Grist on MSN4d
The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...
Hosted on MSN10d
How to reuse plastic bottles in a garden – 7 quick DIY projects that actually work
From milk jug watering cans to soda bottle seed storage, these plastic bottle hacks turn trash into treasured tools ...
Nature5d
Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?
That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...
Golf Digest on MSN3d
The case for beer kegs in golf and how they can help reduce waste
The Beer Snake—that magnificent slinky plastic stretch of hundreds of emptied beer cups stacked up by golf fans at the 16th ...
Waste Dive13d
D.C.’s proposed bottle bill aims to tackle high-profile pollution in Anacostia River
Bill sponsors say a bottle bill could help alleviate pollution that has long affected communities of color. It calls for a 10 ...
Warning to shoppers buying tomato ketchup in supermarkets
Supermarket shoppers buying tomato ketchup are being urged to make a change to help cut the amount of plastic waste in our ...
Nigeria's plastic bottle collectors turn waste into wealth: Survey sheds light on their motivation
Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic ...
Sacramento Bee on MSN2d
Innovation is the missing link in CA’s fight against plastic waste
Eastman gives new life to hard-to-recycle polyester, such as colored shampoo bottles, takeout containers, textiles and fruit ...
Paid recycling is coming to the UK – here's how it will work
British people will get cashback to recycle plastic and metal bottles and cans under a new bottle-return scheme set to come ...