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Plastic Manufacturer EPC Columbia To Expand Ohio Facility

EPC Columbia will create 50 new jobs at its Lebanon, OH appliance and automotive part manufacturing facility with a $2.5 million expansion. EPC Columbia, a major manufacturer of plastic injection ...
WESA

Plastic manufacturer agrees to $2.6 million settlement for pollution in Ohio River tributary

Three Rivers Waterkeeper looking for plastic pollution in the Ohio River, in Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. Environmental groups and the state Department of Environmental Protection have reached a $2.6 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'DNA' in plastic pollution can be used to hold manufacturers responsible for its clean-up

Thousands of marine mammals, reptiles, fish and birds die every year, usually from starvation, after mistaking plastic waste for food. Technology now exists to embed plastic with code that can be ...
WBJournal

Plastic Molding Manufacturing looks to reshore though acquisitions

George E. Danis, Plastic Molding Manufacturing’s CEO, spoke about reshoring of jobs, the importance of being physically close to customers, and Central Massachusetts’ history as a manufacturing region ...
The Conversation

If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production

Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...