plastic recycling
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Environmental Group Sues California Stores Over Un-Recyclable Plastic Bags
Environmental organisation Last Beach Cleanup is suing two retailers for selling un-recyclable plastic bags in California.
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The U.S. Barely Recycled Last Year
It’s easy to hate plastic recycling in the U.S. — even for the most conscious consumer.
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Maine’s New Law Will Finally Make Companies Pay for Recycling
Maine is forcing polluters to clean up their act — by making them pay to recycle their waste. On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills a groundbreaking new law that makes the state the first in the country to shift the burden from consumers to producers for the waste they create, in hopes that it will help…
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Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment
A couple of years ago, scientists discovered an enzyme in a waste recycling centre in Japan that digests plastic. During a recent experiment to understand how this enzyme works, scientists accidentally created a mutated version that breaks down plastic even better than the one found in nature. The discovery could go a long way in…