water conservation
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California Law Will No Longer Allow Companies to Slap the Recycling Symbol on Everything
California wants to be the first U.S. state to prohibit companies from labelling their products as recyclable unless they can prove that the product is actually being recycled.
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Maine’s New Law Will Finally Make Companies Pay for Recycling
Maine is forcing polluters to clean up their act — by making them pay to recycle their waste. On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills a groundbreaking new law that makes the state the first in the country to shift the burden from consumers to producers for the waste they create, in hopes that it will help…
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Just 20 Companies Create 55% of Plastic Waste
Plastic producers have tried to make us think that individuals can solve pollution by improving our recycling and shopping habits. A new study makes it clear why that’s their tactic. Just 20 companies are responsible for more than half of the world’s trashed single-use plastic.
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Amazon Is Creating an Empire of Trash
Amazon has been making a mint during the pandemic. That business has resulted in multi-billion dollar pay days for the company’s soon-to-be former CEO, and millions of the company’s iconic cardboard boxes being left on doorsteps, and in lobbies and mailboxes every day. And when those piles of boxes climb higher, the cost they carry continues…