Plastic recycling is hard. It’s time we all admitted it. It’s not as easy as just tossing your plastic into the right bin. Most people end up with a lot of plastic just from grocery shopping and not all of these can be recycled. This handy guide will let you know what can and can’t be recycled.
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Kenyan Plastic Bag Ban – two years on, there are some ups and downs
Plastic bag bans are much talked about but do they really work? Kenya banned plastic carrier bags two years ago and so far, it’s been pretty positive. If for nothing else, plastic bags have stopped showing up in cows’ stomachs.
Read MoreGoogle Commits To Sustainable Manufacturing – recycled plastics will be in all their hardware by 2022
Google is jumping on the sustainable bandwagon and pledging to use recycled materials in all of it’s hardware by 2022 and by 2020 for it’s deliveries to be carbon neutral. A tech giant of such caliber taking a stand against emissions and pollution are solid steps in the right direction.
Read MoreKaffeeForm – the coffee cups made from coffee grounds
Coffee grounds are great for throwing in your garden and also, as it turns out, for making coffee cups. Kaffeeform is the startup that turns used coffee grounds into reusable coffee cups. So you can have your coffee from a cup made out of coffee.
Read MoreFUTURECRAFT.LOOP – the shoe with a life cycle
Recycling and reusing things are two of the big ways we can help the environment. There are things that we generally just use until they have to be tossed though. Like sneakers. Wear them until they’re falling apart, right? Well Adidas wants to make a change with that with the FUTURECRAFT.LOOP, the fully recyclable sneaker.
Read MoreWe’re Recycling Wrong – here are some tips for being better
Recycling is having some problems in the west. What most people don’t realize is that we ship most of our waste to other countries to be processed but unfortunately for us, those countries aren’t taking our trash anymore and we aren’t very good at making sure that our garbage is sorted properly which keeps it from getting recycled. We’ve gotta do better and this article gives some tips how.
Read MoreWhere do our recyclables go – after China becomes more strict, we need to question this more
One of our biggest problems is trash and now with China refusing most of our recyclables, this problem is coming home to roost with disastrous consequences. Instead of being recycled, most things that can be are actually ending up in landfills and at incinerators which means, we need to be way more aware of what we are throwing out and how to reduce that.
Read MoreNYC Canners – these people are responsible for such high recycling numbers in the city
When we think of people who collect cans, well we probably don’t think much of them. Most people are aware that the cans can be exchanged for money but many people don’t bother. Still, the people who collect up these cans are doing a good bit to help the amount of recyclables that actually get turned in proving that a little bit of incentive goes a long way.
Read MoreEco ATM will give you cash for recycling old mobile phones
Do you have an old cellphone lying around with no intention of being used again? Well, you might be able to make a few dollars from that device with this latest recycling method for mobile phones known as Eco ATMs.
Read MoreBacteria “Batteries” – bacteria may be key to turning waste water into energy
Waste water, the stuff that you flush and let run down the drain, generally not thought off as something that’s worth anything but it turns out that it may hiding the secret for some renewable energy. Turns out that it has a lot of potential for useful applications and purple bacteria may help us make use of it.
Read MoreGumshoe – the sneaker made from recycled gum
Ever been walking down the street and just step on some gum that someone spit out and left there? Probably because people are gross and thoughtless. In Amsterdam people have this problem as well but one company wants to turn all that thrown out gum into sneakers. Gumshoe is the first sneaker partially made from recycled gum.
Read MoreAdidas x Wanderlust – check out these clothes made from recycled plastic
Plastic is everywhere and it’s not going away because it takes a really long time to break down in landfills. In the meantime, it’s just sort of polluting everything and killing the environment. Which is not great. Adidas and Wanderlust have made an entire collection of fitness clothes made from recycled materials to help draw attention to the problem and how we can help solve it.
Read MorePlastic Bottle Recycling – UK plans to reward people for recycling
Plastics are not great for the environment. They are tossed into the waste cycle which means they end up in all sorts of places they should never go. One of the best solutions we have in fighting this is by recycling but many people just don’t. The UK is joining a number of other countries in rewarding people by recycling.
Read MorePlasticRoad – the road made from our plastic waste
Plastic waste is a huge problem in the world. It’s going to be on the earth forever. It’s not breaking down, it’s just breaking up and ending up in our food and water on top of the issues animals choking on pop rings and grocery bags. The PlasticRoad concept wants to make roads from our waste.
Read MoreAIR-INK – draw with air pollution
Air pollution is terrible and in some cities, it’s just overwhelming. It’s mostly caused by car exhaust in cities that have very high populations and older model cars. Now you can use that nasty pollution to make art with the AIR-INK Markers, the art tools made from air pollution.
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