Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

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Supported by By Marc Santora and Liubov Sholudko Photographs by Nicole Tung Marc Santora, Liubov Sholudko and Nicole Tung embedded with Ukrainian forces along the front in eastern and southern ...

or thicker PET plastic containers, which are designed for 25 uses. Coca-Cola itself acknowledged in 2022 that reusable packaging was “among the most effective ways to reduce waste”, and ...

"You don't have to use as much plastic," Donna Kolojeskie says ... a new skill that can cut down on her purchases of disposable containers of seedlings at big box stores. Even peat pots, Hallett ...

What follows are general rules and guidelines on which takeout containers can and can't be recycled and how best to recycle them. Plastic clamshell containers: Clear plastic takeout containers ...

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As Utah contends with an acute housing shortage, Ogden officials also broached the notion of allowing shipping containers to be converted into accessory-dwelling units. ADUs, as they're known ...