. communities to implement bans on plastic bags and other single-use plastics. In a statement Tuesday (July ...
- BC municipalities empowered to ban single-use plasticson July 27, 2021 at 9:11 pm
Under new rules, local governments can institute bans on plastic bags and certain single-use plastics without provincial approval. “Communities ...
- Audi Exemplifies Mission:Zero Sustainability Strategies At Neckarsulm Siteon July 27, 2021 at 8:48 pm
To effectively manage its waste, the site converts plastic film waste into trash bags that are used at the site, saving about 40% of what it spends on trash ...
- Ditch Single-Use Plastic with These Sustainable (and Beloved) Food Storage Containerson July 27, 2021 at 8:48 pm
We are here to recommend you invest in a set of Rubbermaid containers. These guys have lids that snap into the bottoms of each container, all of which ...
- News from the Canada Plastics Pact, Unifi and moreon July 27, 2021 at 8:26 pm
The Canada Plastics Pact announced its support for implementing nine “Golden Design Rules” for plastic packaging in the country. The rules were ...
- Tillamook County Creamery Association Advances Its Long-time Stewardship Mission With New ...on July 27, 2021 at 7:41 pm
Increase recycled content to 20% (on average) in its plastic packaging by 2025 and eliminate use of all virgin plastic by 2035. Source all virgin paper ...
Recycled Plastic
- Companies show off high tech during 2020 Olympics openingon July 28, 2021 at 2:48 am
For Tokyo, the American company used its Shooting Star drone, ... squad, using materials such as polyester from recycled plastic bottles to stress the ...
- Food-grade pack recycling boost with $38m planton July 28, 2021 at 1:07 am
The dairy industry has come out in strong support of a new $38m plastic recycling facility to be constructed in Laverton, Victoria as part of a joint ...
- Fairfax County Plastic Bag Tax Public Hearing Set For Septemberon July 27, 2021 at 9:45 pm
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — A proposed 5-cent tax on disposable plastic ... Plastic bags cannot be recycled in curbside trash and recycling service by ...
- How to Recycle Your Old Painton July 27, 2021 at 9:11 pm
To recycle them, Krylon suggests first removing the plastic cap and placing it with plastic recycling. When it comes to the steel can, however, you'll still ...
- Repreve's First Higg MSI Score Is inon July 27, 2021 at 9:11 pm
New Higg data puts the recycled plastic material through the paces. As it turns out, Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) scores confirmed the ...
- Emma Roberts' Plastic-Free Week Was Much Harder Than She Expected — Here's Whyon July 27, 2021 at 9:11 pm
I thought, I'm recycling, so it's OK. [...] But, [I discovered] that only 9% of plastic is actually getting recycled in the U.S., no matter how much you ...
- BC municipalities empowered to ban single-use plasticson July 27, 2021 at 9:11 pm
It is also piloting new projects to use reclaimed plastic waste in new manufacturing through the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund. Since last year, more than ...
- How Can We End the Blame Game in Waste Diversion?on July 27, 2021 at 8:45 pm
Global recycling rates are at a discouragingly low 13.5%. ... commitments around post-consumer recycled content (PCR), plastic reclamation capacity ...
- News from the Canada Plastics Pact, Unifi and moreon July 27, 2021 at 8:26 pm
Unifi announced that its REPREVE fabric, made from recycled plastic, received its first Higg Materials Sustainability Index Scores, which quantify ...
- US Plastics Pact hopes to make all plastic reusable or recyclable by 2025on July 27, 2021 at 7:07 pm
At Austin Resource Recovery in Texas, styrofoam is melted so it can be recycled. While hot, the gooey substance looks like octopus arms squeezing ...