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Debunking Foodware Myths on America Recycles Day

Ocean Conservancy

We need to take action to tackle the recyclability crisis on our shores. November 15 is America Recycles Day , and this year, it’s more important than ever. That starts with debunking common myths about recycling. You wouldn’t know by looking at them, but most takeout containers aren’t recyclable. Never miss an update.

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Why Soil Health Is So Important to the Agriculture Resilience Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

Soil health management practices can increase water-holding capacity , create carbon sinks that store atmospheric carbon, and improve crops’ ability to recycle nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers while sustaining the nation’s agricultural capacity.

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Is Aluminum Foil Recyclable?

Earthava

One of these eco-friendly and easily recyclable materials is aluminum. Is Aluminum Foil Recyclable? Is Aluminum Recyclable? Considered “the most recyclable of all materials”, Aluminum is touted as 100% percent recyclable. As aluminum can be recycled back to itself many times, it also forms a closed loop.

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The Colorado River Basin’s Daunting New Math

Circle of Blue

Next week the federal government, for the first time, will likely declare a Tier 1 shortage on the lower Colorado River, opening a new chapter in the beleaguered river’s history and illustrating its vulnerability in a region that is drying because of the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.

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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Soon and his various colleagues have been writing and recycling this same paper for almost two decades (how ecologically friendly!). Laut, "Solar activity and terrestrial climate: an analysis of some purported correlations", Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics , vol. 27489-27492, 2000.

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Panera looks to reduce carbon emissions, promote supply chain sustainability

Environmental News Bits

Panera has announced its intention to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2050, alongside several intermediate goals for 2025, in a press release Wednesday. Read the full story in Supply Chain Dive.

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Canada’s new Environment Minister must clean up the plastic mess, and quick

Enviromental Defense

It goes beyond the bans, vowing rules requiring new plastic packaging to include significant recycled content, a 90% recycling target for beverage containers and a $100 million fund to support reuse and recycling infrastructure. gigatons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the world’s atmosphere in 2017 alone. India and Russia.

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