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House passes R&D tax credit bill, but hurdles still remain - Plastics News WASHINGTON — A tax credit that would make a popular, business-friendly tax break for corporate research and development a permanent part of the U.S. tax code was passed by the House of Representatives May 9 with a 274-131 vote.But businesses shouldn’t break out the champagne just yet.

Chicago approves plastic bag ban - Plastics News “Paper or plastic?” will no longer be a choice in Chicago, starting next year.As expected, city aldermen on April 30 voted 36-10 to ban plastic bags at chain and franchise stores there. The ban goes into effect for large retailers in August 2015 and one year later for shops smaller

Using social media to answer consumers questions about plastics - Plastics News Plastic packaging was stoutly defended on a recent Q&A session on social media site Twitter, run jointly by the British Plastics Federation and science education charity Sense About Science.Questions were invited from the “Twittersphere” on a range of plastics packaging-related

Chinese coal mining company Jinhui launches bioplastic factory - Plastics News SHANGHAI - Chinese coal mining company Shanxi Jinhui Energy Group Co. Ltd. is diversifying into bioplastics, launching production this month on a $35 million, 20,000-metric-ton factory for bio-based polybutylene adipate co-terephthalate.The $2.4 billion company, based in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province,

Producers urge booming Brazilian housing market to use EPS - Plastics News Brazil’s construction sector is putting up new homes and buildings across the country at a record pace in recent years, but continues to do so with little or no insulation measures built into the walls.Leaders in Brazil’s plastics industry are asking lawmakers to mandate the use of