Biodegradable Law Recycling 
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The document should be required reading for everyone from corporate marketers to policymakers to law students learning how to build a compelling narrative from complex facts. This campaign, which is ongoing today, succeeded in convincing the public that plastics were recyclable. Things haven’t gotten better since then.
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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Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 1, 2021
July 1 also marks the start of Philadelphia’s ban on single-use plastic bags at retail establishments and a ban on paper bags that contain less than 40% recycled content. New Jersey’s law banning single-use plastic bags and foam containers takes effect May 22 and is one of the toughest laws of its kind in the country.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 14, 2023
billion plastics recycling plant proposed for Pennsylvania an innovative way to re-use plastics and keep them out of landfills, incinerators and waterways? Pennsylvania outcompeted other states to land what Houston-based Encina says will be the flagship for a global network of “advanced recycling” facilities. Potentially over and over.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.
Greenbuilding Law
MAY 28, 2023
In addition to quoting the Swedish fashion retailer H&M’s website, the Complaint also includes an image of a green Conscious Choice clothing hangtag that states “59% Recycled Polyester” as part of H&M’s alleged misrepresentations. But what appears to really be complained about in the pleadings amounts to ‘recycling’ itself.
Vermont Law
MARCH 9, 2015
To begin with, plastic manufacturing companies have little incentive to switch from oil-based polymers to more sustainable, biodegradable options, or to use recycled material. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Unfortunately, there are very few large-scale projects able to tackle the magnitude of our plastic predicament.
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