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Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your ...
Every year, the world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic and generates about 280 million metric tons of ...
When you toss your plastic trash into a recycle bin, you think it gets whisked away and transformed back into more useful plastic items. But this little recycling saga mostly isn’t true and ...
I take my own containers to the fish market, drug store and grocery store; recycle and compost; yet still accumulate one bag of plastic trash weekly plus more recyclables and compost.
A weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions to [email protected] PostedOctober 6, 2020 ...
Instead of tossing plastic bottles in the recycling bin, consider saving them to build a one-of-a-kind furniture piece that's ...
Drilling a few holes in a typical plastic trash bin prevents the filled-up bag from forming a seal and helps in removing it swiftly. The holes can be about 1.4 inches and spread out on the edges ...
Repurposing single-use plastic bags you get at the store for trash bins is a good practice and more environmentally-friendly compared to not reusing these bags at all, says Kerrie Sendall, an ...
Last year, about 68,000 shipping containers' worth of plastic recycling waste from the U.S. were shipped to developing countries, which mismanage over 70% of their own plastic waste, they wrote.