An Ocean of Possibility if We Allow for It Just over three years ago, industry leaders from companies including Clorox, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive and P&G boarded the Resolute for the Oceans Plastic Leadership Summit, an expedition out to one of the world’s five major ocean gyres, where currents trap a swirl…
COULD YOUR RECYCLING BE A FIRE HAZARD? Excited about your new smartphone purchase, you pull it out of the case and start setting up your new device. Your old phone – which has just been replaced by the new model – remains lying on the counter, ready to be discarded.…
WHAT ARE THREE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING? Most Americans believe strongly in the importance of recycling. Yet out of 37.4 million tons of materials that could be picked up in curbside recycling from American homes, 20 million tons are thrown in the trash. We can – and should – do better!…
Unfortunately, paper coffee cup recycling is not widely available throughout North America yet. These single-use coffee cups are actually a huge problem for recycling contamination. There are many contributing factors to the reality that they aren’t usually accepted for recycling, but the fact that they are lined with plastic is…