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5 Gyres Institute Sets Sail to Study Plastic Pollution in Lake Michigan

2013-08-02 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Today, a team from 5 Gyres Institute launched an unprecedented expedition to quantify and report on the extent of plastic pollution in Lake Michigan. Nick Williamson, environmental science major at SUNY-Fredonia; Saul Kliorys, Burning River Foundation board member; Sam Mason, associate professor of chemistry at SUNY-Fredonia; and Marcus Erikson, director of 5 Gyres Institute, at Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, OH. Williamson, Mason and Erikson set sail today on an unprecedented expedition...

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Union crying foul over U.S. firm's plans to close Ont. plastic packaging plant

2013-07-31 17:46:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

The union representing workers at a soon-to-close packaging plant near Toronto is accusing the U.S. company of a lack of compassion for employees.

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Plastic Enclosure protects electronics from water, dirt.

2013-07-31 14:33:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Suitable for protecting electronics in outdoor applications, ML-46F is molded in light gray UV-stabilized polycarbonate, is available with light gray or clear cover option, and features 6.13 x 4.63 x 2.44 in. enclosure. Waterproof enclosure has silicone gasket seal and UL94V-0 flame rating and is listed to UL 508A, NEMA Type 1, 2, 4, 4X, 12, and 13 specifications. Other features include molded on surface-mounting flanges, plastic mounting bosses, and brass inserts. This story is related to the following:Electronic Components and Devices Sponsored by: Globtek Inc. - Your Power Partner...For Over 20 Years!Search for suppliers of: Electronic Enclosures

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Plastic beads are the latest pollution threat to Great Lakes

2013-07-31 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Tiny plastic beads from beauty products are showing up in North America's Great Lakes, and an environmental group is calling upon companies to stop using the plastic particles. Scientists have already been found the particles, known as microplastic, floating in the oceans but recently reported the same contamination in the largest surface freshwater system on the Earth. The particles are often less than a millimeter (0.04 inch). A team of researchers with 5 Gyres Institute, a non-profit California-based...

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iPhone 5C leaks: Is this the plastic version of the iPhone 5S?

2013-07-29 17:45:30| Extremetech

Apple is gearing up to release a cheap version of the iPhone 5S, called the iPhone 5C, if some compelling leaks from the Chinese supply chain are to be believed. While the new iPhone 5C will almost certainly be cheap, the C probably stands for Color. Is the iPhone 5C the much-speculated, cheap, colorful, plastic iPhone that will finally give Apple a slice of the non-premium smartphone market?

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