Tag: plastic
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Guest Post: PVC’s Resilience and Its Foreseeable Future
In the 1960s Dustin Hoffman movie, “The Graduate,” a man hoisting a drink at a cocktail party declares to a business associate: “The future’s in plastic.” As time marched on, it turned out these words were absolutely correct, whether or not you happen to like the material, and the chemical formulations that make the material…
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Los Angeles Enacts Plastic Bag Ban, Strengthens Statewide Movement
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 today to finalize a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags. L.A. had begun drafting an ordinance last year, and has since completed an exhaustive study demonstrating the benefits of a citywide ban …