By an overwhelming margin, Plastics News readers who responded to our Web poll - found at www.plastics news.com - believe the government should make the issue a higher priority.
More than 270 readers had responded to the unscientific poll by Sept. 8, and about 63 percent said the government should be doing more. About 26 percent said the media have blown the issue out of proportion, 6 percent said the issue is getting the right amount of attention, and about 4 percent said they didn't know.