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Australia backs container deposits in the Northern Territory


May 1, 2013 1:59 pm ET

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — The Australian Government will introduce regulations to legalize the Northern Territory Government's container deposit scheme (CDS).

GAO report: EPA's plans for evaluating chemical safety are unrealistic


April 30, 2013 1:47 pm ET

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency’s plans for evaluating potentially harmful chemicals under current law are unclear and may be unrealistic and impractical, according to a report Monday by the investigative arm of the U.S. government.

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Stronach aims to reshape Austria's politics


April 29, 2013 11:13 am ET

AURORA, ONTARIO -- White-haired, tanned and vigorous at 80, Frank Stronach clearly has zero interest in retiring after building North America's biggest auto parts company. Act II for the immigrant billionaire who built Magna International out of a...

EuPR urges designers to focus on plastics recycling


April 26, 2013 1:01 pm ET

BRUSSELS -- European Recyclers Europe (EuPR) will next year launch new guidelines for plastic packaging recycling, claiming that today's packaging designs are threatening the European Union recycling targets.

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Debate over biodegradable additives vs. recycling boils over in Mexico


April 25, 2013 12:53 pm ET

MEXICO CITY — A sometimes acrimonious relationship between the biodegrading and recycling lobbies in Mexico has boiled over into a bitter public war of words, in an open letter emailed to plastics industry executives.

New York City adds rigid plastics to recycling program


April 24, 2013 3:46 pm ET

NEW YORK — After years of dismally low recycling rates in the city, the Bloomberg administration announced Wednesday that for the first time New Yorkers can recycle takeout containers, empty yogurt cups, CD cases and other hard plastic.

Plastic bans on the agenda at some Massachusetts town meetings


April 23, 2013 3:42 pm ET

CONCORD, MASS. — In many Massachusetts communities, bans on plastic products are on the agenda at the annual spring town meetings.

European regulator postpones ruling on BPA safety


April 22, 2013 10:56 am ET

BRUSSELS – The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has postponed by four months a long-awaited decision on whether plastics ingredient bisphenol A is safe in food contact packaging. Its anticipated July opinion will now be a draft and open for consultation until November.

Judge removes BPA from California's Prop 65 list


April 19, 2013 5:17 pm ET

WASHINGTON — Bisphenol A has been removed from California's list of harmful chemicals, at least for the time being. A California judge granted a preliminary injunction Friday in the American Chemistry Council's case against a division of the state's Environmental Protection Agency.

Energy Efficient Foam Coalition opposes US building code proposals


April 19, 2013 11:41 am ET

WASHINGTON — The newly formed Energy Efficient Foam Coalition (EEFC) said it is opposed to two U.S. building code proposals that would side-step the current code requirement for a long-standing fire safety test.

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