...ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics will present the seminar, “Bio-Based/ Biodegradable Plastic Products” at the Doubletree Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colo., 5:00-7:00 p.m. as part of the standards development meetings of Committee D20. Ron Buckholt, USDA agency representative to the White House Task Force on Recycling and Waste Prevention, USDA Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, Md., will present, “Bio-Based Products in the Federal Government.” Nancy Royal-Jones, (pictured) chief, DoD Pollution Prevention Section, Environmental and Safety Policy Office, HQ Defense Logistics Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va., will present “Greening the Federal Logistics Pipeline with Bio-Based Products.” For further information, contact director Kathie Morgan, ASTM (610/832-9721). //

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