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Starbucks' latte levy is being used to boost cup recycling rates
£1 million in grants will be divided among groups wanting to improve recycling facilities. But why should people have to compete for help in dealing with Starbucks' own trash?
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How the plastics industry is hijacking the circular economy
What they are calling circular is a sham, just fantasy recycling so that they can maintain the status quo.
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Would a 25 cent charge for a disposable coffee cup make a difference?
That's what they are doing in Berkeley, and it will spread.
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Scotland introduces 20p deposit on all cans and bottles
Every country everywhere should be doing this.
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Six Times More Plastic Waste is Burned in U.S. than is Recycled
An engineer explains why recycling is busted in America.
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Canada agrees to take its trash back from the Philippines
A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.
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The Ontario Beer Store is a model for the circular economy
It's being killed the name of "convenience."
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Malaysia vows to send plastic waste back to countries of origin
Environment minister called waste importers 'traitors' who don't care about the country's long-term sustainability.
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Colgate has a new recyclable toothpaste tube
Hopefully this will reduce the 20 billion tubes that go to landfill every year.
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4 reasons to repair instead of recycling or replacing
It's to time to jump off the consumption train and embrace the art of repair.
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Let's ban ticker tape parades!
No, not really, they are a celebration of excellence and not that bad. And they are not even ticker tape.
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Recycling is broken, so we have to fix our disposable culture
Leyla Acaroglu calls recycling a "placebo" and calls for a reusable revolution to get us out of this mess.
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Our lives have been co-opted by the Convenience Industrial Complex
Nobody ever lost money making things easier or more convenient, and our planet is paying the price.
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6 reasons you should buy "slow furniture"
Fast furniture is like fast food or fast fashion; here's why you should go slow and how you do it.
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Why do cars have so many cupholders?
The Convenience Industrial Complex makes it so easy to just keep sipping while you drive.
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Olympic medals to be made from recycled electronics
Tokyo 2020's organizing committee will transform old smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras into a true treasure.
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The circular economy comes to your living room
How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.
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Recycling is broken: California's rePlanet shuts all its recycling centers
We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.
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Is water in cans greener than water in bottles? No.
Bottled water companies are doing this because of public concerns about single use plastic.
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Solutions for single-use plastic pollution must consider all stakeholders
Teamwork pushes bold initiatives through.
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Nobody's perfect, and you don't have to be
We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let's be real about it.
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Producers could finally be responsible for packaging waste in Ontario
The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs.
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Toymaker Hasbro says it will phase out plastic packaging
Starting in 2020, the company will redesign packaging to be more environmentally-friendly.
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Here's a handy guide to plastics recycling
Made by NPR, it explains what's recyclable, what becomes trash, and why.
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Why we all need to stop 'wishcycling'
Some things were never meant to go in the blue bin.
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10 reasons to go green starting NOW
Have you been looking for a reason to go green? Look no further because we've got ten reasons lined up for you!
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10 ways to improve your recycling
Here are some tips for taking your recycling to the next level.
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Burger King in UK ditches plastic toys
The fast food chain will also take old plastic toys and melt them down for repurposing.
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Recycling rates improve when people know what items will become
Jeans into insulation, plastic bottles into coats – details like this make people more inclined to use the blue bin.
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The best thing to do with old LEGO bricks
LEGO is cleaning and repackaging pre-loved bricks and sending them to charities for kids.
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