If building a deck is on your home improvement wish list, consider using recycled building material instead of lumber. These composites can be made of recycled plastic grocery bags, reclaimed pallet wrap and waste wood—anything material reclamation engineers discover. The material is used by home and commercial builders, as well as what do-it-yourselfers can find…
Cole’s Marine Waste Shopping Bags ‘Not Genuinely Reusable,’ Environmental Group
May 25, 2022
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The Boomerang Alliance, an environmental group that represents over 50 environmental and government organisations have criticised Coles new reusable bags made from plastic marine waste as a “not genuinely reusable.” “Coles have missed a golden opportunity to reduce the use of wasteful plastic bags by continuing to sell disposable shopping bags,” said Toby Hutcheon, Campaign…
Man Builds ‘Mini Johannesburg’ in Parents’ Backyard Over 12 Years Using Recycled Materials
Using recycled and repurposed materials, a South African artist with a creative vision has built a mini replica city of Johannesburg in his parents’ backyard. His replica grew over 12 years to include many of the city’s most iconic structures, rendered in incredible detail, and has even led to a career for the artist in…
Keurig to Pay $3 Million Fine for False, Misleading Claims on Recycling of Its K CUPs
OTTAWA—The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the bureau says the company voluntarily reached an agreement that will include the fine plus an $800,000 donation to an environmental charity and $85,000 in…
Washington State’s Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags Goes Into Effect With Penalties of up to $250
October 1, 2021
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A ban on single-use plastic bags intended to encourage customers to use their own reusable bags when shopping will go into effect Friday across Washington state. The ban passed the state Senate back in March 2019 and it was originally scheduled to begin on the first of this year but was delayed due supply chain issues during the…
Sustainability Startup Ecotone Renewables Wants to Eliminate Food Waste, or at Least Make It Useful
By Lauren Rosenblatt From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH—Ecotone Renewables, a startup by students and graduates of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, wants to change the way the world thinks about food waste—and it wants to use a seahorse to do so. It’s not talking about the underwater critter but it is paying homage…
Old SpaceX Capsule Delivers New Crew to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk’s company. The Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, a day after launching from NASA’s Kennedy…
Biggest Space Station Crowd in Decade After SpaceX Arrival
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts—representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France—managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory…
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