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Los Angeles City Council
Los Angeles City Council

Los Angeles City Council votes to ban plastic bags

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. Another vote to finalise the ban is scheduled for next week.If that is approved, and the bill is signed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, large grocery stores will have to phase ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Crain launches plastics recycling show

Crain Communications, owner of PRW, has officially announced the launch of a new plastics exhibition and conference to take place next year.The inaugural Plastics Recycling Expo (pre), which will run alongside PDM on 18 and 19 June 2014, will be the only ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
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David Kern
David Kern

BCC warns steps must be taken to control inflation

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) believes that rising inflation poses a threat to the UKs economic recovery.Inflation rose 0.3% in May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which reported that the grew by 2.7% in the year to May, ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports
Bank of England
Bank of England

UK inflation flouts Bank of England forecast

Inflation rose 0.3% in May, the result of increases in the cost of fuel and clothing. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the Consumer Prices Index grew by 2.7% in the year to May, up from 2.4% in April.However, just last month the Bank of England ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports
Plastics
Plastics

BPF announces plastic recycling conference

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched Replast 2013, its sixth annual plastics recycling conference.The theme of this years event is Driving Manufacturing Using Recycled Plastics and the conference will examine how to increase the size of ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 17 hours ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports
George Osborne
George Osborne

UK manufacturing "has huge role to play"

UK manufacturing had to be much more flexible and ready to play a huge role in helping to restore the domestic economys fortunes, a leading economist argued this week.Giving the keynote address at a conference held at PDM13 in Telford yesterday, former ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 17 hours ago]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Teesside plant benefits from reliable manufacturing

Sabics ethylene liquefaction plant on Teesside has witnessed a dramatic turnaround and is on track to make productivity gains of more than 10m a year following intervention from change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing.Just 18 months after ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Plastic is making your daughter fat science proves it

Well, thats torn it Bisphenol As (BPA) days are officially numbered. Its making teenage girls fat; science proves it.Dr De-Kun Li, a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, has published ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency

Spanish packaging group La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) has announced that it will begin insolvency proceedings.According to Reuters, the group has failed to reach a deal with creditors. The company has been in talks with lenders since last year after struggling ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Waste mussels in on marine fauna

Toxic substances contained in micro-plastic waste can enter the food chain through ingestion by marine fauna such as plankton and mussels, according to the Dutch government, which is calling on EU environment ministers to address the issue.Micro-plastics, ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Rutland Plastics makes the medical grade

Rutland Plastics has attained ISO13485 for the manufacture of non-sterile injection and flow moulded components for medical devices and the machining, finishing and sub-assembly of mouldings. This is a growing market for plastic mouldings due to the high ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Recycle Week celebrates 10th birthday

Today (17 June) marks the start of the tenth annual Recycle Week, a decade that has seen the UK recycle 50 billion plastic bottles, according to Wrap.During the same period, local authority recycling schemes across the UK have collected materials like ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 17 2013]

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However, just last month the Bank of England forecast that inflation would fall faster than it previously thought. "The largest upward contributions to the change in the rate came from transport (notably air transport and motor fuels) and clothing. The largest downward contribution came from food" said the ONS. The figures show that inflation has returned to the levels seen between October 2012 and March 2013 after slowdown in the rate to 2...
UK inflation flouts Bank of England forecast [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
..."We will be focusing our work nowadays on the West region of China," she said. "In the West, a lot of local manufacturers have problems with technology and poor quality." She identified three reasons for pipes failing: poor quality raw material, improper pipe manufacturing and poor installation in the field...
Chinese plastic pipe makers under pressure to boost quality [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 14 2013]
...help reduce health risks, according to space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). "This is the first study using observations from space to confirm what has been thought for some time that plastics and other lightweight materials are pound-for-pound more effective for shielding against cosmic radiation than aluminium, said Cary Zeitlin of the SwRI Earth, Oceans, and Space Department at UNH, and head of the research. Shielding can't entirely solve the radiation exposure problem in deep space but there are clear differences in effectiveness of different materials." The research findings are based on observations made by the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) on board the LRO spacecraft
Plastic protection for deep space missions [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Ashley William Morris died from crush injuries on Saturday at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre. A statement from Derbyshire police said: "A 24-year-old man taken from the scene of an accident in Robian Way, has now unfortunately died in hospital as a result of his injuries. "Officers from Derbyshire police are now assisting the Health and Safety Executive and the South Derbyshire coroner in investigating the circumstance of this tragic accident." Rainbow Waste has confirmed it is working with the relevant authorities during the investigation into the accident. The company has been in touch with the employee's family to express its deepest condolences to his friends and family. At this difficult time our thoughts are obviously with his family and work colleagues. All those involved in the incident have been offered counselling, it said in a statement."
Man crushed to death at recycling plant [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]

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Crain launches plastics recycling show [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
BCC warns steps must be taken to control inflation [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
Los Angeles City Council votes to ban plastic bags [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 7 hours ago]
UK manufacturing "has huge role to play" [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 17 hours ago]
BPF announces plastic recycling conference [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - 17 hours ago]
Plastic is making your daughter fat science pro... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
Teesside plant benefits from reliable manufactu... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
Waste mussels in on marine fauna [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
UK inflation flouts Bank of England forecast [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
Rutland Plastics makes the medical grade [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 18 2013]
Recycle Week celebrates 10th birthday [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 17 2013]
The UK's premier plastics event PDM13 starts to... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 17 2013]
Chemical engineering graduate offered Westminst... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 17 2013]
One killed, 72 injured in US feedstock plant ex... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 14 2013]
Chinese plastic pipe makers under pressure to b... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 14 2013]
Acquisition puts Bosch in blow moulding market [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 14 2013]
Discover the latest plastics materials and desi... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 14 2013]
BPF elects Mike Boswell president [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Plastic pregnancy claim alarming, says BPF [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Plastic protection for deep space missions [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Man crushed to death at recycling plant [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Iconic Eames chair to make a comeback [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Songwon gears up for global expansion [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Rotomoulders turn heads at Subcon exhibition [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Visit PDM13 in Telford next week [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 13 2013]
Coke and Tesco team up to persuade more of us t... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 12 2013]
UK employment up and salaries down, say analysts [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 12 2013]
US resin codes to drop 'chasing arrows' [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 12 2013]
Tough act to follow for Intertronics [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Jun 12 2013]
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