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For cell phone charging, the Emerald has USB and cell phone ports and will come with a bag of adapters. It can fully charge a smartphone in the same time it would take at an outlet, developers say. It recharges in full sunlight in three hours.

The European Commission has launched a consultation exercise on policy options for a further reduction of plastic waste. Green Paper will be an integral part of the wider review of the waste legislation that will be completed in 2014.

The recycling of plastic film climbed 4 to reach 1 bln lbs annually in 2011 for the first time Due to growth in the plastic and composite lumber industry as well as growth in the primary market for US recovered plastic film, more than double the plastic water bottle recycling rate but PET recycling industry fails across Europe