Plastics News Plastics News India Woolworths and Coles to withdraw plastic bags in some stores three months before bans come into effect April 14, 2018 by Plastics Infomart IF YOU haven’t already started, now is the time to start storing away your plastic shopping bags. From 1 July, free single use plastic bags will be banned virtually nationwide, with major retailers Coles and Woolworths also adding NSW to the list despite the Government there saying they can remain in place. But if you’re […] Read more » plastics news india
Environment Plastics Industry Plastics News These eco-friendly water bottles could help divert plastic from the oceans April 14, 2018 / April 14, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Humans have dumped so much trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii that this area–known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch–is now three times the size of France. But it’s far from the only part of the ocean that has been overwhelmed with detritus. According to Cyrill Gutsch, founder of the environmental startup Parley […] Read more » Environment
Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastics News India Bombay high court refuses to stay plastic ban in Maharashtra April 14, 2018 / April 14, 2018 by Plastics Infomart MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday refused to stay the Maharashtra government’s ban on plastic. A division bench of Justice Abhay oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla however batted for common citizens found in possession of banned plastic items, the court asked the state not to launch prosecutions against individual persons for three months. The […] Read more » Plastics News
Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastic Guilt is Reviving the Milk Bottle April 13, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Environmentalists say the food giant’s latest policy to address the growing plastic pollution problem is unclear and lacks bite. No clear targets, no timeline, and no additional efforts to help facilitate recycling by consumers. This was how environmental group Greenpeace described global food and beverage company Nestlé’s announcement on 10 April that it aims to […] Read more »
Plastics Industry Plastics News Only blanket plastic ban can prevent choking of rivers: Maharashtra to Bombay HC April 13, 2018 / April 13, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Chocking of rivers and other water bodies can be stopped only by imposing a blanket plastic ban, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay high court on Wednesday. “Nowadays, there is plastic everywhere: beaches, rivers, other water bodies… All are flooded with plastic, and it is also chocking our drainage system,” said senior advocate EP Bharucha, […] Read more » Plastic news
Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastics News India 64 Pounds of Trash Killed a Sperm Whale in Spain, Scientists Say April 13, 2018 / April 13, 2018 by Plastics Infomart A young sperm whale that washed ashore on the southeast coast of Spain in February most likely died after being unable to digest more than 60 pounds of plastic trash, fish netting and garbage bags in its stomach and intestines, scientists said this month. The 33-foot-long whale was swept onto a rocky beach in Cape […] Read more » plastics industry
Plastics News Plastics News India Jersey Shore Stars’ Plastic Surgery Transformations April 13, 2018 / April 13, 2018 by Plastics Infomart For as much as the shenanigans of the Jersey Shore cast have stayed the same, other things have changed. It’s been nearly a decade since the cast of one of MTV’s biggest hits first fist-pumped its way onto our TV screens and now, after the 2012 finale of Jersey Shore, they back in our living […] Read more » plastics news india
Industry News Entrepreneurial orbit: Businesses at heart of resource expo April 13, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Once a business gets its foot in the door with an economic development organization like the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, its opportunities for growth expand dramatically. Jack Kloepfer discovered this while navigating his Aztec business beyond the line of outdoor recreation products he built from thermoplastic-coated fabrics and into products for energy and aerospace […] Read more » Industry news
