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DECEMBER 5, 2019
Last night in Honolulu, we made history: Bill 40, a comprehensive plastic phase-out bill, was approved 7–2 at the Honolulu City Council. Activists from across the island have been working for nearly a decade to get smart plastic legislation passed in the city and state.
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JANUARY 26, 2020
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JANUARY 31, 2020
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MARCH 15, 2020
A killer combo of food waste recycling, 3-D printing, and the biobased plastic alternative FLAM spells more trouble for oil and gas stakeholders. Research bioplastic circular economy DOE FLAM plastics SUTD Waste Reduction
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FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Adidas is an industry leader in using recycled PET plastic in its products. As more companies follow its lead, the price of plastic waste may begin to rise, making it valuable enough to stop discarding it in landfills and oceans.
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Marriott is on a mission to reduce plastic waste at an epic scale. That is only possible because Marriott uses plastic at an epic scale, and it's not a goal of becoming 0% plastic, but it's an effort to be lauded nonetheless.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Jackson Reigler is building a business based on making clothing using polyester yarn from recycled plastic bottles. Green Economy Jackson Reigler Oski plastics polyester T shirt recycled recycled plastic
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DECEMBER 10, 2019
The Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), which is based in Costa Rica, has been developing a process to convert waste plastic into building materials like bricks and concrete.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2019
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JANUARY 17, 2020
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