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How Plastic Bank Trades Ocean-Bound Waste For Cash
2021-06-02 13:45:00| Waste Age
About one garbage truck full of plastic is dumped into oceans every minute, inundating poor countries with lacking waste management infrastructure to deal with it. Their fast-accumulating ocean pollution adds to other distresses: little to no money f
Anchorage Engineer to Recycle Plastic Ocean Debris into Plastic Lumber
2021-05-27 08:00:00| Waste Age
Patrick Simpson of Anchorage wants to try and solve the astronomical costs of lumber and building materials when shipped to his home state of Alaska. His goal: he wants to create artificial lumber from plastic ocean debris.
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20 Companies Produce Over Half of Single Use Plastic Waste, According to Plastic Waste Makers
2021-05-21 14:21:00| Waste Age
Single use plastics are made almost exclusively from fossil fuels. With some of them difficult to recycle, they end up creating global waste. According to new research from the Plastic Waste Makers index, 20 companies are resp
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Higher plastic bag charge comes into force in England
2021-05-21 01:00:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Single-use plastic carrier bags in English shops now cost 10p, twice the previous price.
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Pandemic-related PPE Adds to Plastic Ocean and Ocean Bound Waste
2021-05-18 13:46:00| Waste Age
The practice of wearing face masks in public has been the norm around the globe for over a year. Worldwide that adds up to usage of roughly 129 billion face masks and 65 billion gloves every month, estimates the Centre for Environmental and Marine St
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