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As the plastics treaty talks begin to get down to specifics, a coalition of consumer brands — among them some of the world's biggest buyers of packaging — is out with detailed changes they hope the ...

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Orlando, Fla. — A coalition of Northeast Ohio plastics companies, governments and universities is hoping to secure at least $40 million in federal funding to become a national technology hub for ...

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Walk into any supermarket and you are surrounded by carbon. Not the kind measured in parts per million in climate reports, ...