Tag: recycle
New law requires clothing companies in California to have recycling program...
Companies producing clothing, bedding, towels and upholstery are now mandated by law to administer and fund the repair, reuse and recycling of their products statewide.
New report makes case against Big Oil and plastic industry for...
A decades-long campaign about the recyclability of plastics despite internal knowledge contrary to its claims lays out a foundation for potential lawsuits.
Can we fix recycling? Some companies are trying
"People want to do the right thing, but we have to make it convenient—to make it frictionless. And that's what we aim to do."
Tokyo Olympics medals were made with tons of recycled smartphones, laptops...
While the Japanese will be the first to have all of the Olympic medals made out of recycled material, the concept is not new.
Matchbox joins toy companies to make toys more eco-friendly
Matchbox car swill be made of 99 percent recycled materials and will hit store shelves in 2022.
The recycling industry in America is broken
There is a vast divide between the misleading, popular notion of recycling as a "solution" to the American over consumption problem and the darker reality of recycling as a failing business model.
Trader Joe’s announces plans to phaseout plastic waste after Greenpeace petition...
"The only way we are going to tackle this crisis is by pressuring corporations and governments to move away from throwaway plastics for good, and toward systems of reuse."
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Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to decide whether federal courts can review his detention
Justice Alito twice extended the filing deadline, and the full Third Circuit declined to rehear the case by a single vote.
Analysis estimates 1.5 million Latinos have lost SNAP benefits since the tax law passed
Texas and Arizona account for more than 596,000 of the estimated losses in the seven states the groups examined, and the method assumes every enrollee was equally likely to be cut.
“The River Can’t Be Trusted”
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes five-year Arctic oil rule covering polar bear and walrus...
The industry's own estimate counts 123 polar bear harassments and no deaths over the period, while the agency's rule lists how deaths could still occur.
Federal court strikes down ICE’s courthouse arrest policy nationwide
The ACLU says the New York ruling restores limits on civil immigration arrests at or near immigration courts, effective immediately