Plastic industry

This is the fourth and final part of our series, The History of Plastic. You can find the first chapter on the invention of throwaway living here and the second part on McDonald’s role in the single-use plastic crisis here, and the third installment on the theft of the recycling symbol here. Walk into your […]

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Construction industry is a major contributor to pollution, which is a concerning problem all around the world. In recent years, there have been various developments like recycled plastic bricks and RePlast blocks made from ocean waste, that provide some relief to the degrading environment, but we need to do a lot more. #recycle #bricks #gogreen #environment

The world produces an average of 430 million metric tons of plastic each year. The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the U.S. is recycled. NPR correspondent Michael Copley joins Ali Rogin to discuss a new report on the plastic industry's tactics to push recycling and avoid regulation.

Award-winning filmmaker Alison Teal, 27, from Hawaii, visited Thilafushi – or Trash Island - an artificial island created as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Malé.

Disturbing photos show he shocking mess left on a beautiful beach on Christmas Island, an Australian territory. Plastic wrappers, bottles, buckets, plastic wrappers and even sleeping bags were found.

Cosmetic companies are realizing life in plastic isn’t so fantastic

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Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince from The Rubbish Trip continue their zero waste series with everything you need to know about zero waste grocery shopping

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