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08Dec

“The pandemic is generating tons of discarded PPE. This entrepreneur is turning them into bricks.”

An Indian entrepreneur is mixing recycled PPE material with paper sludge to create low-cost construction bricks.

03Dec

@batteriesplus, @Lampmasterkits, and @RepublicService are among the companies that will recycle your LED light bulbs for a fee.

01Dec

@EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has set a national recycling rate goal of 50% by 2030—up from the 2018 recycling rate of 32.1%.

24Nov

Paper mills are recycling more junk mail and old delivery boxes in 2020 as these displace office paper in the waste streams of home workers.

19Nov

Time to retire your pillow? For a fee, @TerraCycle will collect them for recycling, and @ATRSrecycling offers drop-off bins in some states.

17Nov

Since 1960, the amount of plastic waste landfilled annually in the United States has increased by roughly 70 times.

12Nov

Celebrate America Recycles Day—@recyclesday—by learning how to recycle common items such as paper, plastics, used oil, batteries and ewaste.

10Nov

The typical American produces almost five pounds of waste each day—or three times the average for the rest of the world.

05Nov

The presence of bisphenol A or bisphenol S in receipts means many cities consider them contaminants that render them not recyclable.

03Nov

The typical American throws away 80 pounds of clothes each year, according to @hasanminhaj’s “The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion.”

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