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02Jul

“Holiday packages are causing an environmental and recycling nightmare”

Online purchases are generating mountains of cardboard packaging this holiday season, overwhelming recycling centers–particularly in instances where residents are recycling packing boxes without first separating out the film plastic and other non-recyclable materials inside.

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02Jul

“Philly businesses aren’t recycling, and the city could be losing out on millions”

More than 20 years after Philadelphia passed laws requiring businesses to recycle, there is little evidence the city is enforcing these rules or keeping track of how many businesses are complying with them.

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02Jul

“Oregon recycle laws changing in 2018”

An Oregon bottle law will make more types of beverage containers eligible to be traded in for cash in 2018. The law means that previously exempt containers such as coffee and tea bottles can now be redeemed for money.

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02Jul

“What’s in, what’s out: Connecticut makes recycling easier”

In a bid to make recycling easier and more popular, Connecticut has standardized recycling rules across the state. The state government has set up a website spelling out what’s “in”—including pizza boxes and bottle caps that are still attached to the bottle—and what’s “out,” including shredded paper and plastic bags.

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02Jul

“Mountains of U.S. recycling pile up as China restricts imports”

Every day, nearly 4,000 shipping containers full of recyclables leave U.S. ports for China. As of January 1, 2018, China is enforcing new standards that ban 24 types of solid waste, including various plastics and mixed papers, and sets a much higher standard for contamination levels.

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02Jul

“Global Recycling Day calls for world leaders’ attention”

The first ever Global Recycling Day – March 18, 2018 – is an international initiative of the Bureau of International Recycling to raise awareness of the need to shift the global perception of what we consider waste.

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