Much maligned - especially in its ubiquitous form of nonbiodegradable bags - plastic has become the whipping boy of the environmentally conscious.
From San Francisco to South Africa, cities have outlawed, taxed or otherwise restricted plastic bags; the trend has found its way to the developing world, where immediate needs, like jobs, often outweigh nobler aims.
Just last month, New Delhi passed a preliminary ban imposing a five-year jail term or a fine of 100,000 rupees, or about $2,050, on anyone caught carrying or handing out plastic bags.
That did not stop 67,000 plastics executives from convening in the city last week for a five-day celebration of all things plastic. The event, "Plastindia 2009," was billed as the second-largest plastics convention in the world. (The biggest, K Fair, is in Germany.)
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