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Trash talk: article collections on where our waste ends up

Frontiers

How much actually gets recycled? We have gathered our top article collections on waste management. million, researchers explored topics spanning from the behavioral analysis of using plastic bags and how to recycle building materials to technologies that filter out litter in the ocean and mapping where restaurant trash goes.

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How a Tropical Island Paradise Went Zero-Waste

Ocean Conservancy

Single-use plastic items persist indefinitely in our marine environment, collecting in rivers, streams and ultimately the ocean, endangering and entangling wildlife along the way. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Introducing the Global Ghost Gear Initiative Small Grants Recipients of 2022

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Easy Tips to Ease off Plastic

Academy of Natural Sciences

As a society, we’re addicted to plastic, but the good news is that we can choose to reduce our use so we can have cleaner streets, healthier wildlife and less polluted rivers and oceans. get recycled. 18 billion pounds of plastic waste ends up in the ocean each year. Less than 10% of all plastics in the U.S.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

AB 2101 expands carbon sequestration projects to include whole orchard recycling (onsite grinding or chipping of whole trees during orchard removal for use in topsoil). SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. Climate Change Mitigation.

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48 Eco Friendly Products You Can Buy Today to Help Stop Plastic Pollution

Onya

To say plastic pollution is a widespread problem is not doing it justice: Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled with 12% of all plastic waste having been incinerated. One million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year from plastic pollution in our oceans. Zero Waste Shopping Gear.

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Sustainable Pittsburgh, Plastics Collaborative Release Whitepaper On Reducing Single-Use Plastics

PA Environment Daily

Single-use plastic refers to plastic materials such as take out containers, straws, bottles and packaging that are meant to be used once and then become waste or litter. A report from the World Economic Forum estimates that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish (by weight). According to the U.S.