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Auto parts suppliers seek federal help
WASHINGTON (Feb. 2, 2:45 p.m. ET) -- The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association is renewing its call to Congress and the Obama administration to approve measures to help save nearly 686,000 motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs in the United States. February 2, 2010
Australia warns bag firms about using environmental claims
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (Jan. 28, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- Australia’s national business watchdog has published an online guide explaining potential legal pitfalls in making unsubstantiated claims about the environmental performance of plastic single-use shopping bags. January 28, 2010
Court sides with bag makers on Manhattan Beach, Calif., bag ban
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 28, 11 a.m. ET) -- The second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles has struck a serious blow to communities looking to implement plastic bag bans in California. The court ruled Jan. 27 that Manhattan Beach should have conducted an environmental impact report before it passed the city’s never-implemented ban on plastic bags in 2008. January 28, 2010
Mexico City may encourage recycling instead of bag ban
MEXICO CITY (Jan. 27, 5 p.m. ET) -- Plastics industry leaders, hoping to head off a law that would ban non-degradable plastic bags in all Mexico City stores later this year, say they have convinced authorities to adopt a less draconian attitude. Guillermo Salas, president of Mexico’s National Plastics Industry Association (Anipac), said the government is sympathetic to the argument that a better course of action would be to introduce more stringent garbage separation and recycling measures. January 27, 2010
Two states prepare to regulate BPA
MADISON, WIS. (Jan. 27, 4:45 p.m. ET) -- Washington and Wisconsin are one step closer to becoming the third and fourth U.S. states to ban the use of bisphenol A in baby bottles and food and drink containers. The two new proposed bans, which are expected to be approved and signed into law, come less than two weeks after the Food and Drug Administration reversed its long-held stance that BPA is safe for food contact applications. January 27, 2010
Calif. legislature kills 25-cent bag tax
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (Jan. 26, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- The early demise of two bills that would have placed a 25-cent tax on single-use plastic and paper carryout bags in California underscores the state budgetary pressures that will likely influence any additional efforts to tax or ban plastic bags in California. The two bills, both carried over from the 2009 legislative session, were killed Jan. 21 when they were held in the state Assembly Appropriations Committee. January 26, 2010
Ore. recyclers to discuss plastic bag bans
OREGON CITY, ORE. (Jan. 20, 10:20 a.m. ET) -- The Association of Oregon Recyclers is holding a forum to discuss plastic bag bans and urban wood markets in the state Jan. 28 in Oregon City. January 20, 2010
Carmakers work to fit into that new CAFE standard
DETROIT (Jan. 19, 1:10 p.m. ET) -- A lot of people start off January with New Year’s resolutions: eat better, exercise more, reduce stress, stop smoking … and, for most of the auto industry, lose weight. January 19, 2010
FDA says BPA poses health risk
WASHINGTON (Jan. 17, 10:10 a.m. ET) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 15 changed its long-held view that bisphenol A is safe in food-contact applications at current levels. FDA now says instead that it is "taking reasonable steps to reduce human exposure to BPA in the food supply." January 17, 2010
Both sides agree, US needs jobs for true economic recovery
WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Their perspectives are different -- one representing business, the other labor unions. But Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, agree on the urgency of creating jobs to get the economy moving forward. January 14, 2010
Governments urge keeping focus on toy safety
HONG KONG (Jan. 13, 1:55 p.m. ET) -- Chinese factories make more than 70 percent of the world’s toys, so top toy safety regulators in America and Europe came to the Hong Kong Toy Fair recently with a message -- don't step back from the recent focus on safety. January 13, 2010
Researchers claim BPA link with cardiovascular disease
EXETER, ENGLAND (Jan. 13, 1:20 p.m. ET) -- Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter, England, say they have found evidence of a link between bisphenol A exposure and cardiovascular disease. January 13, 2010
Phoenix wins Canadian approval for recycled PET
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO (Jan. 13, 10:20 a.m. ET) -- Phoenix Technologies International LLC has received a letter of no objection from Health Canada to use up to 100 percent of Phoenix's LNO c-brand of recycled PET in food containers. January 13, 2010
Health care dominates agendas
WASHINGTON (Jan. 12, 3 p.m. ET) -- The specter of health-care reform, and its potential impact, looms large over all other federal activity heading into 2010. January 12, 2010
Pipe trade group appeals Calif. ruling against PEX
GLEN ELLYN, ILL. — The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association has appealed a ruling by a lower court that threatens to halt the use of cross-linked polyethylene pipe in plumbing in California. The appeal, filed Dec. 31, means that PEX piping, which has been approved for use by the California Building Standards Commission, can continue to be used, pending the appellate court ruling. January 8, 2010

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