Archive for the ‘Recycling’ Category
No more plastic sporks at Occupy Seattle
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Here's a fun plastics-related headline: the Occupy Seattle movement is banning plastic sporks (and paper plates) from their encampment's food service. The news comes from Real Change, a Seattle, Wash., organization focused on providing opportunity and a voice for low-income...
Defending plastic bag bans
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
In case you haven't been paying attention, not everyone thinks plastic bag bans are a bad thing. Last week, Greenbiz.com senior editor Marc Gunther wrote a post in defense of plastic bags. Today, Stiv Wilson offers a counterpoint, "In Defense...
Your top stories of 2011
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Care to guess the topic of the most-read story on PlasticsNews.com in 2011? Was it about resin pricing? A major industry acquisition? A hot trend like sustainability? Take a guess -- I'll give the answer later in this column. But...
A voice in defense of plastic bags — but is it too late?
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Marc Gunther, senior writer for GreenBiz.com, posted a long defense of plastic bags on his website today. But judging by other headlines in recent weeks, I wonder if anyone will pay attention. Gunther's blog post, "In Defense of the Plastic...
Some thoughts on Coke’s leadership on bio-based resin
Friday, December 16th, 2011
Coca-Cola Co. is taking a leading role in advancing bio-based plastics. That's been obvious for about two years, since the company introduced PET bottles made, in part, from renewable monoethylene glycol. Now the company is working on the next step,...
Revenge of the plastic bag
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
This one is short but sweet. Apparently plastic bags are getting tired of all the attention they've been getting in the news media. This bag carefully planned its revenge and made the most of its moment in the limelight. No...
Plastic manhole covers thwart would-be scrap thieves
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Scrap theft is serious problem, and I've written about plastics companies that have been victims. But here's a twist -- an application for plastics that can benefit from the trend. The Western Daily Press in Somerset, England, writes today about...
Stolen antique cannon recovered
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Remember the story about the antique cannon that was stolen from a Michigan plastics fabricator? Good news: it's been recovered. Edston Plastic Co. in Romulus, Mich., was making a plastic replica of the cannon to be used as a donation...
HP tops list of sustainable electronics companies
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co., leads Greenpeace International's new list of electronics companies ranked by energy usage, green products and sustainable operations. Jeremy Carroll, a colleague at Waste & Recycling News, wrote about the report today. He notes new criteria this year also...
Plastics associations meet again on marine litter
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Following up on their meeting and joint declaration on plastics and marine debris back in March, global plastics industry leaders met again in Dubai this week. According to a news release put out by the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division...