Turning plastic waste into plastic lumber isn’t recycling
Most of Amazon’s plastic packaging isn’t being recycled, and some might end up as material for plastic decking instead.
Nearly all of America’s trash could be composted and recycled. But we’ve got a lot of work to do to get there.
Most of us put our recyclables out for collection. But it’s going to take more than individual action to deal with our trash problem. Only 24% of our trash actually gets recycled, and only 9% gets composted. We can do better. Together we can share information, resources and push our leaders to build a better recycling and composting system.
Most of Amazon’s plastic packaging isn’t being recycled, and some might end up as material for plastic decking instead.
Here are five policies that the Oregon legislature could pass in 2023 to prevent plastic pollution and help create an economy in which we produce less waste, build products that last and can be reused or repaired, and recycle the rest.
Have you ever thought about where clothing goes after you’re done with it? Or the impact that it has on climate change?
Building on successful programs in dozens of countries and recent action taken by Maine and Oregon, the Colorado Senate passed on Wednesday a bipartisan producer responsibility bill.
A new law shifts the costs of single-use plastics back to their producers.
A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is destroying millions of unused or returned products.