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Plastic Industry Sells Lies About Recycling

Peter Kuper Dec 19, 2024 Dig deeper

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Recycling Program

Peter Kuper Jul 1, 2024 Dig deeper

Environment

How the Recycling Symbol Lost All Meaning

Kate Yoder / Grist Jun 14, 2024 Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Environment

Federal Aid Helps Small Tribes Jumpstart Recycling Programs

Taylar Dawn Stagner / Grist May 29, 2024 While it isn't easy to get such programs going, some tribal leaders view recycling as "a form of decolonization" they can tackle now. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Plastic vs Paper Straws

Dave Whamond Mar 28, 2024 Dig deeper

Environment

How Bio-Based Textiles Could Replace Plastics in Our Clothing

Claire Elise Thompson / Grist Mar 19, 2024 From apple waste to spider silk, Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Report: Plastics Industry Deceived Public on Recycling for 50 Years

Adam M. Lowenstein / DeSmog Feb 19, 2024 They knew plastics could not be recycled, but promoted it with campaigns that echoed Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Poor Countries Overwhelmingly Bear the Costs of Plastic’s Life-Cycle

Joseph Winters / Grist Nov 13, 2023 A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Recycled Plastic Recycled Pollution

Peter Kuper Aug 31, 2023 Dig deeper

Big Business Threatens Earth’s Future

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Feb 10, 2018 With their global reach and financial resources, transnational companies say they are ushering in a sustainable future. But a new book says that trusting them to do that is like trusting arsonists to be firefighters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scientists See a Future in Natural Resources

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 2, 2016 From creating transparent wood for solar panels or windows to turning carbon dioxide and plant waste into plastic bottles, scientists are finding ingenious ways to sidestep fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A ‘Circular Economy’ Could Save Resources and Energy and Create Local Jobs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 28, 2016 Profound, unnecessary waste characterizes our relationship with the goods and materials of everyday life. “There is an alternative,” explains Walter Stahel, a veteran sustainability architect. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )