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June 21, 2012

NYT: Wary of Plastic, and Waste, Some Consumers Turn to Glass

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Consumers worried about potentially harmful chemicals contaminating their food and beverages are driving the rising popularity of reusable glass containers. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/business/more-consumers-choosing-reusable-g...

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June 5, 2012

Big U.S. firms team up on plant plastics

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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8540PE20120605?irpc=932
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May 25, 2012

A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic Bag Ban Came About

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A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic Bag Ban Came About
Hawaii becomes the first state in the union to enact a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Sierra Club looks into how it finally came into being.

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May 25, 2012

Worlds oceans are plasticized.

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Worlds oceans are plasticized.
A marine expedition of environmentalists has confirmed the bad news it feared: The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" extends even further than previously known.

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May 24, 2012

360: Los Angeles Becomes Largest U.S. City to Ban Plastic Bags

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http://e360.yale.edu/digest/los_angeles_becomes_largest_us_city_to_ban_plasti...
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May 22, 2012

Research ship confirms oceans 'plasticized'

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/algalita-eco-solutions/index.html
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May 18, 2012

Whoops! There is way more plastic in the ocean than we thought.

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Whoops! There is way more plastic in the ocean than we thought.
The plastic on the surface, it turns out, is just a fragment of what’s in there. We might not be able to see it, but the 100 feet below the surface is swimming with trash.

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May 9, 2012

Plastic Bags a Bigger Threat to India's Future Than Nuclear Weapons: Supreme Court Justices

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Plastic Bags a Bigger Threat to India's Future Than Nuclear Weapons: Supreme Court Justices
Unless India comes to terms with its plastic pollution problem, its rise on the global stage may be stunted.

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May 9, 2012

Plastic trash altering ocean habitats

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Plastic trash altering ocean habitats
A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study.

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May 9, 2012

Pacific Ocean has 100 times more plastic particles in it than 70s.

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Pacific Ocean has 100 times more plastic particles in it than 70s.
Thousands of miles off the coast of California, millions of tons of plastic make up the so-called "Great Pacific Garbage Patch". A new report estimates that particles of "microplastic"—pieces of plastic smaller than 5 mm in diameter—have increased by more than 100 times since the early 1970s.

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