Tag: recycling
New survey reveals electronic waste a growing problem globally
“We need to understand this growth and counter it with everyone involved: national authorities, enforcement agencies, Producer Responsibility Organizations, original equipment manufacturers, recyclers, researchers and consumers themselves.”
Plastics recycling ‘does not work,’ environmentalists stress as U.S. recycling rates...
The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.
New York food waste recycling law goes into effect
The hope is to keep food, and its related methane emissions, out of landfills.
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."
Maine becomes first state to make corporations pay for recycling
“While we’re first in the U.S., we’re not going to be the last.”
Here are the companies that are the world’s top plastic polluters
"Real solutions must change systems and power structures."
Malaysia to return 3,300 tons of plastic waste illegally imported from...
"Malaysia will not be a dumping ground to the world ... we will fight back."
Plastics industry on track to burn through 14% of world’s remaining...
“Really the surest solution to dealing with the problem of plastics and climate is to reduce plastic production, to keep the fossil fuels in the ground, to move towards eliminating the use of single-use plastics and non-essential plastics.”
Everything I know about a low-waste lifestyle I learned from my...
Frugality doesn’t just save money – it helps save the environment, too.
Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our...
Zero-packaging stores show, in their own small way, a viable and healthier alternative to the current system. Both for ourselves, local economies and the planet.
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If pushing pardons for savage Jan. 6 seditionists isn’t unpardonable, what is?
Abusive pardons of the most serious crimes represent the great terrorist threat to self-government.
Texas GOP passes bills allowing Abbott appointee to take over Democratic county’s elections
"These bills are not about election reform," said one Harris County official. "They are entirely about suppressing voters' voices."
Bottom-dwelling marine animals thriving on offshore wind farm foundations
"My feeling is that a smart, science-based location of offshore wind farms, where ecological principles are incorporated in the design is needed to combat climate change.”
Garbage in, garbage CEO windfalls out
‘Waste management’ won’t help us confront climate change so long as corporate self-interest rules.
Supreme Court ruling against EPA ‘undoes a half-century of progress’ in protecting waters of...
"It puts our Nation’s wetlands – rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them – at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on."