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FORT BRAGG, CALIF. (May 18, 1:50 p.m. ET) -- Fort Bragg, a city of 7,300 along the coast of California halfway between San Francisco and Redwoods National Park, has become the second city in Mendocino County to ban single-use plastic bags and charge 10 cents for paper bags.
May 18, 2012
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (May 16, 3:45 p.m. ET) -- A U.S. government trade promotion office in China is focusing on plastics as one of its industries to try to boost American exports to the country, as part of a federal government initiative to double U.S. exports worldwide.
May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2:15 p.m. ET) -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has thrown out rules put in place by the National Labor Relations Board that would have sped up union representation elections, and enabled votes to be held as soon as two weeks after the union filed a petition with the NRLB to hold an election.
May 15, 2012
DENVER (May 15, 12:30 p.m. ET) -- Alpine Waste & Recycling is now taking mixed rigid plastics for processing at its Denver recycling plant. Commerce City, Colo.-based Alpine Waste said it is the first company in the Denver area to actively seek mixed rigid plastics, such as lawn furniture, five-gallon buckets and pallets.
May 15, 2012
WASHINGTON (May 11, 2:20 p.m. ET) -- Four more communities, three of them in California, have banned single-use plastic carryout bags, bringing the number of communities with plastics-related bans in the United States to 74 -- almost two-thirds of them in California.
May 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES (May 11, 2 p.m. ET) -- A task force in Los Angeles County has shut down 24 illegal plastic grinding operations over eight months and received recognition for its efforts. But the five-person investigative team in the sheriff’s department said it needs more corporate or government financial support to maintain its momentum.
May 11, 2012
BRUSSELS (May 10, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Plastics companies in the European Union that store potentially dangerous chemicals on their premises will have to abide by tougher management standards to prevent industrial accidents by 2015.
May 10, 2012
NEW YORK (May 9, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- New York City is set to hire Ron Gonen, the co-founder and former CEO of recycling rewards program RecycleBank LLC, to the newly created position of deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability.
May 9, 2012
JALGAON, INDIA (May 8, 4 p.m. ET) -- Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. and the University of Nebraska plan to work together on issues related to water conservation and sustainable food production.
May 8, 2012
SOUTH ELGIN, ILL. (May 7, 2 p.m. ET) -- Fourteen Hoffer Plastics Corp. employees recently spent a day working on home in the Elgin, Ill., historic district that is being renovated by Habitat For Humanity of Northern Fox Valley.
May 7, 2012
ORLANDO, FLA. (May 4, 4:50 p.m. ET) -- Symphony Environmental Technologies plc used its first U.S. show to set the record straight. The maker of oxo-biodegradable resin additives is talking to companies and lawmakers worldwide to address misinformation about its d2w technology, said Chief Executive Michael Laurier in an interview at NPE2012.
May 4, 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 3, 4 p.m. ET) -- A new group representing the PVC pipe sector was launched conference. The Indian Plastics Pipes Academy is a non-profit organization that will represent member companies and work to improve the image of the industry.
May 3, 2012
BRUSSELS (May 3, 12 p.m. ET) -- Europe’s PVC industry says that despite what it calls “significant economic challenges” it will be able meet its target to recycle 800,000 metric tons of PVC by 2020.
May 3, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (May 2, 11:30 a.m. ET) -- A bill that would require plastic bag manufacturers to register with the state and develop a recycling plan has passed the Illinois Senate and is making its way through the House.
May 2, 2012
SHANGHAI (May 1, 3:35 p.m. ET) -- The China Synthetic Resin Supply & Sale Association made a debut at the Chinaplas 2012 trade show in Shanghai. The new group will aim to “clear the name of plastics,” among other tasks, said Chairman Yang Weicai at a news conference at Chinaplas.
May 1, 2012
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