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Topic: recycling

Worker Observing Processing of Waste at Recycling Facility (Getty Images/AzmanJaka)

EPA rejects plastics industry’s math

Lisa Song - ProPublica
Engineer at recycling center (Getty Images/Pramote Polyamate)

When “recyclable” isn't truly recyclable

Lisa Song - ProPublica
Plastic bottles and other single-use plastic waste are seen floating in Khlong Toey canal. (Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Delusion of advanced plastic recycling

Lisa Song - ProPublica
Biodegradable trash paper and plastic spread out (Getty Images/Tatiana Maksimova)

How to get companies to use reusables

Joseph Winters - Grist
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Girl organizing recycling bins (Getty Images/Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd)

Is there any point to recycling?

Matthew Rozsa
Volunteers are seen collecting waste and plastic during the cleaning of San Andrés Beach ahead of World Environment Day on June 5th. (Jesus Merida/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Is "plastic neutral" greenwashing?

Joseph Winters - Grist
Plastic bottle being put in recycling bin (Getty Images/Anchiy)

Do you have "recycling bias?"

Kate Yoder - Grist
(Mint Images/Getty Images)

More sustainable waste management

Michaela Barnett, Leidy Klotz, Patrick I. Hancock, Shahzeen Attari - The Conversation
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A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

US cities want to send plastic to Mexico

Joseph Winters - Grist
A torn seat from an old car (Getty Images/Nicki1982)

A plant-based polyurethane alternative

Srikanth Pilla, James Sternberg - The Conversation
Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

Calif. wants proof plastic is recyclable

Joseph Winters - Grist
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

Most of your plastics aren't recyclable

Joseph Winters - Grist
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Plastic bottles and polystyrene floating in sea (Rosemary Calvert)

Big Plastic pushes fake recyclables

Joseph Winters - Grist
Plastic Bottles (Getty Images)

Can this law solve the plastic crisis?

Hollie Stephens - Food52
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

What to do with hard to recycle items

Katherine Sacks - FoodPrint
Large recycled plastic fish sculpture in Helsingor situated infront of the Kronborg Castle in Helsingor in Denmark (Getty Images/James D. Morgan)

UN recognizes plastic pollution crisis

Eric Schank
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Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

LA County bans throwaway dishes

Joseph Winters - Grist
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

Are microbes the future of recycling?

Ula Chrobak - Undark
Garbage trucks unload garbage to a landfill (Getty Images/Avigator Photographer)

Plastic and climate change

Ryan Nebeker - FoodPrint
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

7 eco-friendly packaging ideas

Caroline Mullen - Food52
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Station Eleven (Ian Watson/HBO Max)

Station Eleven's post-apocalyptic attire

Melanie McFarland
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

How the US can reduce plastic production

Joseph Winters - Grist
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

Holding manufacturers accountable

Jessica Heiges, Kate O'Neill - The Conversation
Old computer hard drives await shipment for metal recovery at a recycling facility. (David Friedman/Getty Images)

Can you recycle a hard drive?

Maddie Stone - Grist
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