Chemicals, Plastics, Rubber & Glass

Old carrier bags – how to use them

They are strong and they last 1,000 years. So don't waste energy recycling them – give your old bag a new lease of life As you might imagine, a planet on the brink of ecological collapse (ie ours) has a number of pressing...

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Sainsbury's to go greener with carbon dioxide

Sainsbury's is to become the first UK supermarket to ban the use of "super-global-warming" chemicals in its refrigerators – instead cooling its food by carbon dioxide. The decision, due to be announced this week by Sir Justin...

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Dynamite in bed - and ruthless out of it. Lynne, the gold-digger who tricked Peter Sellers'...

His unique comic ability enthralled millions around the world, but Peter Sellers's volatile and perplexing character left a trail of misery in his private life. 'He causes pain to everyone who gets close to him,' Spike Milligan...

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The rise and fall of Britain's favourite beers: Why brewers are desperate for us to spend £4 on a...

You might think that drinking a premium beer suggests that you are sophisticated, knowledgeable and cool. As pubs close and some supermarkets sell beer cheaper than water, brands once regarded as 'premium' by discerning...

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Teatime for the octuplets - in the world's biggest high chair

Four gallons of milk a day, eight loads of laundry, six nannies, a total of 14 children... In her first interview the 'Octomom' confesses that sometimes she can't even tell her babies apart, but says she would love to have...

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Rs.1,000 crore sought for organic farming

Apof Organic Certification Agency organises seminar on ‘Natural Soil Wealth’ Agriculture in India has traditional links to organic farming Farmers told to form groups and take up organic farming VELLORE: Farmers taking part in...

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Spray-can vandals face prison under crackdown

LISA CARTY NSW POLITICAL EDITOR November 8, 2009 CHILDREN carrying spray-paint cans without a legitimate reason could face six months in jail under a revolutionary graffiti crackdown by the State Government. The tough new...

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Bottles reborn as blankets

A plastic bottle thrown into a Taipei recycling bin could be reincarnated as a blanket to warm disaster victims in any of 20 countries, thanks to a unique project by the world's largest Buddhist charity.

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Plan to make Tirunelveli plastic-free

Waste below 20 microns to be sent to cement plant Local body to give one rupee for every kg brought TIRUNELVELI: If Collector M. Jayaraman’s innovative plan goes well with the officials, public, rag pickers and waste plastic...

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Probe into PVC paste resin dumping started

New Delhi, Nov. 7 The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has started an anti-dumping investigation probe on the import of ‘Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin’, also known as PVC paste resin, from China, Japan, South Korea,

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