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Tupperware Corp. may have a reputation as being a bit old fashioned -- remember Tupperware parties? But the PBS Nightly Business Report did a story on the Orlando, Fla.-based housewares company that emphasizes Tupperware's emphasis on new products, and its...
Calif. aquarium raises awareness of marine debrisThe Sea Life Aquarium at the Legoland Resort in Carlsbad, Calif., has a new exhibit aimed at raising children's awareness of plastic marine debris. The project is called "Beach Trash, A Whale of a Problem." First grade classes from a...
Dangerous marine debrisMarine debris is a serious issue, but here's a story that's a little more lighthearted. From NBC's Today show, a video of a diver in Florida removing a plastic ring from around the neck of a nurse shark. Reminds me...
Reliance bid for LyondellBasell comes up short?The New York Post weighs in today on the bidding for polyolefins giant LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA, with a report saying that Reliance Industries Ltd.'s $14.5 billion bid for the company will fail. Reporter Josh Kosman wrote that "three Lyondell...
Using plastic trash to make artHere's another one of those posts where you have to click through to see the photos. The io9 blog has a photo gallery post today titled "Nothing Is Ever Junk When It Can Be Reembodied." It features the work of...
Plastic Components Inc., a Germantown, Wis., custom injection molder, is among eight companies that was recently honored with a 2009 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award. PCI received a special award for its "Commitment to Community and Employees." The awards...
Plastic banknotes coming to CanadaPretty soon, you won't be using paper money in Canada. Bank of Canada announced yesterday that starting in 2011, it will begin to issue a new series of bank notes printed on a polymer material. The new notes will incorporate...
Living without plasticBeth Terry, author of the Fake Plastic Fish blog, is in the news today, with a story and video on KGO-TV, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco. The focus is Terry's effort to minimize the amount of plastic in her...
US Embassy design highlights ETFEEthylene tetrafluoroethylene is making architectural headlines again, this time in the design of a proposed new US Embassy in London. The Los Angeles Times' Culture Monster blog had a nice review of the design this week. Here's what blogger Christopher...
A peek behind the BPA ban in CanadaSarah Schmidt, a reporter for the Canwest News Service, took a close look behind Canada's 2008 decision to ban polycarbonate baby bottles, and found that the decision was very controversial. After looking at more than 5,000 pages of documents from...
Dow Chemical Co. is continuing to support relief efforts in Haiti, which is recovering from a major earthquake on Jan. 12. The Midland, Mich.-based company announced today that it supported a relief mission that took surgeons, medical supplies and clothing...
Plastics M&A in the spotlightPlastics M&A activity is in the spotlight in a major financial publication today. Crain's Cleveland Business, a sister publication to Plastics News, has a Page 1 story in its March 8 issue headlined: "Plastics firms play chess in recession: Stronger...
One city wants to educate its citizens, not ban plasticsHere's a radical idea: a sustainability committee in one California city, concerned about litter and marine debris issues, wants to start a "massive public education" program instead of banning products like plastic bags. That's the recommendation of the South Lake...
Winning gold with high-tech equipmentI love a good sports technology story, and The Wall Street Journal has a winner today with a look at the high-tech materials used at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The story, headlined "The Olympics of Engineering: From Heart Monitors to...
PET recycling in the World Cup spotlightPET recycling is getting a lot of media attention today, thanks to Nike's decision to use recycled polyester to make the soccer uniform shirts for all nine Nike-sponsored teams in the 2010 World Cup. Teams from Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal,...
