By: Recycling…not as groovy as you think « No Plastic Month's Blog
[...] These stats and more on the “recycling myth” come from a great wesbite called the Plastic Pollution Coalition: “93% of plastics are NOT recovered (put in plastic “recycling” bins). These go...
View ArticleBy: The legend of the Albatross takes a contemporary twist « Center For...
[...] Plastic Pollution — A common misconceptions list (explaining how even recycling plastics is not a long-term sustainable solution, that “biodegradable, plant plastics” are not that great either)...
View ArticleBy: REFUSE, not Recycle | Plastic Pollution Coalition
[...] Common Misconceptions [...]
View ArticleBy: REFUSE, not Recycle | Non-Plastic Earth
[...] to recycle, but the sad truth is that a small percentage of the plastic we contribute to recycle actually gets recycled. Most of the plastic stuff you virtuously toss into your recycling bin...
View ArticleBy: Deb Goes Green » Blog Archive » Kicking The Plastic Habit (Part One)
[...] History Of Plastic: From Billiards To Bibs”, NPR, October 30, 2009″ 2. Ibid 3. ”The Recyling Myth” http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/common-misconceptions/ 4. Ibid 5. “Eliminating...
View ArticleBy: Do One Good Thing | PUR2o
[...] of plastic water bottles discarded in the U.S. every week could circle the Earth five times. (Plastic Pollution Coalition) 93 percent Amount of plastics that are not recovered and go to landfills...
View ArticleBy: Wasting Away: Our Garbage by the Numbers - Earth911.com
[...] 2 million Number of plastic beverage bottles that are used in the U.S. ever 5 minutes. The number of plastic water bottles discarded in the U.S. every week could circle the Earth five times....
View ArticleBy: {recycling…..plastic ignorance was bliss} « musings from the dragonfly
[...] our lives and sadly its life cycle, if it gets recycled at all, is more akin to what is called down-cycling. Each time the resin gets melted down and made into something new the quality goes...
View ArticleBy: Help Keep EPA Focused on Reducing Plastic Packaging, Not on Recycling It...
[...] Common Misconceptions [...]
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[...] and Nepal – appropriate given that so many of our recycled bottles are shipped globally for “downcycling” or straight-up [...]
View ArticleBy: Getting Started: How to Rid Your Life of Plastic | Hope Central Church
[…] That means that all the plastic you consume is here to stay for thousands of years. Think hard before you buy anything made of plastic. Here’s a good article on the myth of plastic recycling...
View ArticleBy: How to: Making Eco-Bricks (Costa Rica)
[…] amount of non-recyclable trash and plastic bottles polluting our environments. Head on over to an article by the Plastic Pollution Coalition for more information. Also check out ECOTEC Africa, for...
View ArticleBy: Wells Fargo Environmental Forum
[…] in the Pacific” 5 Source: International Plastics Task Force: How Plastics Are Made 6 Source: Plastic Pollution Coalition: Common Misconceptions 7 Source: Green Guide Network: The 7 Types of […]
View ArticleBy: 3 Recycling Myths that Will Change You | Indy Girl Press
[…] return it to its original petroleum form. In fact, according to the Plastic Pollution Coalition the best case scenario for recycled plastics is being reconfigured as textiles, doormats, plastic...
View ArticleBy: Resum lectures 3 maig « zahara mh
[…] Common Misconceptions – The Recycling Myth, una revisió de mites comuns sobre el reciclatge de plàstics [en] […]
View ArticleBy: The Myth of Plastic Bottle Recycling – Ethics Alerts
[…] “The Recycling Myth,” PlasticBottleCoalition. http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/common-misconceptions/ […]
View ArticleBy: Harvard Discovers New Bioplastic Solution [video] |
[…] among many people is that plastic can be recycled, however this is not true. It is only down-cycled. This means it can only be broken down for alternate uses such as doormats and textiles, but at […]
View ArticleBy: El mito del reciclaje - PROYECTO CENSURADO | PROYECTO CENSURADO
[…] “Common Misconceptions: The Recycling Myth,” Plastic Polution Coalition, sin fecha, http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/common-misconceptions/. […]
View ArticleBy: Guest Post: 4 Simple Ways to Save the Environment - Practical Civilization
[…] plastic isn’t the answer, plastic can only be recycled once and even then it’s down-cycled. Take a look at the plastic items in your home, how many don’t have a recycling number on […]
View ArticleBy: Cynthia Soule Levesque | Does recycling make a difference?
[…] -Plastic Pollution Coalition – Common misconceptions about recycling plastic […]
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