plastics
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These shops will sell you shampoo, but it’s BYOB — bring your own bottle
Across the continent, stores are serving up essentials like dish soap and shampoo minus the packaging, and the guilt.
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How the U.S. got addicted to plastics
The 1939 World’s Fair was a testament to cork’s primacy in consumer packaging. But a little-known substance called plastic was waiting in the wings.
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Lego wants to remake its famous bricks with sustainable plastic
The toy company wants to lighten its carbon footprint by making those stray Legos more eco-friendly. Our actual feet, however, will never be safe.
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Surprise: Biodegradable plastic bags usually aren’t
"Oxodegradable" is the latest iffy marketing term for plastic bags.
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Chair-dance-worthy indie rock video explains why plastics don’t have to suck
It's like Threadless and the Arcade Fire teamed up with BASF to talk about green chemistry and the threat of peak oil.
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Low doses of BPA are worse for you than high doses
The pesticide and plastics industry have a lot invested in the safety of chemicals like bisphenol A and atrazine. Such “endocrine-disrupting” chemicals mimic human hormones, and research has tied them to health problems like cancer and infertility. But these industries have always held up studies that look at exposure to huge doses of endocrine disruptors. […]