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‘Fossil fuels in another form’: Plastic recycling rate stagnates at under 10%, report finds

Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a comprehensive new study shows. Plastic production has exploded in the meantime, creating a "pressing global environmental challenge ...
Newsweek

As Plastic Treaty Talks Near, Study Shows How to Cut Waste Clogging Oceans

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at ...

The world's biggest plastic waste exporter is Germany — here's how much trash it sent overseas

Germany may have the world's third-largest economy, but it leads the world in a troubling category: plastic waste production.

Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash

Grist reports that Starbucks’ new "widely recyclable" cups may still end up in landfills, as actual recycling rates remain ...
The Rocky Mountain Collegian

CSU’s Idea2Product lab uses new methods to reduce plastic waste

The Idea2Product lab is a makerspace at Colorado State University that provides engineering supplies and equipment for CSU ...
Newsweek

Talks on a Plastics Treaty Have Begun. Here’s How to Stop Plastic Waste

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People walking the streets of downtown Petaluma, California, started ...