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Plastic bag fuss on West Coast

A lot of plastic news happening in the West Coast particularly in Seattle and Los Angeles that I did not have the time to talk about last week. According to several news sources, the city council of Los Angeles, California, voted a resolution on July 22 to ban all plastic bags from retail stores starting...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-12-2008
Plastic vs paper packaging

Here is an interesting article from FT Weekend Magazine about plastic packaging In particular, it considers the merits of plastic versus paper. For example Marks & Spencer studied the environmental impact of selling apples loose or wrapped and found that measured by tonne of apples sold, M&S...

Posted to Environmental debate (Forum) by blue on 05-06-2008
NYC trashes e-waste

Recycling of old computers, printers, and other electronic products will soon become mandatory in New York City, according to this New York Times article . The City Council passed a bill that will fine $100 on anyone who throws away their e-waste in the trash starting in 2010. Manufacturers are also...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-15-2008

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