Articles by Staff Writer Joseph Winters
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Experts say COP27’s ‘plastic waste pyramid’ is focusing on the wrong solution
Some call it a missed opportunity to push for plastic production cuts.
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The myth of ‘home-compostable’ plastics
Study shows 60% of plastics certified for home composting don’t break down.
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380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.
Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.