How Much Of The World's Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled?
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenThe United States, the world's largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.
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How Much Of The World's Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled?
• Zero HedgeThere is growing awareness of the world's plastic waste challenges, so why isn't that translating into higher rates of recycling?
Libertarian Journalist John Stossel Debunks the Green 'Religion' of Recycling:
• https://www.thegatewaypundit.com, by Mike LaChanceLibertarian Journalist John Stossel Debunks the Green 'Religion' of Recycling: 'A Dead End Street' (VIDEO)
Texas woman uses AirTags to see where recyclable plastics REALLY end up - and is left speechless
• https://www.dailymail.co, By Stacy LiberatoreA Texas woman curious about where recycled plastics actually end up decided to track her trash using Apple AirTags.
New Process 'Vaporizes' Plastic Bags and Bottles to Help Make Recycled Materials
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy CorbleyAn innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste plastic items in our society into hydrocarbon building blocks for use in making new plastics.
Recycled Bedsheets Make The Best Waterproof Tarps
• https://www.youtube.comIn this video I show an easy way to make your own silicone waterproofing and use it to make fabric tarps.
Creative Uses for Discarded Tires
• https://www.youtube.com by Innovative TechsDid you know that old tires can be used to make new, innovative concrete? Or to build strong, autonomous houses? The recycling of old car tires is among the most pressing environmental issues of today. Currently, only one-third of all waste tires in
Is recycling a sham? Only 5% of the 51 million tons of American household plastic waste...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Stacy LiberatoreA new report released Monday by Greenpeace suggests the recycling system in the US is 'a sham' after it found only five percent of the 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by US households in 2021 was recycled, which is largely due to the fact
Solar recycling is broken, but there's a plan to fix it
• https://www.theverge.com, By Maddie StoneToday, most dead solar panels wind up in shredders or landfills
Company's Recycling Technology is Making Lithium-Ion Batteries Green
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org by Andy CorbleyFrom smartphones to laptops and EVs, lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Now a new company breaks batteries down and extracts around 95% of the valuable materials for reuse, and investments are pouring in.
Turn your waste into clean energy
• https://www.homebiogas.comCREATING IMPACT FOR A BETTER WORLD
McDonald's Breaks New Ground With Returnable, Reusable Coffee Cups
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy CorbleyMcDonald's UK will begin testing a new system of reusable, returnable cups to cut back on the demand for hot beverage to-go containers now that 600 billion of them are produced each year around the world.
Old Electric Vehicle Batteries Can Be Recycled into New Sources of Energy - Even Used to Power 7-11
• Good News NetworkThe study explains that, like the batteries in older mobile phones, an EV battery at the end of its automobile life could still maintain 80% operating capacity and could be easily repurposed for jobs elsewhere in society.
This Is Really Where The Plastic Waste Of First World Countries End Up...
• http://www.trueactivist.com, by True Activist RePreviously, China was accepting 7 metric tons of plastic waste from western countries for recycling but has since banned this in January 2018.
World-first aerogel is made from plastic bottles, and has many potential uses
• https://newatlas.com, Ben CoxworthThe process, which is said to be easily scalable for mass production, can produce an A4-paper-sized aerogel sheet from a single bottle
Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
• https://www.afp.comFor months, a major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to get rid of huge amounts of paper and plastic it would normally sell to China. Beijing is no longer buying, claiming th
Chile's 'Uber of Recycling' Is Sparking a Recycling Revolution
• https://motherboard.vice.comReciclApp is filling a void in places where door-to-door recycling simply doesn't exist.
How to recycle plastic at home
• http://www.popsci.comBreak down and recompress trash to make new things. When humans move into new territory, we leave waste behind, and one of our most harmful byproducts is plastic. Dave Hakkens wants to solve the planet's plastic problem with a build-it-yourself hom
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