Tag: recycling

Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.

The aim is to combat the growing environmental crisis posed by the fast fashion industry and textile waste, which has increasingly burdened the state’s landfills and ecosystem.

The survey, conducted by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) and Data for Progress, shows that 70 percent of likely U.S. voters would support legal action to hold the plastics and fossil fuel industries accountable for alleged deception.

The investigation reveals that the ocean floor is besieged by up to 11 million tons of plastic waste, a figure that dwarfs the quantity observed on the water's surface.

The company's packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River.

“I think the [plastics] industry is relying on confusing people, starting with what is it, and what do you call it.”

“We need to understand this growth and counter it with everyone involved: national authorities, enforcement agencies, Producer Responsibility Organizations, original equipment manufacturers, recyclers, researchers and consumers themselves.”

The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.

The hope is to keep food, and its related methane emissions, out of landfills.

"People want to do the right thing, but we have to make it convenient—to make it frictionless. And that's what we aim to do."