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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

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.

First, the dark beer-colored sewage is pulled through a series of tubes stuffed with thousands of fibers pierced with holes 1/300th the size of a human hair. Anything larger than 0.2 millionth of a meter - which includes suspended solids and bacteria - is left behind. The cleansed water is then forced at high pressure through hundreds of tubes that are filled with tightly wound plastic membranes. Reverse osmosis, as the process is called, stops nonwater molecules - including viruses and pharmaceuticals.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has denied selling the 5% Federal Government shares in Eleme Petrolchemical Co Ltd. illegally for N4.375 bln to Inorama, as per NIgerianpilot. A statement, its spokesman said the bureau has always adhered to the National Council on Privatization's approval for sales of government entities, that the Eleme Petrochemical transaction was not an exception.

Food packaging has become a major part of our solid waste stream, with a majority of this packaging being difficult or impossible to recycle. Edible film made from natural ingredients that protect foods coated in the material from spoiling.

The photovoltaic power industry is well established in many regions and despite the sometime negative perception the end user demand in 2011 was strong and the total market for new installations passed the 26 GW mark

Steinel hot air gun Ultraheat SV 900 and hot air gun HL 1400S Aktion heat shrink gun suitable for quick and even flameless heat shrink packaging of PVC and PE (polyolefin) shrink films on corrugated cartons and paper boxes. For maximum benefits use Pammvi's hot air blower with surface nozzle.

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