Recycling

Will chemical recycling solve our plastic pollution crisis?

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Greenwashing Alert: Is Chemical Recycling the Solution to Plastic Pollution?

It seems that there’s a solution to the planet’s plastic pollution crisis: chemical recycling! At least that’s the claim by proponents of this new process. Thanks to this new technology,…

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Is COVID-19 Killing Recycling?

Is COVID-19 killing recycling (plastic recycling, to be specific)? It may look like business as usual in your community, but the pandemic has exacted a toll on the recycling industry,…

Plastic production is set to surge, causing increased pollution.

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In a World Drowning in Plastic Pollution, a Surge in Plastic Production Looms

We are all addicts. Addicts of single-use plastic, that is. Most of us know about the polluting effects of continued disposable plastic use. We’ve seen the heartbreaking photos of wildlife…

Food waste recycling can yield nutrient-rich compost for your yard.

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Food Waste Recycling: 7 Steps for Easy Home Composting

Wait! Before you toss out those unwanted veggies you tried to get your kids to eat (or left in the fridge, hoping they’d be consumed), try something new: food waste…

Bagging your recyclables is a form of wish-cycling (or "wishcycling").

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Are You Wish-Cycling? 10 Simple Tips to Recycle Right

Are you recycling or wish-cycling? You may have no idea what wish-cycling is, but in our desire to be environmentally responsible through diligent recycling, we’ve all succumbed to it at…

Is recycling a waste of time? It can seem that way.

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Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

Is recycling a waste of time? I was wondering this very question the other day while reading a Facebook post about recycling plastic. Someone had asked if it was possible…

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Is Plastic Recycling a Red Herring to our Waste Problem?

Is all your diligent plastic recycling effective in tackling our ever-expanding waste crisis? I’m skeptical, and even more so since my recent “field trip” to an incinerator. Yes, you read…

Where does your recycling go? It's a complicated process.

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Where Does Your Recycling Go? Why It Matters to You!

So you’ve just diligently tossed your plastic soda bottle in the recycling bin. Do you know where it ends up? Where does your recycling go? Let’s back up for a…

Make old jeans part of your clothes recycling pile

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Clothes Recycling: The 5 Best Ways to Do It

Recycling – clothes recycling in particular – has been on my mind recently. We’re moving out of our house of 15 years and it’s shocking to visualize the accumulated mountain…

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5 Common Recycling Myths and the Solutions to Recycle Right

There’s so much confusion about recycling that I thought it would be helpful to write about recycling myths and the solutions to these common misconceptions. So let’s take a look…

Greenwashing Alert: Is Chemical Recycling the Solution to Plastic Pollution?

Is COVID-19 Killing Recycling?

In a World Drowning in Plastic Pollution, a Surge in Plastic Production Looms

Food Waste Recycling: 7 Steps for Easy Home Composting

Are You Wish-Cycling? 10 Simple Tips to Recycle Right

Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

Is Plastic Recycling a Red Herring to our Waste Problem?

Where Does Your Recycling Go? Why It Matters to You!

Clothes Recycling: The 5 Best Ways to Do It

5 Common Recycling Myths and the Solutions to Recycle Right

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