Plastic recycling rules are changing in March, here's how it will affect you

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.
The Hill

A planet in crisis: How can we solve our plastics problem?

It boggles the mind to know we humans are literally made of stardust. Nearly all the elements in our bodies come from the stuff produced as stars exploded over the last 13 billion years. It boggles ...
Phys.org

Working together on the plastic problem: How to keep citizens engaged?

A group of Clean Rivers volunteers working together to map plastic waste on the riverbank. Credit: Schone Rivieren. What motivates citizens to participate in a citizen science project on plastic ...

Plastic 'bio-beads' from sewage plants are polluting the oceans and spreading superbugs—but there are alternatives

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in coastal ...
The Atlantic

Giant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Vegetables Grow

Each year, on our fruit-and-vegetable farm in New England, my family covers about a quarter of our 50 acres with plastic mulch. Rolls of it, five feet wide and 4,000 feet long, sit on a machine that ...