Environment

How the Recycling Symbol Lost All Meaning

Kate Yoder / Grist Jun 14, 2024 Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

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The New World of Plastic

Peter Kuper May 9, 2024 Dig deeper

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Report: Plastics Industry Deceived Public on Recycling for 50 Years

Adam M. Lowenstein / DeSmog Feb 19, 2024 They knew plastics could not be recycled, but promoted it with campaigns that echoed Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Poor Countries Overwhelmingly Bear the Costs of Plastic’s Life-Cycle

Joseph Winters / Grist Nov 13, 2023 A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Report: Chemical Recycling a “False Solution” to Plastic Crisis

Dana Drugmand / DeSmog Nov 1, 2023 Just 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Recycled Plastic Recycled Pollution

Peter Kuper Aug 31, 2023 Dig deeper

A Useful New Life for Waste Plastic

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 3, 2019 Reuse is a critical part of a more sustainable life, and Swedish scientists have found a way to directly recycle strewn materials. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plastic Island

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN Jun 27, 2019 Dig deeper

Plastic Particles Infest the Arctic

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 28, 2018 Tiny bits have been found in every sample of Arctic sea ice collected. But the ice can only hold these indestructible pollutants for so long. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plastic Particles Threaten to Swamp the Planet

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Mar 4, 2018 The nearly indestructible bits are now present in every liter of ocean water and could pose a threat to life as great as climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Study Finds 94 Percent of U.S. Tap Water Contaminated With Plastic

Emma Niles / Truthdig Sep 9, 2017 An investigation by Orb Media finds that microplastic fibers exist in high levels in tap water around the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ocean Trash

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star Tribune / Cagle Cartoons Aug 7, 2017 Dig deeper