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This 21-Year-Old Metro Atlanta Black Man Went Viral For Turning Plastic Into Fuel, Here’s How it Works
EXCLUSIVE: “There will be no such thing as plastic waste — only untapped energy," Said Julian Brown. Okay...you have our ...
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From Trash to Treasure: Recycling Plastic Bags into Granules
Witness the recycling magic as dirty plastic bags are transformed into useful plastic granules. See how advanced processes clean, melt, and reshape discarded bags, giving them a new life in ...
At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, plastic as inspiration — and threat
“Castaway” runs through April 6 of next year at Harvard‘s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. The Peabody‘s Ilisa ...
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I tracked my trash for one week. Here’s what I swapped to cut out single-use plastic
By the end of the week, I was left with a horrifying pile of yogurt cups, coffee lids, plastic wrappers and takeout containers — far more than I expected. I even had enough trash to cover my ...
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Your cool black kitchenware could be slowly poisoning you, study says. Here’s what to do
Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic ...
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Why It’s Probably Better To Throw Plastic in the Trash
Both plastic and glass are fairly easy on the environment ... most plastics should be thrown in the trash, Kinnaman says – though he cautions that his “provocative results certainly require ...
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Thousands of bottle caps, plastic pieces littered New Jersey beaches last year, report finds
Dirty diapers ... annual “Beach Sweeps” to pick up piles of trash washed ashore. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor The environmental group said it’s most concerned about persistent ...
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Oregon lawmaker tries again to ban the use of plastic trash bags used as luggage for kids in foster care
The day state officials handed Riley a large black plastic trash bag that smelled like lemon is seared into the former Oregon foster youth’s mind. “I will never forget my first trash bag ...
The New York Times2y
Trash, Rats and Parking: What to Do?
Mayor Eric Adams is proposing to finally containerize garbage instead of letting plastic ... you pick up the trash in Tampa? I imagine that you’ve been to New York. How dirty does it seem ...