Archive for September, 2010
Sustainability goal update: Johnson & Johnson
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Five years ago, consumer product company Johnson & Johnson set some sustainability-related goals that it hoped to achieve by 2010. Let's check in and see how J&J did on the plastics-related targets -- much of it related to trying to...
Spartech insiders buying shares
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Kathy Shwiff had an interesting "Inside Track" column yesterday about executives at Spartech Corp. buying shares in the company -- after recent bad news sent the price plummeting. Remember the Spartech story? The sheet extruder and compounder on Sept. 8...
Neighbors complain about Mirel plant
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
"Not in my backyard" is likely the cry of some residents of Clinton, Iowa, as some residents have filed a lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland Co. complaining about the company's new plant that makes Mirel bioplastics. The plant opened in...
Bayer’s new CEO still likes plastics
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Bayer AG's new CEO, Marijn Dekkers, met with the media on Monday, a few days before he officially takes over the chemical giant on Oct. 1. One of the big questions: what are Dekkers' plans for the plastics business, Bayer...
Rent a plastic shed, just $500 a month
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Apartments in Brooklyn are expensive -- I know from experience. But I wouldn't pay $500 a month to rent a plastic storage shed in the Greenpoint neighborhood. After all, look at the amenities that the house doesn't have -- heat,...
Relax, NPE is still in Orlando
Friday, September 24th, 2010
A blog post caused a minor disturbance in some plastics circles yesterday, after a political reporter wrote that a plastics show was moving back to McCormick Place. The reference to plastics turned out to be a mistake, and the post...
Brain cancer trial underway
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
A long-anticipated civil trial got started this week in Philadelphia. The plaintiffs in the case allege that a chemical plant in Ringwood, Ill., dumped vinylidene chloride at the site, which caused about 30 residents to develop brain cancer. The suit,...
Friendly Plastic at the Sydney Australia Papercrafts festival with Mylene Hillam
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Mylene writes:
You might have noticed in my side bar that in November I will be demoing at the Papercrafts Festival in Sydney for Stamp Antics. Well, now I have an update to that: last week I got word that I will also be teaching classes so since then I've been busily working away on the class samples.
In Class 2 you'll get to play with Friendly Plastic. Don't worry if you've never worked with it before as this is a beginners class so you'll learn all the basics. You'll learn how to marble, how to texture and how to cut Friendly Plastic, plus you get to use two different softening methods in this class.
Check out the details of each class on my website
. If you'd like to book into one, give Stamp Antics a ring (07) 3393 3022 as the show organisers are not taking bookings. Make sure to bring along the class essentials. Please ask Stamp Antics for the list as these items are not being provided - only the materials used in class are.I'm really looking forward to coming to play in Sydney and I hope you'll come join me.
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Film looks at recycling’s footsoldiers
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Robert Sarnoff, a film maker who specializes in socially relevant issues, recently sent me a link to his latest video, "Green, An AmeriCan Dream." The video takes a look at the "pickers" who collect plastic and aluminum containers in Brooklyn,...
Vom Saal honored for BPA research
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Frederick vom Saal is one of 10 recipients if this year's Heinz Awards. The awards, presented by Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation, recognize extraordinary achievements in environmental issues. Vom Saal is a University of Missouri professor and long-time...