There are no plastic recycling plants nearby and so there is no place to dump all the plastic. The only solution is for the government to transport it back to big cities, with recycling facilities, or the government to build a recycling plant there. However, both options are quite costly....
began collecting, processing and transforming plastics into something of value at a time when such activities were viewed with scepticism. Navigating unknown territory, they launched a mission of discovery, learning first hand the difficulties of plastic recycling. These early efforts, laid the foundatio...
Unless your state has a bottle bill, places like recycling centers are not going to pay you for plastic bottles, cartons, and other plastic containers. While some states without deposit laws do have curbside recycling programs and recycling centers where you can drop off any empty, clean plastic...
I started by placing the mold under acold stream of waterin order to reduce the temperature of the steel allowing it to contract. Once sufficiently cooled, Iremoved the side plateswhich then allowed me to remove the entire brick with ease thanks to thebaking paper. I proceeded byscrapingthe ...
Molten plastic exits an extruder at the YB Enterprises recycling factory in Padang Serai, Malaysia. Health and environmental problems near such factories have sparked anger and opposition in local communities. Photograph by Sebastian Meyer Inside, workers comb through containerloads of plastic waste. The...
Green Directoryis the easiest way to find a recycling center that accepts plastic bags near you. It’s extremely easy to use: Enter your address or location in the “zip code” Enter plastic bags in the “search for” bar Hit enter ...
time of publication10. Additional studies have looked to further describe the characteristics of marine plastic degradation based on physical and chemical polymer properties11. Efforts to increase capture and recycling of plastics are underway via mechanical, chemical, and biological means12,13. As the...
“It is clear that the European contribution to marine waste is a result of our efforts to recycle. However, several countries have already shown that they can reduce this contribution to near zero, by simply incinerating waste”. Despite this success, the EU is trying to redouble recycling ef...
Using bags for garbage can be better than recycling them, some non-zero but vague number of animals are killed when they make it into the oceans, and cotton shopping bags aren't such a great idea. I really wanted to be able to present simple, solid facts, and only found a problem ...
My local recycling depot is about to stop accepting plastic bags in March. It has been a wakeup call. For years I’ve felt better about my occasional plastic shopping bag and the other items that come with buying frozen produce etc. because they’re recycled. The climate here doesn’t all...