What's a squishy recycler to do?
Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? - NPR
Plastic haters, it's time to brace yourselves. A bunch of studies find that paper bags are actually worse for the environment. They require cutting down and processing trees, which involves lots of water, toxic chemicals, fuel and heavy machinery. While paper is biodegradable and avoids some of the problems of plastic, Taylor says, the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions. That said, these bans do reduce nonbiodegradable litter.
Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US - AP
Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say.
Asian countries take a stand against the rich world's plastic waste
The shipments were part of a decades-old practice in which rich countries including the United States sent used plastic to Asia to be recycled. Often, the shipments included contaminated waste that couldn't be recycled but made it past customs checks anyway, and countries had few legal avenues to send it back
What's an eco-concerned citizen to do?
As indivduals, we can start like this:
Or, we can just go on as we are and let these people bring on our extinction:
Plastic haters, it's time to brace yourselves. A bunch of studies find that paper bags are actually worse for the environment. They require cutting down and processing trees, which involves lots of water, toxic chemicals, fuel and heavy machinery. While paper is biodegradable and avoids some of the problems of plastic, Taylor says, the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions. That said, these bans do reduce nonbiodegradable litter.
Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US - AP
Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say.
Asian countries take a stand against the rich world's plastic waste
The shipments were part of a decades-old practice in which rich countries including the United States sent used plastic to Asia to be recycled. Often, the shipments included contaminated waste that couldn't be recycled but made it past customs checks anyway, and countries had few legal avenues to send it back
What's an eco-concerned citizen to do?
As indivduals, we can start like this:
Or, we can just go on as we are and let these people bring on our extinction:
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