After Years of Criticism, Amazon Appears to be Cutting Down on Plastics
The company says it used 86,000 metric tons of plastic last year — 12% less than in 2021.
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New Research Defends Curbside Recycling as Effective Climate Tool
The study finds that, despite their cost and other drawbacks, such programs can help small cities reach their climate goals.
Cleaning Up 80 Years of Plastic Waste
The Plastic Credit Exchange is on a mission to "clean up 80 years of plastic waste." It serves a global ecosystem of partners that recover, process, and recycle plastic waste with programs that improve livelihood...
How Do My — and Your — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threaten Biodiversity?
It is time for journalists to pay attention to the other climate crisis: species extinction.
Green PCs Get an A for Effort
Conventional wisdom has it that PCs and electronics are just bad for the environment – think nasty chemicals, extreme water use, and e-waste. Manufacturers are making progress, with more on the horizon.
Climate Change Requires System Solutions
Recycling plastic water bottles won’t save us, “system thinking” will according to the Carbon Almanac’s Seth Godin.
Plastics: “The New Coal”
Plastics have yielded life-saving medical advances, supercharged technological advancements, helped send us to space, and transformed our lives in innumerable ways. But they are poisoning our people and our planet.
Exxon Doubles Down on ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims that Yield Few Results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
