Showing posts with label #Recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Recycling. Show all posts
Friday, September 10, 2021

California Law Will No Longer Allow Companies to Slap the Recycling Symbol on Everything

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California wants to be the first state to prohibit companies from labeling their products as recyclable unless they can prove that the prod...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Maine shifting recycling costs to companies

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed into law legislation to make the state the first in the country to shift recycling costs from taxpay...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The US exports its plastic waste. But now other countries are rejecting it.

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When it comes to plastic, recycling has almost always been a lie . But that guilt-free plastic consumption is so built into our infrastruct...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

How to Recycle

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Recycling is one of the easiest and most productive ways that you can help make the planet a better place. While it may feel overwhelming ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Refreshing: Coca-Cola introduces 100% recycled bottles in the US

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The new bottles will cut the company’s use of new plastic by over 20 percent in North America compared to 2018, it said. Source: https:/...
Monday, February 1, 2021

EVs Are Gaining Steam. Here’s What Will Happen To All Those Dead Batteries

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Volkswagen announced a pilot program for EV battery recycling in Salzgitter, Germany, and it’s about time one of the biggest carmakers st...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

How China ended the lie of recyclable plastic

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The plastics industry did a great job of convincing everyone that their product was easily recyclable, but China finally put an end to th...
Friday, September 25, 2020

The problem with recycling? One word: Plastics

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No matter how well we sort, much of what we throw away cannot be reused. Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-problem-with-recycl...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Why is UK recycling being dumped by Turkish roadsides?

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The UK sends more plastic waste to Turkey than to any other country but not all of it reaches recycling plants. Source: https://www.bbc....
Sunday, October 27, 2019

How to recycle all of your Amazon packaging

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In Mashable’s series Wasted, we dig into the myriad ways we’re trashing our planet. Because it’s time to sober up. Amazon has become an i...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Pizza Hut is testing Zume’s compostable round boxes

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Pizza Hut this morning announced plans to pilot Zume’s signature round pizza boxes. Testing for now will be extremely limited — in fact, i...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Amazon criticised for new non-recyclable packaging

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‘Appalled that Amazon sent this to me today in a giant plastic envelope’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/amazon-packagi...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Reusable cups could be worse for environment than disposable ones, expert says

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‘Unavoidable truth is it simply isn’t convenient for people on the run to remember their cup’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/envi...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Of course McDonald's paper straws can't be recycled – it's yet another corporate green wash

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What would a truly radical fast food chain do to reduce its carbon footprint and tackle the great pile of plastic waste in the ocean? How ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Donate, Recycle, or Trash? How to Get Rid of Difficult Items

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trekandshoot/Shutterstock Over the past few years, Marie Kondo has introduced the world to the simple pleasure of getting rid of things. H...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

New plastic material can be recycled again and again

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We’re drowning in plastics. That’s why the world’s brightest minds are trying to find a way we can effectively deal with plastic waste and m...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

New York City shoppers to be charged for paper bags in environmental crackdown

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State lawmakers argued fee will impose financial burden on New Yorkers in poverty Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ameri...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Adidas creates running trainer that is 100% recyclable

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‘The next step is to end the concept of waste entirely’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/adidas-running-trainer-...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Adidas made a running shoe that’s fully recyclable

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As part of its recent pledge to only use recycled plastics by 2024, Adidas has revealed a new running shoe that is made from 100 percent rec...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Smashing aluminum cans makes them harder to recycle

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It is always a good idea to recycle or encourage others to do the same. But crushing an empty container could be a bad idea.  Read more… ...