New Scorecard Shows Path to Greener Plastics

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A new scorecard slated for release this month rates different types of plastics based on their lifecycle impacts and hazards in an effort to advance sustainable raw material choices, greener chemistry and closed loop systems.

The Plastics Scorecard will be unveiled by not-for-profit group Clean Production Action and consultancy Pure Strategies on Sept. 30 at the Biopolymer Symposium 2009 in Chicago.

About Laura B.

Laura L. Barnes is a librarian at the Prairie Research Institute Library, embedded at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and writes for Environmental News Bits.
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