2021 Biodegradable Recycling 
Scientific American
JUNE 17, 2025
also moved to restrict microplastics in textiles and introduced a rule requiring that clothing come with a “passport” that gives shoppers a detailed rundown of a product’s life cycle, including its origins, manufacturing process, environmental footprint, and safe disposal or recycling instructions.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Guest Post by Mariel Price 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. How can you limit your consumption of plastic products and help increase the percentage of plastics being recycled? For one, it is just plain cheaper to make new plastic than to collect, wash, separate, and sell recycled plastic.
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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
electronic waste gets recycled. In 2021 alone, global e-waste surged at 57.5 of that was recycled. Some experts predict that our e-waste problem will only get worse over time, because most … Continue reading Print, recycle, repeat: Scientists demonstrate a biodegradable printed circuit.
Ocean Conservancy
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Plastic foam is ALSO not recyclable, compostable or biodegradable. Using 2021 Ocean Conservancy survey results that found 22% of all American takeout and food delivery orders contain plastic foam foodware, we estimate that at least 5.6 BILLION pieces end up contaminating recycling systems.
Brag
MAY 27, 2021
On May 25, 2021, the U.S. million in investments for research and development (R&D) to reduce waste and energy use related to the recycling of single-use plastics. As the largest subset of plastics found in landfills, single-use plastics, including plastic bags, wraps, and films, are also among the most challenging to recycle.
Physics World
DECEMBER 4, 2021
During the same briefing, fluid mechanics researcher Tanya Purwar zeroed in on another flaw in today’s face masks: the tremendous amount of non-recyclable, non-biodegradable waste they generate. From left to right: soft respiration from the nose, mild respiration with an open mouth, heavy respiration, and blowing. Fluids 6 , 110511).
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