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Bioplastics

Bioplastics are made from plant material instead of fossil fuels creating an impression that they are biodegradable. That is misleading, as they are chemically just like traditional plastic with the same waste problems.

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Arrows And Numbers

The three arrows chasing each other symbol on most plastic products means it is made of plastic resin, and not that it is recycle friendly.

Plastics embossed with the numbers 1 and 2 can be recycled, but 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 may not be recyclable.

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Plastic Is Evil

Plastic is made of natural gas, fossil fuels and byproducts of crude oil, and is used so widely that it is causing havoc to wildlife, air, water, land, plants and humans.

  • Though recycling may not have many of its advertised benefits, it does help reduce plastic product...

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Compostable Plastic

Biodegradable plastics are dangerous to the environment, as they degrade into microplastics, being pushed into soil, water and food.

Compostable plastic isn’t the same thing as organic waste(banana peels and eggshells) but an entirely different entity that needs to be recyc...

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The Plastic Menace

If recycling plastic is a headache, one can avoid plastics altogether by using glass, cloth, cardboard and ceramics.

  • We as individuals make up a tiny fraction of plastic consumption.
  • It is the corporations that produce dangerous plastic in insanely large quanti...

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We live in a fossil fuel society. But while they proved to be extremely valuable, the catastrophic climate change they are creating now threatens to derail that society. Two centuries ago we reached the limits of what agriculture could do, now global warming is imposing a limit on what fossil fue...

Example Of CSR: HP

Example Of CSR: HP

For the last couple of years, HP has shown their innovation by changing the way their products are made. In 2019, understanding the troubled relationship that Earth has with Plastic, HP used over 1 million pounds of plastic that were ocean-bound, & recycled them into their new products. Saving th...

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How the N95 respirator works

Instead of fiberglass, single-use respirators are made from melted polymer and air-blasted into layers of tiny fibers with bigger spaces between them.

As particles fly into this maze of fibers, they get stuck. An electrostatic charge is added to the material, so even smaller particles are...

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