Resource Roundup: Recycling
Every Tuesday I set out my blue bin of recyclables. At the end of every Tuesday I retrieve my empty bin with some measure of self-congratulatory praise. In my mind, the mish-mash of cardboard and varying plastic was off to recyclable heaven where it would be repurposed into something new.
According to the EPA, the rate that Americans recycle has steadily increased from less than 7 percent in the 1960s to just over 35 percent. And while that seems promising, the advocacy group Global Citizen reports that Americans produce 3 times the amount of garbage than the global average. Clearly there is more to this than the sorting of plastics we put at the curbside.
November 15, 2020 marks National Recycling Day. What are ways you've been able to reduce plastic in your everyday life? From the world's most dangerous trash to a plastic-recycling enzyme, read about 8 resources that look at our one-time-use, disposable culture.
According to the EPA, the rate that Americans recycle has steadily increased from less than 7 percent in the 1960s to just over 35 percent. And while that seems promising, the advocacy group Global Citizen reports that Americans produce 3 times the amount of garbage than the global average. Clearly there is more to this than the sorting of plastics we put at the curbside.
November 15, 2020 marks National Recycling Day. What are ways you've been able to reduce plastic in your everyday life? From the world's most dangerous trash to a plastic-recycling enzyme, read about 8 resources that look at our one-time-use, disposable culture.
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