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State Bill Would Ban Disposable Cups for Dine-In Customers
Such disposable tableware produced more than 500,000 tons of waste in 2021, according to CalRecycle, which oversees the state’s waste management and recycling.
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The True Cost of Our Addiction to Plastic
More than a century after the invention of the first fully synthetic plastic, we’re still ignorant of the nature of these supremely useful substances.
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Australian Think Tank Calls for ‘EU-Style’ Plastic Tax to Combat Waste
Australia Institute estimated that the government could raise nearly $1.5 billion a year with the tax while forcing companies to step up recycling efforts.
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G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Doesn’t Address ‘Excessive’ Production: Activists
Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies’ to reduce additional plastic trash leaking into the ocean to zero by 2050.
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State Bill Would Ban Disposable Cups for Dine-In Customers
Such disposable tableware produced more than 500,000 tons of waste in 2021, according to CalRecycle, which oversees the state’s waste management and recycling.
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The True Cost of Our Addiction to Plastic
More than a century after the invention of the first fully synthetic plastic, we’re still ignorant of the nature of these supremely useful substances.
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Australian Think Tank Calls for ‘EU-Style’ Plastic Tax to Combat Waste
Australia Institute estimated that the government could raise nearly $1.5 billion a year with the tax while forcing companies to step up recycling efforts.
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G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Doesn’t Address ‘Excessive’ Production: Activists
Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies’ to reduce additional plastic trash leaking into the ocean to zero by 2050.
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