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Asia and the Pacific Rim
Asia is a hotspot for plastics. Correspondingly, there is a wallet
of activists, NGO's and environmental groups working hard to dispell
the myth that plastics are necessary and safe for the environment.
As an international destination for much of the world's plastic
waste materials, activists are pressing hard to a reduction in
the amount of imported plastics, and outright bans on disposable
plastic packaging. A wealth of information is listed below on
these and many more projects.
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In India, inexpensive plastic products (often made with imported
post-consumer plastics) threaten to displace traditional crafts
and artisans. As a result, people are facing rising unemployment
and intensified impoverishment. Previous to the inundation by
plastics, many containers and packaging materials were hand made
and produced with natural, bio-degradeable materials. Photo
from Down To Earth magazine. Vol. 10, No 21 March 31, 2001
BANGLADESH:
Copy of the Bangladesh law against
disposable polyethylene bags. Environment Conservation
Act, 2002
CHINA:
Tech Trash Poisons Chinese Villages
MARTIN FACKLER / AP 28feb02
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:China-Suzhou
PVC Project(from the webpage of the International Finance
Corporation of the World Bank Group).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:China-Suzhou
PVC Project: Environmental Documents(from the webpage
of the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
INDIA:
General news and Links:
LIFE
IN PLASTIC- Excellent book on the impact of plastic in India
Indian Ragpickers Hate Plastic
- Same Problems as Curbside Recycling Programs - Indian
Express 23nov98
Summary: Rethinking Responsibility:
Recycling and Urban Solid waste in India By Ravi Agarwal,
Sanjay Gupta, Papiya Sarkar, Ayushman
Srishti, June 2002
High Tech Trash from US Floods
Asia (Press Release Feb. 2002)
India: Recycled Plastics
Manufacture and usage Amendment Rules, 2002 Ministry of
Environment & Forests New Delhi 1jul02
Plastic Roads: New tech to use waste
plastic for road construction - DH News Service Bangalore
9apr02
Utilization of Waste Plastic
Bags in Bituminous Mix for Improved Performance of Roads -
Centre for Transportation Engineering, Bangalore University,
Bangalore, India [Unpublished] Apr02
Zero Waste:
Zero Waste Kovalam, a report by the Thanal Conservation Action
& Information Network
Letter to Plastics Industry
regarding proposed ban on disposable plastic materials
State bans `thin'
plastic bags...`goes slow' on order Sanjay Banerjee / Times
of India 16may01
Ban on polybags in Darjeeling
Times of India 30may01
Plastic Bag Ban in Bangalore:
Times of India June 28, 01
TN to ban sale and use of plastics By R.K. Radhakrishnan
CHENNAI, May 7 2002.
A BAN LONG DUE Banning
one-time non-reusable plastics is a good first step. May 10. 2002.
Ban on plastics
timely: NGOs Akila DinkakarChennai, May 10 2001.
A Bill to provide for
prohibition of sale, storage, transport and use of certain plastic
articles for the protection of environment and public health and
for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. TO
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil
Nadu in the Fifth-third Year of the Republic of India
THE PLASTICS
INDUSTRY RESPONDS....
(AND SO DO WE!)
Letter to Plastics Industry regarding proposed ban on disposable
plastic materials
Plastic Bag Ban in Bangalore: Times of India
June 28, 01
Consumption:
Link
to Down To Earth Magazine article "Swamped"
PLASTIC WASTE PROBLEMS REMAIN
UNRESOLVED ,February 16, 2002
The Plastic
Devil : Ecological Menace by Priya Shah (connects to making
India Green Webpage)
Resistance and Information to the Cuddalore PVC facility,
yet to be constructed:
Resist the Construction of
a PVC facility in Cuddalore, India. (July 2002)
Indian Community Opposes the PVC Chemplast Plan:Community
Rejects Chemplast PVC Unit at Public Hearing; Calls for Ban on
Polluting Industries (07 June, 2002, CUDDALORE)
Letter to The Chemplast-Sanmar
Corporation by Indian Community in opposition to the Cuddalore
PVC facility.
Setting up of Chemplast PVC
plant in SIPCOT, Cuddalore, Letter from Toxic Link India.
Background Information: Executive
Summary of Chemplast-Sanmar Project (from the webpage of
the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
Background Information: Environmental
Action Plan --Chemplast-Sanmar. (From the webpage of the
International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
Background Information: Environmental
Action Plan --Chemplast-Sanmar-PART 2. (from the webpage
of the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
Background Information: Chemplast-Sanmar
Marine Terminal Mapping (from the webpage of the International
Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
Background Information:
Public Disclosure Report (from the webpage of the International
Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group).
PVC used in Indian Currency?
Plastic Rs 500-notes coming soon: September 30, 2002
JAPAN:
PVC in Japan, 2002
PAKISTAN:
BACKGROUND INFO: Pakistan-Engro
PVC (from the webpage of the International Finance Corporation
of the World Bank Group).
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