There a clearinghouse network allows electronic settlement of all plastic-money transactions for any type of card or issuing bank.
Now all plastic packaging except black items, thin films and polystyrene are allowed.
She also eliminates all plastic and metal components while designing her garments.
It turns out that Ziplocs and all plastic sandwich bags can be dropped off at any bin that takes plastic grocery bags.
Meanwhile, the central bank and 11 Chinese commercial banks are setting up a National Bank Card Exchange Center to handle all plastic payments.
Placing barcodes on all plastic cards that are read by a barcode reader that is powered by some other means could possibly perform this service.
Despite being all plastic and fairly light in hand, it had the 'solid' feeling we're used too with Nokia, so we reckon it can take a hit or two.
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Now she can fit all the plastic waste she generates in one year into a small Ziploc-size bag.
The device features clever business tools like document annotation and BlackBerry synching, and a durable all-plastic screen that is Plastic Logic's proprietary technology.
Apple, the Note 8.0's unremarkable, all-plastic shell serves a purpose.
If all that floating plastic rubbish isn't eaten by marine life, it eventually washes ashore.
Underneath all the sculpted plastic and neon, form did follow function in Googie diners, casinos and theme parks.
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The Montgomery County tax, which was passed by the County Council Tuesday, covers all paper and plastic bags distributed at check-out by a retail establishment.
You get the same all-around plastic build -- ringed here with metal -- ports for microSD and micro-SIM, 3.5mm headphone jack and physical home key.
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Under terms set by the card systems the merchant can refuse to accept any or all varieties of plastic, but if it takes a card it can't make the user pay the card fee.
Now Terry has written a book that compiles all of the plastic-free living knowledge she has amassed over the years: Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too.
Environment Minister Amedi Camara said that nearly all of the plastic package waste is not "collected and is found in the natural environment - land and sea - where they are sometimes ingested by marine species and livestock, causing their death".
Plastic makes up about 80 percent of all marine debris -- plastic shopping bags alone make up 10 percent.
It's all thanks to a plastic microbelt developed by engineers Xudong Wang, Chengliang Sun and Jian Shi.
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However, Australia, New Zealand and Romania have changed all their notes to plastic.
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Obviously, people don't eat cellophane, but I think, oh my God, what a waste of plastic - all the petroleum.
San Francisco-based Method already uses 100% post-consumer plastic in all its bottles, but has struggled to get other companies to follow its lead.
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There's a black plastic accent all around the edges, with the majority of the phone -- the front, "active flip" and keypad -- finished in a handsome shade of dark gray plastic (cream and blue being the other two colors available).
All new print heads will be built using photolithography, and all from one piece of plastic.
His tail, plush feet and moving pointed plastic ears are all a slightly lighter shade.
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To further discourage single-use containers, Portland just passed a bill that bans plastic bags in all major grocery stores.
Three years later, they've got a phone on the market: a cute, palm-sized object that looks a bit like it's derived from the original Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iMac, all curves and transparent tinted plastic.
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