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Legislation and Lawsuits
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House Passes EPA Regulatory Relief Act
Posted on November 17th, 2011 No commentsThe U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.
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PlasticsEurope Reports Findings on Polyolefin Recycling
Posted on September 30th, 2011 No commentsPlasticsEurope, the association representing European plastics producers, has released the results of its first study on polyolefins recycling and recovery rates for rigid applications in Europe. According to PlasticsEurope, the study analyzes recycling and recovery figures for France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom
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Acme Refining Awarded Company of the Year Award from AWMI
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 No commentsThe Chicago Chapter of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) has awarded Chicago-based Acme Refining Scrap Iron & Metal Company with its Company of the Year Award Acme Refining, a corporate bronze sponsor to the AWMI, recently received the 2011 Company of the Year Award at the annual industry dinner held in Chicago. Acme says it has been supportive of women in the scrap metal industry since its inception and was one of the first scrap metal companies to hire women into non-traditional roles.
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ISRI Releases Updated Plastic Scrap Specifications
Posted on August 1st, 2011 No commentsThe Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) , Washington, D.C., has released new specifications that it says are designed to modernize, standardize and streamline the trading of plastic scrap.
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New Plastics Recycling Group Targets Health Care Industry
Posted on April 14th, 2011 No commentsA group of eight companies have united to form the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) with a goal of forming a technical coalition to increase cost-effective plastics recycling solutions in the health care industry. HPRC members include Becton, Dickinson and Co.; Cardinal Health; Engineered Plastics; DuPont; Hospira; Johnson & Johnson; Kimberly Clark; and Waste Management Inc. The HPRC says its focus will be on identifying the barriers to increasing the recycling of plastics used in the health care industry and developing solutions through the whole value chain, including product design and manufacturing through product use, disposal and recycling.
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Tire Group Applauds EPA Decision
Posted on February 28th, 2011 No commentsThe Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) is applauding a recent decision by the U.S.
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Mailing error exposes AARP members names, phone number, date of birth and policy numbers
Posted on November 30th, 2010 No commentsAmerican Association of Retired Persons (AARP) data loss incident circa 2010-11-18
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ABA continues to fight inclusion of attorneys in groups regulated by red flag rules
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsOn August 20, 2010, the American Bar Association filed a brief in D.C. Circuit Court responding to FTC claims that lawyers should be required to comply with the “red flag” rules requiring financial institutions and creditors to develop and maintain identity theft prevention programs.
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HHS Breach Notification Rules Again Under Fire
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsThe Department of Health and Human Services should replace its controversial harm standard for triggering a personal health record data breach notification with a risk assessment approach that requires organizations to determine whether the data was actually viewed or acquired by an unauthorized person, according to the Center for Democracy an…
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