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  • Reebok gets fines for using plastic bags
  • A step towards the right path - UAE to ban plastic bags from 2012

International

  • Uganda to jail people found using plastic bags
  • Tests on Hawaiian sand reveals more than 70% plastic
  • Over a billion plastic bags are used around the world everyday
  • Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year
  • Approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die per year by ingesting plastic bags
  • Video: Trash on a Spin Cycle
  • UNEP estimates large amounts of plastic waste in oceans
  • 267 marine species suffer from plastic debris
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Scientific archives

  • File type iconStudy done by Laughborough University on Oxo degradable plastics which show that these products do not Biodegrade

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  • File type iconThe Central Pollution Control Board of India, decrees that Oxo degradable plastics are not Biodegradable

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  • File type iconPlastic in the environment

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  • File type iconPlastic federation of South Africa commentary of Oxo degradable plastics

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  • File type iconPaper on composting and biodegradability

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  • File type iconComparison of material for Mulch film and Report

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  • File type iconBioplastics FAQ

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  • File type iconBiolice ®

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  • File type iconBiodegradable Plastics standards and developments

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  • File type iconBeauty of bioplastics

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