Plastic producers face fines for not using enough recycled material in their products
The 35 companies identified were fined a combination of over $400,000 because the law required them to use between 10% and 15 ...
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Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling
This legal action sets a precedent for other state attorneys general to follow. As the litigation piles up on big oil for ...
Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims
Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of ...
This marble-like building material looks out of this world. It’s actually auto industry waste plastic
Recycled plastic from the automotive industry could become a new kind of building material that lowers architecture's carbon ...
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Plastic producers fined over $400k by Washington Department of Ecology
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Dozens of plastic producers in Washington have been fined for not including enough recycled material in bags ...
After ExxonMobil, can you trust companies’ plastic recycling labels?
Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of ...
Can You Trust Companies That Say Their Plastic Products Are Recyclable?
Currently, the Green Guides state that marketers should qualify claims that products are recyclable when recycling facilities ...
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Cancerous flame retardants in black plastic, study says
Black plastic is often full of cancerous, hormone disrupting flame retardants, a first-of-its-kind study finds. The highest ...
Your black plastic kitchen items may contain toxic chemicals, experts warn
Recent research has revealed alarming levels of toxic flame retardants in black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, raising ...
Susan Shelley: California’s war on oil and plastic
Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...
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Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims
To help companies avoid making deceptive advertising claims, it urged the FTC to provide more detailed explanations, with examples of acceptable marketing. The Association of Plastic Recyclers ...