Labeling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul, including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, researchers say.
Environment
Feb 28, 2022
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A municipal waste worker turns away another shipment of recycled materials littered with greasy pizza boxes and broken glass, sentencing this waste to slow death in a landfill without a second thought.
Environment
Feb 28, 2022
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Wanting to keep plastics in circulation is currently en vogue. According to Magdalena Klotz, however, high collection rates are of little use if recyclate only replaces virgin material to a limited extent.
Environment
Feb 22, 2022
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European surveys have revealed that the perceived "yuck factor" typically predicted as a public reaction to wastewater recycling may not be as bad as thought.
Environment
Dec 3, 2021
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University at Buffalo researchers published a journal article quantifying the unintended consequences of New York State's Plastic Bag Waste Reduction Law and ways to address those consequences.
Environment
Nov 18, 2021
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A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from recycling, according to the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2021
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The investor Warren Buffett once remarked that "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked". For the plastics recycling industry, the pandemic was a bit like the tide going out, exposing its deep-rooted ...
Environment
Oct 14, 2021
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Many of the world's largest consumer product companies, including Cocoa-Cola, Unilever and PepsiCo, have set ambitious targets for replacing virgin plastics with recycled ones— typically 25% of their total packaging by ...
Other
Oct 13, 2021
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Recyclable plastic has been recorded on popular beaches and urban watercourses in Adelaide, South Australia—highlighting the need for more efforts to remove and reuse all plastics from waste streams, particularly in urban ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2021
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With Europe's ambitious plastic recycling strategy and growing public awareness, a plastic pollution-free future seems more and more possible despite current obstacles. For example, the EU already recycles 32.5% of its 29.1 ...
Polymers
Aug 30, 2021
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