Researchers In Japan Find An Alternative To Single Use Plastic
Researchers in Japan have created paper-based alternatives to single use plastic that will break down fully in the ocean.
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Canada Will Ban Harmful Plastics By End Of Year
Our neighbor to the north will eliminate the manufacture and import of single-use and other plastics by year’s end. Why can’t the US legislate a similar, sweeping effort to fight pollution and climate change?
Plant-Based Bottles Could Degrade In One Year
Avantium, a company based in the Netherlands, is experimenting with biodegradable plant-based plastics that could replace the single-use plastic bottles used by soda and beer manufacturers.
Despite Industry Lies & Bribes, Single-Use Plastics Are On The Wane
More companies are turning away from single-use plastics as public consciousness about plastic pollution increases.
Coca-Cola Will Continue With Single-Use Plastic Bottles Because That’s What People Want
Coca-Cola’s head of sustainability told the World Economic Forum this week her company has no intention of reducing the number of single use plastic bottles it churns out every year. Instead, it will increase recycling efforts worldwide. Is that a plan?
China Moves To Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Starting This Year
China is taking a big step forward in the war on single-use plastic. It is banning most plastic bags this year and cuts in plastic utensils and carry-out containers over the next 5 years.
Himalayan Village Successfully Bans Single-Use Plastics
A small Himalayan village had a creative solution to the Indian Prime Minister’s urge for people to stop using single-use plastics across the country.
TerraCycle Adds Loop To Its Circular Economy Repertoire
Customers can order products from a variety of companies that are shipped to them in returnable and reusable containers packed inside a reusable blue Loop container.
When the products are consumed, the containers are placed inside a similar Loop container, picked up by UPS or other package delivery service, and returned to the point of origin for re-use. Customers pay a modest service fee of the use of the Loop container
187 Nations Signed UN Plastics Waste Protocol, But The US Was Not One Of Them
186 nations have signed an agreement that prevents shipping plastic waste to developing countries without their permission. The US, of course, is opposed to the initiative.
NREL Says Don’t Recycle Single Use Plastics — Upcycle!
Researchers at NREL have devised a way of using discarded single use plastic to make new products. It could keep much of the world’s plastic trash out of landfills and the world’s oceans.
