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Plastic makers lied about recycling for decades. What do we do next?
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMost plastic is either landfilled or burned—just about 9 percent is ever recycled. For decades,...
Plastic bags, despite products' claims, shouldn't be recycled curbside. What goes in bins
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEditor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that residents could bring No. 7...
Should you even bother throwing plastic in the recycling bin?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEarth. Illustrated | Getty Images Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your...
How do you recycle plastic waste? Tucson is working to turn it into building blocks
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA pilot program that turns unrecyclable plastic waste into multicolored building blocks is growing...
Do you trust plastic recycling? What really happens to the plastics Boiseans recycle
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAt the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers...
California's plastic bag ban is failing. Here's why
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months ago(Illustration by Maria Chimishkyan / For The Times) Does California have a ban on plastic bags? The goals of Senate Bill 270, the so-called plastic bag...
380 Million Tons of Plastic Are Made Every Year. None of It Is Truly Recyclable
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. No...
World Recycling Day: Common mistakes many of us are making
Yahoo Life UK· 1 year agoThere are come classic recycling mistakes many of us are making. (Getty Images) Getty Recycling's a...
California's war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPlastic bag waste, such as this photographed at the Burbank Recycle Center in August 2013, was...
UPM Raflatac launches RecyClass-certified label for HDPE and PP
Packaging Gateway via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoUPM Raflatac, a self-adhesive paper and film products manufacturer, has unveiled its New Wave paper...