Articles for Recycling Plastic

Is recycling worth it?
2 weeks ago

Is recycling worth it?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The plastics industry—including fossil fuel, petrochemical, and consumer goods companies—continues to put forward plastic recycling as the solution to …

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Raising deposit fees of plastic bottles to €1 will hardly raise recycling percentages
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Raising deposit fees of plastic bottles to €1 will hardly raise recycling percentages

NL Times  

Accountancy and consultancy firm PwC has calculated that the recycling percentage would increase by one percentage point if the deposit on small bottles is increased from 15 to 25 cents. If there were to be a 50 cent deposit on small bottles and 1 euro on large bottles instead of 25 cents, the percentage of collected bottles would only increase …

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency said that the symbol’s use on many plastic products was “deceptive.” Recycling rules can be downright mystifying. Lewis Freeman, the former vice president of government affairs at the Society of the Plastics Industry, an industry group, told Grist that he has a vivid memory of a colleague …

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The plastics industry says chemical recycling could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say
7 months, 1 week ago

The plastics industry says chemical recycling could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say

CNN  

CNN — A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. “Chemical recycling transforms used plastic and gives it value,” said a spokesperson for the American Chemistry Council, a trade association for US chemical and plastics companies, adding “we must eliminate plastic pollution without eliminating the benefits …

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Opinion: California faces an uphill battle against plastic
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: California faces an uphill battle against plastic

LA Times  

Given its green bona fides, it’s no surprise that California was the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags 10 years ago. The plastic bag companies got a caveat in the legislation allowing grocery stores and large retailers to sell plastic bags for a minimum of 10 cents each if they are reusable and recyclable in California. …

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Consumers waiting for soft plastic recycling solution 12 months after REDcycle collapse left with few options
1 year, 1 month ago

Consumers waiting for soft plastic recycling solution 12 months after REDcycle collapse left with few options

ABC  

Simon Mallender is determined not to let a single piece of recyclable soft plastic he has used make it into landfill. He said the collapse of REDcycle exposed the "pretence" that supermarkets were managing the soft plastics they generate. Jeff Angel of the Boomerang Alliance says the REDcycle collapse exposed the "pretence" supermarkets were managing their soft plastics collections. Soft …

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Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
2 years, 2 months ago

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

NPR  

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR The vast majority of plastic that people use, and in many cases put into blue recycling bins, is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. Greenpeace …

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What can and can't be recycled
2 years, 7 months ago

What can and can't be recycled

BBC  

What can and can't be recycled Getty Images While the specifics of recycling vary around the globe, there are some common rules – and pervasive myths. Hanlon says that milk bottles are about as "closed loop" as it gets in plastic recycling – most of the plastic will find its way into a new product. Hanlon says the recycling process …

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German Scientists Develop World's First Plant Oil-based Plastic
3 years, 5 months ago

German Scientists Develop World's First Plant Oil-based Plastic

News 18  

With the growing concerns about the environment, one thing that has always been at the centre of the discussion is the use of plastic products. Developed by Stefan Mecking, department chair of chemical materials science at the University of Konstanz in Germany, the new plastic has breakaway points engineered on a molecular level to allow easy processing. The general process …

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Protesters put plastic waste at the doors of producer Sabic in run up to world clean up day
4 years, 3 months ago

Protesters put plastic waste at the doors of producer Sabic in run up to world clean up day

Dutch News  

In the run up to a ‘world clean up day’ on Saturday, environmental organisations have organised a protest to lay waste at the door of plastics producer Sabic. Maastricht 4 Climate and Precious Plastic Maastricht object to Sabic’s involvement in the ‘Maas Clean Up’ of plastic waste, accusing the organisation of ‘greenwashing’. We need to turn off the tap, not …

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How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
4 years, 3 months ago

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

NPR  

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR Note: An audio version of this story aired on NPR's Planet Money. "The bottle may look empty, yet it's anything but trash," says one ad from 1990 showing a plastic bottle bouncing out of a garbage truck. are high," …

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Plastic waste piling up at recycling companies
4 years, 7 months ago

Plastic waste piling up at recycling companies

NL Times  

Thousands of big bags of shredded plastic waste are piling up at recycling companies. The low oil price and the coronavirus crisis resulted in the demand for recycled plastic plummeting to such an extent that recycling companies can no longer get rid of their shredded plastic, trade association NRK Recycling said to De Monitor. NRK Recycling warned the Ministry of …

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Vending machines for recycling plastics in Ooty
5 years, 3 months ago

Vending machines for recycling plastics in Ooty

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: In the next step towards plastics control and to ensure collection and recycling of every little plastic bottle consumed in Ooty, five Reverse Vending Machines for plastic bottles collection and recycling have been installed in Ooty As Nilgiris has already proved itself to be a pioneer in plastic control and management measures, now, the RVM initiative is obviously in …

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Coke and Pepsi abandon the plastics lobby
5 years, 5 months ago

Coke and Pepsi abandon the plastics lobby

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, two major sellers ofplastic bottles, have made sweeping sustainability commitments. Shutterstock Cutting ties with the Plastic Industry Association is a sign that “companies understand that they cannot publicly say they want to end plastic pollution, while financially supporting an association that lobbies for our continued reliance on throwaway plastics,” said Greenpeace USA …

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Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin; identifies 14 nations, including US, as perpetrators
5 years, 7 months ago

Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin; identifies 14 nations, including US, as perpetrators

Firstpost  

Malaysia will send as much as 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it came from, the environment minister said on Tuesday, the latest Asian country to reject rich countries’ rubbish Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will send as much as 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it came from, the environment minister said on Tuesday, the …

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Companies 'making up excuses' to dodge plastic bottle recycling scheme, says marine charity
5 years, 8 months ago

Companies 'making up excuses' to dodge plastic bottle recycling scheme, says marine charity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The head of a leading …

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