Plastic packaging to grow
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The market for rigid food containers in the US will expand by 3.3% per year to $13.6 billion in 2002, or 118 billion units, based on a report by Cleveland, OH-based The Freedonia Group Inc. The fastest improvements will be registered by plastic packaging as polyethylene teraphthalate (PET) bottles and jars make more inroads in traditional metal and glass applications. The report predicts that use of plastic containers will increase by over 6% yearly between 1997 and 2002. Plastic makers may continue to extol environmental advantages of plastics not mainly for recyclability, but due to the light weight of plastics that save fuel costs during shipment.
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Market for rigid food containers in the US will expand by 3.3% per year to $13.6 billion in 2002, or 118 billion units
Publication Name: Recycling Today
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 1096-6323
Year: 1998
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Oregon reports declining plastics recycling rate
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The Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reported that the recycling rate of rigid plastic containers in the state for 1998 was 28.4%, and will remain above 25% for 2000. However, the DEQ said that the recycling rate has continuously declined and may not meet the mandatory 25% statewide target rate by 2002. The 1991 Oregon Recycling Act stipulates that rigid plastic containers must have at least 25% recycled content, or must be made of plastic that has been recycled in Oregon at a rate of a least 25%.
Publication Name: Recycling Today
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 1096-6323
Year: 2000
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Electronics recycling among South Carolina goals
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The South Carolina Recycling Market Development Advisory Council (RMDAC) made electronics recycling program and the use of rubberized asphalt pavements on the state's highways among its major programs in 1999. The RMDAC also encourages the commercial use of mixed paper, wood pallets and scrap carpet. The organization is made up of 14 members from industry, government, education and community who assists in the development of markets for recovered materials and products with recycled content.
Publication Name: Recycling Today
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 1096-6323
Year: 2000
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