According to data from 2023, more than 150 million pounds of plastic were used in trash bags and beverage containers covered under Washington’s plastics law. Thirty-five companies were fined a ...

THE SUIT SAYS THAT THE COMPANY PROMISED TO USE THE RECYCLED PLASTIC TO MAKE NEW PLASTIC, USING LESS FOSSIL FUEL IN THE LONG RUN, BUT THE COMPLAINT SAYS THAT ON AVERAGE, ONLY ABOUT 5% OF U.S ...

Did you know that fleece clothing is made out of recycled polyethylene terephthalate — or PET? That’s the fancy word for the material most plastic bottles are made out of, and it’s just one of many ...

Kubik is a company that converts recycled plastic waste into interlocking building materials, such as bricks, beams, and columns. Kubik’s products are at least 40% cheaper per square metre compared to ...

So, a plastic bottle can only be recycled two or three times before it becomes unrecyclable. However, the new approach ...

Clear plastic water bottles made of polyethylene tetraphthalate (PET), a polyester, were designed in the 1980s to be recycled this way. But the volume of polyester plastics is minuscule compared ...

These bottles are purchased, collected, washed, and recycled into high quality usable raw material for use in the downstream process”, says Monique Hinds, CEO of SAVA. An innovative end-use market ...

5. Recycle what you can. Even in rich countries, recycling rates are low. Globally, 18 percent of all plastic is recycled. Europe manages 30 percent, China 25—the United States only 9.

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

“The novel concern that’s raised in this study is ‘Look, black plastic that shouldn’t be recycled is ending up in all kinds of products that lead to human exposure,’” she sai ...

But what does that really mean? Where is it coming from? There are three main ways plastic ends up in the oceans: Throwing plastic in the bin when it could be recycled Plastic you put in the bin ends ...

Roughly a fifth of this waste — 52.1 mt — is “emitted” into the environment, unmanaged. The authors define “managed” waste as what is collected by municipal bodies, and either recycled or sent to a ...