Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...
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Does recycling work anymore?
In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I take a look at how recycling works and where recycled items go after they hit the recycling bin. Specifically, I follow a plastic bottle that ...
At a nondescript industrial facility near Louisville’s airport, advanced sorting machines, 40 conveyor belts and a team of workers sift through thousands of tons of recycling every month. Loaders feed ...
One of Alabama’s fastest growing counties overhauled their waste disposal infrastructure, hoping to divert more trash from the landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the SWDA also ...
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