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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill	24.5.2013	AP National
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage....
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Calif. bill would require product makers to help reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean	24.5.2013	Star Tribune: Nation

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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.
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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill	24.5.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
SAN FRANCISCO—It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other
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Do The Can-Can (Cached)	20.5.2013	Outlook Magazine
Ready-to-eat packs the shelves...at home
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Are plastic jars worse for the environment?	12.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Several grocery products I used to buy in glass jars are now in plastic. Is this ethically better or worse? We are told to avoid sweating the small stuff. But I say no, sweat the small stuff all you like. The small stuff cumulatively becomes big stuff. The average household buys 4,000 packaged products a year, including food. If each of those products comes in a single-use, poorly packaged receptacle – a mix of copolymers which can't easily be recycled – then that's 4,000 bits of extra pollution. Packaging has a lot of jobs: avoiding waste, guaranteeing that products are tamper free, marketing and making sure it's "shelf-ready" for all-powerful supermarkets. (Why not read the downloadable brochure Why Products are Packaged the Way They Are ?) Perhaps the apposite question is: why don't they package the way they used to? Many brands claim they're being greener by shifting into some new fancy-pants type of plastic (as opposed to saving money). Glass is inert and straightforward (it is ...
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Destiny's design: Rag-picker makes it to NID	12.5.2013	Ahmedabad News, Ahmedabad City News \| Cities News - Times of India
Destiny's design: Rag-picker makes it to NID
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Jena confers 3rd nat'nl awards for Petrochemicals & Plastic processing industry (Cached)	8.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 7 : Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Kumar Jena today gave away the third national awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemical and Downstream, Plastic Processing Industry for their outstanding contribution in the relevant industry.
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3rd National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals & Downstream Plastic Processing Industry Presented (Cached)	7.5.2013	Govt of india: PIB
3rd National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals & Downstream Plastic Processing Industry Presented
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Nanotechnology offers small food for thought	26.4.2013	Guardian: Science
Nanomaterials are already part of our diet and the vast majority are naturally occurring. But should 'artificial' nanoparticles be added to our foodstuffs? Imagine a humble grain of rice. Shrink it down a thousand times, and it becomes the size of a human skin cell. Shrink it a thousand times more, and you arrive at the nanoscale, where matter is measured in billionths of a metre. Over the past three decades, scientists have developed a plethora of techniques that allow them to design and build structures at the nanoscale. Now they are applying these to our food. Nanoparticles could smuggle vitamins into our daily diet, help deliver medicines where they are needed in the body, or even help to reduce food waste. "The possibilities seem endless," says Jeffrey Card, a toxicology expert at Intertek, a multinational safety consultancy that works extensively in the nanotech area. "Think of nanoscale filters to remove bacteria from milk and other beverages without boiling," he says, "or ...
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Now, a Bill to tax non-biodegradable packaging	26.4.2013	Goa News, News of Goa - Times of India
Now, a Bill to tax non-biodegradable packaging
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Nanotech roundup: nanocapsules, DNA labelling and more	25.4.2013	Guardian: Science
Every month we will give you pointers to the most interesting research, news and ideas in nano land. Please share any other stories you think are interesting in the comments below A new method for treating alcohol poisoning could speed up the breakdown of alcohol and prevent alcohol-related deaths. Scientists in China and the US bundled enzymes – biological catalysts – close together in a nanocapsule, which improved their ability to reduce the levels of alcohol in the blood of intoxicated mice . That mimics the way enzymes work in biological cells, where different enzymes with complementary functions work together more effectively when they are in close contact. The nanocapsules also enhanced the stability of the enzymes, compared with those that were free to float about in biological medium. Nanocapsules can also reduce the poisoning effects of pesticides, insecticides and chemical warfare agents such as sarin . The enzyme that breaks down these toxins (which all come from the ...
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âEIL order book rises 89% to Rs 1,438 cr (Cached)	24.4.2013	TOI: All Headlines
âEIL order book rises 89% to Rs 1,438 cr
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The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't	21.4.2013	BBC: Front Page
How a meat scandal nearly robbed the world of tin cans
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Between hope and hell	21.4.2013	Hindu: Energy & Environment
On World Earth Day, Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty speaks to Robert Swan, the first man to walk on the Poles, about his conservation work in Antarctica and India, and underlines the need for Indians to think about waste management to avoid “seeing hell”
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Firms celebrate Queen's Award wins	21.4.2013	BBC: Front Page
A whisky firm and a seabird visitor attraction are among 13 Scots businesses to scoop Queen's Awards for outstanding achievement.
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Home-green-home (Cached)	20.4.2013	Hindustan Times: India
Home-green-home
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Kalki supports use of recycled products in schools (Cached)	20.4.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, April 20 : Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin Saturday promoted the use of recycled products, including stationery and furniture, made out Tetra Pak cartons, for school children.
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Kalki supports use of recycled products in schools	20.4.2013	Latest News
Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin Saturday promoted the use of recycled products, including stationery and furniture, made out Tetra Pak cartons, for school children.
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Warm gift	18.4.2013	Deccan Herald - Opinion
Warm gift
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