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Chicago Bans Plastic Bags, Retailers Balk

Benji Jerew — Thu, 01 May 2014 22:46:37 +0000

For a long time, store cashiers would ask, “Paper or plastic?” but after a while, since plastic bags were so cheap, there was very little reason to even keep the paper bags on the racks. Indeed, asking for paper bags today can get you a strange look. Plastic bags, however cheap and convenient they may […]

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Scientists Turn Plastic Bags Into Diesel Fuel

Mila Luleva — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:21:01 +0000

The problem of dealing with large amounts of plastic waste is growing, despite all efforts of governmental officials to prevent it. Changes in policies, increase in prices of packaging, and even bans, do not seem to be very effective, probably because most people still believe in comfort during a shopping spree over protecting the environment. In […]

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Plastic Bags Can Now Be Turned Into Fuel, Scientists Say

Mila Luleva — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:08:11 +0000

Plastic bags, or more precisely their future, have been discussed quite extensively. The fact that we use them for not more than a few minutes to bring our new goods from one point to another and then we send the plastic item to the landfills where it degrades for millions of years, is not something […]

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The Future Of Plastic Bags, Between Recycle and Ban

Mila Luleva — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:41:31 +0000

Plastic bags, the super thin disposable items that are typically used for a few minutes and then dumped at a landfill site to degrade for the next hundreds of years, have been a subject of numerous heated debates in the westernized world. While some governments are arguing whether to introduce new recycling programs or to […]

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Paying For Plastic Bags Cuts Down Their Use And Plastic Pollution

Mila Luleva — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:18:04 +0000

Introducing charges for plastic bags and product packaging is set to reduce plastic pollution of waterways and oceans, according to UK specialists. But recycling and packaging companies argue that lesser packaging might result in an increase in spoiled and inedible foods being thrown away due to inadequate preservation. For quite some time now all across Europe, […]

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Hawaii Bans Plastic Bags, Imposes Use of Recycled Materials in Paper Ones

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:15:02 +0000

The state of Hawaii is now officially shunning plastic bags from its markets. Not only putting a tax on them, but banning plastic altogether. Paper bags make no exception: all those that aren’t made of at least 40% recycled stuff don’t fit in the pattern. This effort will prevent around 450 million bags a year […]

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