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Plastic Making a Comeback?

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Yes, plastic bags aredisappearing in cities nationwide. Plastic bag bans and plastic bag taxes, havebeen taking over major cities like Seattle and San Francisco, hoping toreduce the production and use of retail plastic bags. This type of disappearingact however, is much more impressive. Recently, Symphony EnvironmentalTechnologies has developed an additive that makes plastic bagsoxo-biodegradable. This is a huge development, for obvious reasons, and canrelatively stop the whole “plastic bag ban” movement dead in its tracks. Majorcorporations have already begun to employ the use of this substance, known as“d2w,” for the millions of retail bagsin their distribution.So how does this wonderchemical work exactly? Essentially, when d2w is added at the extrusion stage ofthe plastic production process, it renders the plastic ‘oxo-biodegradable’.This means that the plastic will break down much faster, and with much lessdamage to the environment. Normally, plastic bags and the popular polybags take hundreds of years to degrade, in the process, breaking downinto smaller and smaller bits of plastic, which can contaminate the naturalenvironment. Plastic bag degradation with the d2w additive leaves absolutely nofragments, methane, or harmful residues. The plastic bag essentially turns intowater, carbon dioxide and biomass. Some other advantages of d2w use in plasticare that it doesn’t need to be buried to biodegrade, it needs less raw materialfor its production, and it still retains the properties of conventionalplastic, like being durable and waterproof.Now, major retailers and promotional plastic bags users areadopting the product and endorsing its use worldwide. D2w will be appearing inmajor plastic products from Grupo Bimbo (Mexico),Luibeg International (India),and Eco Polymers (Dubai).Market watchers say that while Symphony has seen ups and downs, it’s big-timeuse and endorsement by such companies around the world are making it the company to watch for investment opportunities in the years to come.Source: ‘Disappearing’Plastic Could Send Symphony (SYM) SoaringDisclaimer: This blog orarticle is for information purpose only, and should not be treated aprofessional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used forsearchengine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advisedthat readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for moreinformation....

Date: 24 September 2008, Wednesday
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Are Plastic Bags the Real Enemy?

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The West Side debate continues. After Seattle’s new law fora 20 cent tax on plastic bags, with high hopes of phasing out their use (ormisuse) in grocery, and convenient stores, Los Angeles seems to be followingsuit. The City Council voted a resolution on July 22 to ban all retail plasticbags from stores starting July 1, 2010 if the state of California fails to impose a pending bill(AB 2058) that would force retailers to charge shoppers 25 cents for eachplastic bag provided by supermarkets and large retail stores. So shoppers caneither bring their own pre-purchased reusable bags from home, or choose thefree paper bags.So what impact will this have on us? There are quitevehement and opposing views on this. Some council members and environmentalistswho agree with the proposed law, say that the end result would be a majorcutback on plasticbags, eliminating them from stores, and thus eliminating them from citystreets, rivers, oceans, and landfills. There is a lot of in-your-faceinformation and propaganda directed solely at painting plastic bags as the enemy. In reality, these are all myths. Plastic bags as litter, plastic bags asdamaging to the environment, plastic bags as a source of major energy consumption, these statements are all extremely isleading.First of all, the major sources of litter, in order, are: Cigarettes, chewing gum, soda cans, beer cans, soda bottles, beer bottles, water bottles, disposable paper cups,newspapers, and so on. Secondly, environmentalists say that plastic bags takethousands of years to decompose and take up space in the landfills, when in reality, plastic bags generate 39% less greenhouse gas emissions thanuncomposted paper bags, and 68% less greenhouse gas emissions than composted paper bags. Also, plastic retail bags consume 71% less energy during production than paper bags. Lastly, many environmentalists claim that the production of plastic bags is directly dependent on oil. The truth is, plastic bags are made out of polyethylene. Polyethylene is made of ethylene. In the United States,ethylene is made of ethane which is extracted from natural gas. As a result, plastic bags manufactured in the United States are not made out of oil. Perhaps they are referring to oil in terms of fuel, which is used in the transportation of plastic bags. Fact is, paper bags are 6 to 10 times heavier than plastic bags,which means 6 to 10 times more gas consumption in transporting them.Perhaps the most tragic piece of information being overlooked by anti-plastic bag coalitions is that 85% of the plastic bags used here in the United States are made here as well. Taxing plastic bags will have a huge impact on the American manufacturing industry. Just in here in California, the proposed tax would cost an average family around $400 dollars per year. If plastic bags were banned all over the U.S. it would result in the loss of 4,000 American jobs. It is important to be smart about the use of plastic bags.Banning them seems a bit drastic, when all it takes is a bit of caution. Think twice before you throw away your bag. You can use it again as a trash can liner, to carry lunch or other items in, or to pick up after your dog. Don’tbuy less, buy smart!

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Date: 18 August 2008, Monday
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One Blogger’s Quest to Avoid Plastic

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I recently read a blog from a woman who took a week longchallenge to go throughout each day without acquiring any new disposableplastic. Her results are typical. It’s actually really hard not to use somesort of disposable plastic day to day. Actually, her efforts are quite commendable.She went two days out of seven without her herself using any new plastic, butshe attributed that to not really buying anything on those days, and couldn’treally avoid the plastic that her kids brought into the house from outsidesources. She noted that the main culprits are plastic bags used in packaging items, like in thesupermarket, which are pretty much unavoidable. Marshmallows, for example,whether you choose to take them home in a plastic bag, paper bag, or reusable bag, they stillcome in plastic packaging. So many other little avoidable pieces of plastic arenoted in her blog as well, plastic straws, plastic caps, swim goggles and othersmall toys that kids use until they grow out of, and then throw them away.Grocery shopping is inevitable, and the reuseable nonwoven bags are helpful only if you remember to bring them. Sure, you couldbuy less on a day to day basis, but then where does that leave our alreadyslumping economy? Using paperbags is an option as well, but then we’re back to square one, withdeforestation issues, and the environmentally harmful effects of theirproduction as well. The fact is, it’s cheaper to produce plastic retailbags, and it costs more to recycle them than making new ones. So maybe itis unavoidable to acquire plastic someway or another. But I can admire those ofus who are aware and actually try. As Trudy so wisely stated, “I can’t say Imanaged to avoid plastic for a week. But the experience of trying to do so mademe much more aware of what passes through my hands and how much of it I can(and can’t) control.”



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Date: 27 July 2008, Sunday
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Can A Plastic Bag Ban Really Work?

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I was just reading a story on the recently proposed law in Seattle for implementing a plastic bag reduction program. The law would impose a 20 cent tax on each and every plastic or paper bag used, which of course is aimed at reducing the waste and oil consumption associated plastic bags, and has already been implemented in other cities and states across the U.S. Many people are asking, can this idea really work? We already have the choice of buying those completely recyclable non woven bags, which are the more eco-friendly choice over paper or plastic. But how often do you find yourself in line at the grocery store only to realize you’ve left the reusable bags in the trunk, or at home, or don’t want to bother taking up extra time and annoying those waiting in line behind you?

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Date: 18 July 2008, Friday
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The Many Uses of Poly bags

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The poly bag has a lot going for it. It allows magazines and newspapers to be transported without fear ofdamage, gives the subscriber an unobstructed view of the cover, acts as aconvenient source of revenue, where advertisers’ outserts can be neatly tucked,and compared to bulky paper envelopes, it brings down mailing costssubstantially. A publisher’s ally, there are such retailers that create andsell a wide range of poly bags in several sizesshapes and colors for many different functions:
The majority of poly bagging is manufactured using polyethylene, which is made from a byproduct of oilrefining. Its strength and low cost makes it the perfect carrier for thousands of magazines and newspapers distributed across the country each year.

Many advertisers use poly bags as promotional plastic bags with custom printed logos
and bright colors. Some come as door knob bags, for publishers to leave
advertisements and reading material on doors of many potential customers. Trade
show bags are another popular item, but even more popular still are the custom
printed non woven bags
which offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic. Another alternative is paper retail bags which are completely biodegradable. Some eco-friendly retailers offer seed paper, which is made from recycled paper infused with wildflower seeds. This paper, once used, can be planted instead of thrown away.Publishers do have thefreedom to use biodegradable or compostable wrapping material through the USPSmachineable mailing systems. However, both have set requirements for
transparent wrappings’ clarity, strength, thickness and anti-static abilities. As long as the product meets these standards, it can go through machineable mail sorting uninterrupted.People are often too quickto point the finger at plastic bagging as an environmental evil. But there are new ways of looking at poly bagging—a product that can happily fit into therecycle, reduce, reuse model.
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Date: 17 June 2008, Tuesday
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Many Cities Declare Ban on Plastic Bags

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Is this really going to work? Environmentalists have a fair
share to say against plastic, but it is in just about everything we use on a
day to day basis. I do agree that in some places, where plastic
bags get thrown away on the street, it would be better to see them
disappear. However, plastic bags are convenient, and when recycled, have many
different uses than just holding a box of cold medicine bought from the
drugstore.



 If the alternative,
as it is in several states where plastic
shopping bags have been banned, is to choose paper bags
isn’t that just as bad? I thought we were trying to save the trees! So herein
lies the predicament. Of course there is the other alternative, which is to use
those reusable bags, but this is definitely not the choice most convenient. You
have to remember to bring them from home, bag the items you buy yourself, and in
times of high traffic, deal with a line of impatient customers behind you. Well
I’ve tried all of the above solutions in doing my part to deplete the use of
plastic, which I understand is an important issue for the environment.

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Date: 22 May 2008, Thursday
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