Recycling plastic is hard. Could Australia go back to re-using bottles like Germany?
Reusing glass and plastic instead of recycling it used to be common — and still is in some parts of the world. Could it be part of the solution to Australia's waste problem?
Recyclable plastic for the printer: A step toward a circular economy for synthetic polymers
The possibilities for material design and production of plastic components are being expanded through 3D printing technology. However, there is a shortage of recyclable polymers that meet the ...
Clothing recycling is taking a giant leap forward
Reasons to be Cheerful reports on new methods that are turning mountains of old clothes into rack-ready garments amid growing ...
Anthropocene Magazine published by Future Earth on MSN14h
Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight
Fast fashion creates mountains of polyester-cotton textile waste—a new recycling method that separates and recycles the two ...
Do American Voters Want To See More Single-Use Plastic Or Less?
Oceana’s U.S. plastics campaign director, Christy Leavitt said President Trump is “going in the wrong direction on single-use ...
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The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not ...