Plastic Bottle Recycling in the U.S. Is Abysmal. A Simple Plan Could Fix It
Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by ...
700 million plastic bottles: We worked out how much microplastic is in Queensland's Moreton Bay
When it rains heavily, plastic waste is washed off our streets into rivers, flowing out to the ocean. Most plastic is trapped ...
Plastic tubs and pots to be accepted in recycling
It means items like plastic yogurt and soup pots, margarine tubs, and trays for things like fruit and meat can be placed in a ...
Why plastic bottles now have their caps attached
An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that all single-use bottles have caps that remain attached. This is one of ...
Blackpool Gazette on MSN2d
The new plastic bottle lids are not good when you’ve got arthritis in your hands and fingers
A new requirement for a tethered design for plastic caps on drinks bottles has officially come into force in the EU - but not ...
Baby Bottle Manufacturers Sued for Not Warning Customers That Their Plastic Bottles Could Leak Microplastics
Two of the largest baby bottle manufacturers, Handi-Craft and Philips North America, are facing separate class-action ...
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Startup recycles plastic water bottles into remarkable 3D-printed homes — and it could help address the nation's housing crisis
Azure's building material can help to reduce air pollution to some degree if it replaces cement. Cement and concrete ...
The Environmental Paradox of Replacing Plastic with Paper
As the world’s governments work on developing a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by the end of 2024, replacing ...
The Martha's Vineyard Times4d
Oak Bluffs looks to health board to enforce bottle ban
Oak Bluffs’ select board is asking its health department to consider enforcing a much-debated plastic-water and soft-drink ...
London Free Press2d
Plan to phase out plastic water bottles at schools hits snag
A proposed plan to phase out single-use plastic water bottles in the new year at Thames Valley school board properties will ...
The Royal Gazette6dOpinion
Alternatives to single-use plastic water bottles
This is the third of a four-part series by Beyond Plastic Bermuda in support of its Take Back the Tap campaign Since we first ...
Hitting the (water) bottle the right way
Aluminum water bottles debuted at the United Center and will be on hand for runners at the upcoming Bank of America Chicago ...