Once an admirable goal for plastic packaging and single-use plastic products, recycling of late has been called “garbage” (New York Times Magazine), “greenwashing” (Greenbiz) and “The Great Recycling Con” (New York Times). In the latter…
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13 Items You Definitely Shouldn’t Throw In Your Recycling Bin (Or Buy At All, If You Can Help It)
Recycling is simple, right? Discard your paper, plastic, and glass into your recycling bin and boom! You get to feel great about doing good for the environment. Except, unfortunately, it’s not that simple. First of all, we don’t actually…
You can now pay your utility bills by recycling plastic waste
You can now pay your utility bills (electricity and water) by recycling plastic waste in Ghana. To benefit from the initiative, one would have to drop off 4kg of cans or 20kg worth of plastic…
Recycling household waste in London ‘impossible’
It is “impossible” to recycle household rubbish in London because of a “postcode lottery”, the Green Party has said. The capital’s 32 borough councils were asked for their policies on recycling seven items, including a…
Why recycling is not a solution
As someone who grew up and lived in PA until 2 years ago, I always found myself in opposition to PA’s aggressive stance on recycling; to me, it’s always seemed like a modern-day version of…
One Thing We Can Do: Fix Recycling
Recycling in the United States is broken. For years, we relied heavily on recycling operations in China to take our waste. But that came to an end in 2018, when Beijing barred the import of recycling…
The downsides of recycling (yes, really – it’s not all good)
Last week we wrote about the many advantages of recycling. This week looks at some of the disadvantages. Recycling can lead some people to a false sense of doing the right thing. This can make…
Recycling isn’t working – here are 15 ways to shrink your plastic footprint
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back As plastics corporations ramp up production, they are also promoting a failing recycling…
The Great Recycling Con
The greatest trick corporations ever played was making us think we could recycle their products. In the Video Op-Ed above, we debunk a recycling myth that has lulled us into guilt-free consumption for decades. This…
DON’T PUT WRAPPING PAPER IN RECYCLING BINS
The Niagara Region is reminding residents not to put holiday wrap into recycling bins. Catherine Habermebl the Region’s Director of Waste Management says it’s not just wrapping paper that needs to stay out of the…