## NewsBits
The Invicta Group, a Leicestershire, U.K.-based company that makes a range of household plastic goods, has become the first company to develop **food-safe cups, plates and tableware made from 100-percent recycled PET and HDPE**, reports [_GreenWise_](http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/british-manufacturer-creates-worlds-first-fully-recycled-plastic-cup-3839.aspx). Currently, the company is working with Coca-Cola, and other companies, to see if the cups can be adopted for use on store shelves.
Residents in **54 Connecticut towns can now recycle large rigid plastic items** in their recycling bins, such as toys, beverage crates, storage containers or laundry baskets, through a [Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority](http://www.crra.org/) program.
A [new zero-energy home](http://www.gizmag.com/tvzeb-zero-energy-home-in-italy/26583/) constructed by the Italian architectural firm Traverso-Vighy and the University of Padua is **insulated using 40,000 recovered plastic bottles**, processed into polyester fiber.
**Pakistan has imported over 121,000 tons of plastic scrap over the past three years without proper compliance documents.** Under Pakistani law, plastic scrap imports must be [accompanied](http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/pakistan-afghanistan/228313-plastic-scrap-imported-without-recycling-units.html) by a certificate from the exporting country detailing the composition of the scrap and stating that it is not hazardous.
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