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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Chemical maker Dow Inc.
is one of several industry firms involved in a new cross-border Canada-U.S.
business group that’s developing a five-year plastics pollution plan for the
Great Lakes, said Canplastics.
Founded
by the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), the Circular Great Lakes is a
new regional initiative focused on identifying projects to tackle plastic
pollution in this region.
"Plastic waste and pollution are serious issues
in the Great Lakes,” Mark Fisher, president and CEO of CGLR, said in a March 31
news release. “Circular Great Lakes will be the catalyst for identifying the
transformational projects, forming the partnerships, and mobilizing the
public-private sector investments required to ensure this valuable material
never becomes waste in this region, North America’s economic
engine."
Circular Great Lakes will work with partners including the
Alliance to End Plastic Waste to develop a circular economy strategy for
plastics in the region, setting the stage for targeted actions and partnerships
over the next five years. “Priorities of the initiative include driving systemic
changes necessary to close the loop for plastics in the region, shifting away
from a linear, take-make-dispose economy, and materials management mindset,” the
news release said.
In addition to Dow, founding corporate activation
partners and funders of Circular Great Lakes include Charter Next Generation,
Imperial, Pregis Corp., American Packaging Corp., and Rothmans Benson &
Hedges.
As MRC informed earlier,
Dow will spend approximately USD294 to install and operate air pollution control
and monitoring technology at 4 US chemical facilities as part of a settlement
with The Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
As
per MRC, Russia's output of chemical
products rose in February 2021 by 5.3% year on year. Thus, production of basic
chemicals increased year on year by 7.5% in the first two months of 2021.
According to the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation,
mineral fertilizers accounted for the greatest increase in the January-February
output. Production of benzene dropped to 113,000 tonnes in February 2021,
compared to 120,000 tonnes a month earlier. Overall output of this product
reached 241,000 tonnes over the stated period, down by 7.5% year on
year. |
