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Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
Allie “Nokko” Johnson is a member of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and they love teaching young tribal members about recycling. Johnson helps them make Christmas ornaments out of things that were going to be thrown away, or melts down small crayons to make bigger ones. “In its own way, recycling is a form of
Why the recycling symbol is part of a ‘misinformation campaign’
Over the past decade, public awareness about climate change has grown, albeit gradually. As more people became eco-conscious, it isn’t surprising that the demand for environmentally friendly products has increased as well. According to the 2022 Sustainable Market Share Index, sustainability-marketed products now hold about a 17.3 percent share of the consumer packaged goods market
Recycling one of the planet’s trickiest plastics just got a little easier
Polyethylene is one of the world’s most commonly used plastics, found in bottles and packaging film, but it’s also one of the hardest to break down. By itself, it would take polyethylene hundreds of years to completely decompose. Scientists have been working to tackle this problem as polyethylene trash is clogging up landfills and littering
Asphalt recycling method trialled in Sunningdale
Infrared technology heats up the worn asphaltInfrared technology was used to repair a section of the north footway of the A30 London Road in Sunningdale by ‘recycling’ the existing material. Infrared technology heats up the worn asphalt without burning the surface. It can then be reworked easily, using hand tools, and reused before a rejuvenator…
Recycling and You – The Things That You Should Know
Img source: pexels.com Have you ever imagined what recycling scrap metal can do? Recycling looks like a simple activity you can do when you have some spare time. But behind its simplicity, scrap metal recycling can lower consumer prices, improve the trade balance, create jobs, minimize waste dumping on landfills, reduce energy consumption, and conserve…