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  • No plastic bag ban from Wal-Mart

    Much to the relief of the chemical and plastic manufacturing community , the big box retailer giant Wal-Mart opts to reduce, reuse and recycle instead of implementing plastic shopping bag bans. Yesterday, Wal-Mart announced its goal to reduce its global plastic shopping bag waste by an average of 33...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-26-2008
  • Dwindling virgin plastic demand

    Here's more bad news for plastic producers but good news for the environment. According to ConAgra Foods , a major US packaged food manufacturer, they are planning to recycle 8 million pounds of plastic waste into new frozen meal trays for their brands Healthy Choice ® ,Banquet ® , Kid Cuisine ®...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
  • Top of the Scrap

    Growing up, I used to collect metal scraps (mostly copper and aluminum) from the neighborhood motor shops with my street pals and then sell them to the highest recycler bidder via door to door (since Ebay is not yet around). Pity I didn't have the entrepreneurial foresight to make it as a business...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008
  • Recycling in Fashion

    Here are some tips on how food/beverage and consumer product companies can have the best giveaways in trade shows and conventions. Best of all they're eco-friendly! Trenton, New Jersey-based startup firm TerraCycle is upcycling used food wrappers, drink pouches, empty yogurt containers, corks and...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-17-2008
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