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Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India, 11.13.05
THE Environment Ministry of the Delhi government has made it mandatory for all five-star, four-star hotels, restaurants with more than 100 seats and hospitals to use degradable plastic bags.
As per a notification issued by the Ministry in this regard, first time violators will be fined Rs 10,000, the second and subsequent defaulters will be fined Rs 20,000.
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=146232
Progressive Grocer, 3.1.05
SPOKANE, Wash. -- At a time when San Francisco and some other cities are considering imposing fees on grocery bags to cut down on pollution from bag waste, Yoke's Fresh Markets here is set to become the first grocery chain in the nation to offer 100 percent degradable plastic bags that the company says are just as strong as nondegradable bags and can still be reused.
www.chinaview.cn, Xinhua - Beijing, China, 1.4.05
ROME, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian researchers said on Monday that they had found a way of converting tomato waste into non-polluting plastic bags. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/04/content_2412046.htm
ABC Wide Bay Qld, 8.13.03
In ten years time, the rolling paddocks of sugar cane throughout the Wide Bay could be fifteen percent plastic.
"Sugar is a perfect crop for genetic modification,"
Sugarcane containing plastic, unlike cereal crops modified to have higher protein levels or chemical resistance, has no potential to affect humans, since it won't be ingested.
http://www.abc.net.au/widebay/stories/s923239.htm
Guardian UK News, 2.12.03
Another British retailer plans to introduce a biodegradable bag to address the plastic bag mess. This one substitutes tapioca vegetable starch for 30% of the petrochemicals used in making polyethylene bags. That means 70% of the petrochemicals will remain. We have to ask if this is really a good idea. Visit What About Biodegradable Bags? to learn more.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,893778,00.html
FirstScience.com, 1.15.03
It can be grown in plants. It can be eaten by bacteria. And it can be made into bottles for shampoo. Is PHB the new miracle plastic?...
http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/sykes.asp
The Guardian UK, 9.2.02
The Co-op supermarket is introducing Britain's first 100% degradable plastic bag today to reduce landfill waste. One third of its carrier bags will be degradable by December. In two years' time, all of its bags will be made from a new petro-chemical based material that degrades almost completely in three years, leaving carbon dioxide, water, and a small amount of mineralisation in the soil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,784484,00.html
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