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Penang marts must observe ‘No Plastic Monday’ from Jan
George Town :: Cayman Islands | 1 day ago
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Effective January next year, all hypermarkets, supermarkets and minimarkets will have to comply with the �No Plastic Monday� if they want to get their licences renewed. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said those applying for new licences will also have to...
Tags: Cayman Islands, George Town, Queensbay Mall, Lim Guan Eng, Plastic, Bag, Packaging, Penang, Plastic bag, Politics, Municipal Council of Penang Island
Plastic bottles are safe, claims forum
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 2 days ago
Credibility The use of plastic water bottles is safe, says the Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF). It chairman Lim Kok Boon said plastic or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles had been subjected to the US Food and Drugs Administration�s (FDA) review and regulations...
Tags: plastics bottled, PET, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Bottles, Plastics, Plastic bottle, Polyethylene terephthalate, Plastic, Recyclable materials, Packaging, Containers, Human Interest, Environment
Ban on plastic bags now gets thicker
Gāndhīnagar :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Plastic bags of 20 micron have already been banned. State government sources said that non-recyclable laminated plastic/metallic pouches, multilayered packaging, and other non-recyclable plastic too would be prohibited. Biodegradable plastic bags or...
Tags: plastic bag, India, Gāndhīnagar, Containers, Plastic, Biodegradable plastic, Bioplastic, Recyclable materials, Packaging, Plastics, Environment
Food safety measures reviewed
Doha :: Qatar | 2 days ago
Credibility The National Food Safety Committee in a recent meeting has recommended continuation of the ban on Indian eggs and discussed various other issues pertaining to public health including the quality of saffron sold in the market, use of stapler pins on tea...
Tags: National Food Safety Committee, plastic bags, tea bags, Qatar, Doha, Containers, Tea bag, Plastic bag, Plastic, Saffron, Packaging, Medicinal plants, Tea
'Recycled Plastic' Vessel Set to Sail the Pacific
A crusade to draw attention to the saturation and dangers of plastic may bob in peculiar fashion as heir to a fortune and a world adventurer attempts to make a 10,000 plus mile journey across the Pacific Ocean on a craft of reused plastic. Born from...
Tags: Plastic, Reusable, Recyclie, David Mayer de Rothschild, Plastiki&rsquo, reuse plastic, allnews, United Kingdom, London, David, Reused Plastic Bottles
BPA linked to sex problems
Shanghai :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported last week. Heavy exposure to BPA, or bisphenol A, on the job was linked to impotence...
Tags: BPA, factories workers, China, Shanghai, Dielectrics, Baby bottle, Plastic, Bisphenol A, Phenols, Plasticizers, Health Medical Pharma
Monterey Peninsula: Plastic bag recycling gets easier
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility But for shoppers still in the habit of taking groceries home in plastic bags, the Monterey Regional Waste Management District has made recycling them as easy as recycling bottles and cans. Through the bag-in-bag program, the district offers pickup service...
Tags: plastics bag, Monterey Peninsula, Monterey City Disposal Service, Angela Brantley, Jeff Lindenthal, film plastics, recycle bins, bag recycle, waste manager, Monterey, Containers, Packaging, Plastic bag, Plastic recycling, Plastic, Recyclable materials, Recycling, Plastics, Environment
A broader client base propels hot growth for Minnesota Thermal Science
Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 days ago
Credibility Minnesota Thermal Science (MTS) is a small Plymouth company with a big-time product line: thermal-insulated containers that protect temperature-sensitive medical and biological materials for several days during shipment, even in extreme temperature fluctuations.
Tags: MTS, Thomas Anderson, Iraq, Baghdad, Intermodal container, Plastic, Refrigerator, Business Finance, Containers, Food preservation, Containerization
Plastic bag factories want to continue production
Mandalay :: Myanmar | 5 days ago
Credibility November, factory owners in Rangoon appealed the Rangoon Division Peace and Development Council (PDC) to allow them to continue production. Sources said, factory owners are into negotiations with local authorities for letting them continue production,...
Tags: continue production, factories owners, plastic bag, Rangoon, factories want, bag factories, Myanmar, Mandalay, Polyolefins, Containers, Plastic, High-density polyethylene, Plastics, Recyclable materials, Dielectrics, Labor, Environment
Berry buying Danish firm
Taastrup :: Denmark | 5 days ago
Credibility Evansville-headquartered Berry Plastics Corp, an Apollo Management L.P. and Graham Partners portfolio company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of Superfos Packaging...
Tags: Superfos Packaging Inc., Evansville-headquartered Berry Plastics Corp, Denmark, Taastrup, Plastic, Linpac, Apollo Management, Berry Plastics, Recyclable materials, Business Finance, Health Medical Pharma
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