The Myth About Recycling Food Plastic Everyone Needs To Stop Believing

It's easy to believe this common myth about recycling food plastic, but it's actually causing more harm to the environment ...
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Recycling plastic on your curbside isn't as simple as it used to be. Here's a guide

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...
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Coffee cups, plastic bags, meal kit packaging: Here’s what to do with hard to recycle items

When it comes to recycling, most folks know to sort their plastic and paper, thanks to the blue and green plastic sorting bins given out by their municipal departments. But beyond the basics of ...
NBC New York

Big Oil Touted Recycling to Sell More Plastic, and Left Cities Grappling With a Costly Waste Problem

Just because that plastic item you rinsed out and placed in your recycling bin is labeled as recyclable doesn't mean it actually is. In fact, according to a 2020 Greenpeace report, most types of ...

Why banning the recycling logo is progress in the fight against plastic waste

A new California law will ban companies from using the symbol if their products aren’t commonly recycled. Here’s how you can ...

Lancaster County facility gives inside look at what happens after plastics hit the recycling bin

PureCycle showed visitors how everyday No. 5 plastics are sorted and prepared to become new products again as part of the ...