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European Parliament votes to slash plastic bag waste
2014-04-17 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to cut plastic bag use by 80 per cent across the European Union have taken a major step forward, after the European Parliament gave the green light to a new package of regulations designed to slash plastic bag waste. MEPs yesterday voted strongly in favour of the European Commission's proposals that would require all member states to clamp down on single use carrier bags. The plans would also make it legal for countries to impose an outright ban on plastic bags without contravening single...
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EU seeks to cut plastic bag use by 80 percent by 2017
2014-04-16 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Parliament passed a directive on Wednesday aimed at cutting the use of thin single-use plastic carrier bags by 50 percent by 2017 and 80 percent two years later. The directive leaves it to individual states to choose their strategy, for example taxing bags or banning them. EU ministers are due to debate the law in June and the parliament will take it up again later this year following elections in May. Some 100 billion plastic bags are used every year within the European Union and...
SA City Council to begin the plastic bag debate
2014-04-16 13:57:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
City staffers Wednesday plan to recommend to the City Council's Governance Committee that San Antonio move forward with a ban on single-use plastic and paper bags.
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EuroCommerce raises concerns over costly plastic bag alternatives
2014-04-16 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
European retail and wholesale representative EuroCommerce has raised concerns about the effect on profits of EU legislation to replace plastic carrier bags used for fruit and vegetables.
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UK's LifeCycle Products Selects Cardia Bioplastics as Partner to Develop Its Proprietary Bag ...
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
UK's LifeCycle Products designs, markets and distributes its proprietary bag and waste management products made by Cardia Bioplastics using Cardia Compostable and Biohybrid™ resin technology<br /> LifeCycle Products and Cardia Bioplastics execute supply contract. Initial compostable product order of $65,000 placed for mid-2014 market launch.<br /> Cardia Bioplastics doubles film and bag making capacity to meet increased demand for its finished products business<br /> <br /> LifeCycle ...This story is related to the following:Material Handling and Storage Sponsored by: Dalmec Inc - Tile AdWaste Management Systems | Compostable Bags
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