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- Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081129/plastic-recycling-climate-change-microplastics/ 87 comments
- Plastics recycling with microbes and worms is further away than we think (2018) https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25 77 comments
- Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081129/plastic-recycling-climate-change-microplastics/ 25 comments environment
- Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081129/plastic-recycling-climate-change-microplastics/ 2 comments environment
- Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081129/plastic-recycling-climate-change-microplastics/amp/ 23 comments environment
- California is suing Exxon Mobil over decades of misinformation about plastic recycling. What do you think the outcome will be? https://youtu.be/oNG87PpfkTg 8 comments climate
- This New Plastic Can Be Recycled Infinitely, and Scientists Think it Could Make Plastic Recycling Closed Loop https://www.greenmatters.com/p/plastic-recycling 5 comments science
- Plastic recycling could be more dangerous than you think: Poisonous additives in plastic mean efforts to end plastic pollution with recycling are toxic — and futile, a new study says. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/06/29/news/plastic-recycling-toxic-chemicals-more-dangerous-than-you-think 32 comments environment
- That recycling symbol doesn’t always mean what you think it does — At least 85% of single-use plastic items don’t get recycled, even if they carry the familiar triangular symbol. A California bill would restrict which plastics can bear the mark. https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/08/california-recycling-single-use-plastic/ 13 comments politics
- That recycling symbol doesn’t always mean what you think it does — At least 85% of single-use plastic items don’t get recycled, even if they carry the familiar triangular symbol. A California bill would restrict which plastics can bear the mark. https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/08/california-recycling-single-use-plastic/ 4 comments environment
- Your plastic recyclables are getting shipped overseas, not made into shiny new products - The green recycling industry has a black underbelly. The public is duped into thinking single-use plastics are easily recyclable. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/11/27/recycling-plastic-problem-waste-environment/8723733002/?gnt-cfr=1 93 comments environment