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	<title>Recycling Industry News and Topics - Recygal Blog &#187; Plastic Bags</title>
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		<title>PLASTIC RESIN CODE SEVEN, UNLUCKY FOR RECYCLING</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/06/29/plastic-resin-code-seven-unlucky-for-recycling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Fills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resin Code Seven "OTHER"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to recycling, there is nothing lucky about plastic resin code, Seven. The last member of the code numbers developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) to help identify the type of plastics entering residential waste streams, this catchall “OTHER” resin code no longer helps clarify plastic identification, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DISPOSABLE, PLASTIC BAGS- The Solution May be Here! What Isn’t Recycled May Soon Be Food for Microbes</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/09/29/disposable-plastic-bags-the-solution-may-be-here-what-isn%e2%80%99t-recycled-may-soon-be-food-for-microbes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/09/29/disposable-plastic-bags-the-solution-may-be-here-what-isn%e2%80%99t-recycled-may-soon-be-food-for-microbes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helpful websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodegradable plastic shopping bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years now, the disposable plastic shopping bag has been a worldwide, much debated, often legislated, environmental issue.  Extreme opinions exist at both ends of the spectrum.  Proponents of the disposable, plastic shopping bag argue that this inexpensive, handy tote can be reused and recycled.  Oppositionists claim the disposable plastic bag does so much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/09/20/tip-of-the-week-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polyethylene PE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PET#1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always recycle your used plastic shopping bags at your local grocer or big box store. Also, let your friends know that research has been long underway to make polyethylene plastic shopping bags biodegradable.]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/21/tip-of-the-week-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LDPE (#4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zip Lock bags]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zipper type bags]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recycle your used &#8220;Zip Lock&#8221; plastic storage bags. Cut-off all hard components (zippers etc.) and collect zipper-less bags in a plastic shopping bag. Recycle the shopping bag and its contents at your local retailer&#8217;s plastic bag recycling station. Help keep more LDPE (#4) plastic out of our landfills.]]></description>
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		<title>Zip Lock Plastic Bags:  A Tragic Case of Recycling Inconvenience</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/18/zip-lock-plastic-bags-a-tragic-case-of-recycling-inconvenience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/18/zip-lock-plastic-bags-a-tragic-case-of-recycling-inconvenience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HDPE (#2)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helpful Products]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LDPE (#4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Lock Reusable Bag Sealers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PET #1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PP (#5)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just Zip It. Zipper-type plastic storage bags have hundreds of uses and are fast becoming the quintessential storage solution for households and businesses. Foods, electronic parts, garden soils, and even crime scene evidence end up packaged in these convenient, storage bags. Although millions of these bags are used daily, recycling used zipper-type plastic bags is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tetra Pak®- Building a Foundation for Carton Recycling with Aseptic Bricks</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/01/19/tetra-pak%c2%ae-building-a-foundation-for-carton-recycling-with-aseptic-bricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/01/19/tetra-pak%c2%ae-building-a-foundation-for-carton-recycling-with-aseptic-bricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aseptic Brick]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corrugated material]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hydrapulping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thermal Plasma Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[curbside recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groupe RCM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrapulpling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=1453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we think of recycling beverage containers, the plastic bottle or the aluminum can come to mind. The prolific use and discard of these holders of liquids has spurred us on to enact anti-litter laws, collect used bottles and cans, and to recycle. As systems to recycle beverage containers evolve, our focus (at least in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Co-mingling of Recyclables is More Tangled than We Think- Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/11/11/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/11/11/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corrugated material]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDPE (#2)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LDPE (#4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PET #1]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bottle Caps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PP (#5)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worldwide Recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albatross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian demand for reclaimed materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PET#1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bottle cap recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PP#5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preserve Gimme 5]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plastic as a Recycling Foundation Is the time right for MRF World to take plastics more seriously? Should plastics be at the forefront of curbside recycling? Just as co-mingling of recyclables has made collection at curbside easier, the co-mingling of information on recovered materials may provide some answers. Trust me. We are not mixing apples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DISPOSABLE, PLASTIC BAGS- A Shopper’s Dream or Nightmare?  Part III</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/08/disposable-plastic-bags-a-shopper%e2%80%99s-dream-or-nightmare-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/08/disposable-plastic-bags-a-shopper%e2%80%99s-dream-or-nightmare-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag litter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reusable shopping bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worldwide enacted laws]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tackling a Worldwide Problem Breaking the plastic bag habit is not just a USA phenomenon. In fact, many countries worldwide enacted laws to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic bags long before cities and states within the USA began to do so. While approaches may vary, all acting governments have the common goal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DISPOSABLE, PLASTIC BAGS- A Shopper’s Dream or Nightmare? Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/03/disposable-plastic-bags-a-shopper%e2%80%99s-dream-or-nightmare-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/03/disposable-plastic-bags-a-shopper%e2%80%99s-dream-or-nightmare-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compostable bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA plastic bag statistics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Responsible Retailers It doesn’t take much shopping to recognize that retail outlets are large purveyors of disposable, plastic shopping bags. Of the estimated 100 billion bags used in the USA annually, 53% are distributed by supermarkets and grocers. By offering plastic bag recycling programs, retailers are effectively increasing the collection and recycle rates of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/01/tip-of-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/09/01/tip-of-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tip of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling plastic bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reusable shopping bags]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To get in the habit of recycling plastic bags at your local grocer; begin by using an empty plastic bag as the storage tote for your growing used plastic bag collection.  Keep the tote hung on your coat rack where it is readily available for you to stuff with used bags or to grab on [...]]]></description>
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