Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category
Automakers serious about composites
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
The auto industry is getting serious about using plastic composites to reduce weight and improve fuel economy. Every week, it seems, we're seeing stories about automakers and suppliers using or studying ways to use plastics and/or composites to make vehicles...
Bottled water ban back on Concord’s agenda
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Jean Hill, the 84-year-old Concord, Mass., grandmother of six, is at it again -- trying to ban sales of single-serve plastic water bottles. According to the Boston Herald, Concord residents will vote at an April 25 town meeting on a...
Kyra Sedgwick speaks against single-use plastics
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Add actress Kyra Sedgwick to the list of celebrities who are crusading against single-use plastics. Last week Sedgwick, star of TV's "The Closer," moderated ""A Global Call to End Plastic Pollution" at the United Nations in New York. Lisa Kaas...
‘The woman the plastic industry can’t beat’
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Who's Emily Utter? She's an anti-plastics activist who helped pass a ban on plastic bags in San Francisco, and now she's working to help other cities and towns do the same. Utter is making "huge progress ... in spite of...
Emerging issue: tsunami debris
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
On top of the rest of the plastics industry's marine litter problems, get ready for a new twist. Experts say debris from last year's tsunami that devastated parts of Japan are headed for the West Coast of the United States...
Ford Asia official to keynote PN’s China conference
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Attendees to the China Plastics in Automotive 2012 conference in Shanghai on April 17 will gain insights into Ford Motor Co.'s vision for creating greener, more lightweight and fuel-efficient vehicles globally when they hear from keynote speaker Jennifer Gilhool. She's...
Using ‘The Lorax’ to teach plastics recycling
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
A few months ago I wrote about the potential for viewers to take away an anti-plastics message from "The Lorax," a Dr. Seuss-inspired film that opened today. But the tone of that post, "'The Lorax' pits kids against plastics," wasn't...
Explaining the new package recycling labels
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Have you noticed any of the new package recycling labels? Some manufacturers are voluntarily using the labels in an effort to make recycling easier. One of the biggest problems with the status quo labels is related to plastics -- specifically,...
Is innovation slipping at P&G?
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Here's a suprising fact: It has been five years since Procter & Gamble Co. launched a brand in the United States, and that product was niche probiotic Align. Is P&G, which has a long history as a creator of innovative...
On Apple and ‘exploitation outsourcing’
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
In the past few months, the curtain has been pulled back at Apple Inc. and the public is getting a close look at how the company operates. But the spotlight hasn't just been on the legacy of Steve Jobs or...