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Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
This quote came to mind as we at Ocean Conservancy launched our latest report, Recommendations for Recycled Content: Requirements for Plastic Goods and Packaging. After all, this was not the first time that Ocean Conservancy has looked at the issue of recycled content. Our goal was to support these requirements with rigorous analysis.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
How can you limit your consumption of plastic products and help increase the percentage of plastics being recycled? billion metric tons of plastic waste generated between 1950 and 2015, a mere 10% was recycled, 14% burned, and 76% discarded to landfills, dumps, or into the environment. Putting plastic waste into perspective.
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PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2024
In recognition of the “ From Bins to Bottles ” glass recycling program – which collected more than 1,000 tons of bottles, jars and jugs in 2023 – Pennsylvania Resources Council has received the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. “At It’s one great example of our environmental impact in Pennsylvania.”
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 31, 2023
On January 31, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania collaborated on a School Recycling Study Survey that shows Pennsylvania K-12 students have increased their knowledge and awareness of recycling over the past fiscal year. Of the schools surveyed, 86.6%
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 10, 2022
On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. barrels or 0.41
Enviromental Defense
MAY 26, 2021
Big Plastic wants to stop the federal government from regulating plastics under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). million tonnes to single-use plastic waste around the world in 2019 alone. Overall, less than 10 per cent of it will be recycled. The Index reports that Dow contributed 5.9
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
On September 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an environmental investigation at the former Erie Coke Inc. When Erie Coke shut down in December 2019, DEP successfully sought a court order to freeze $1 million of Erie Coke’s finances for use in removing waste from the site.
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