How much of your aluminium can, glass jar or plastic bottle has been recycled?
The grocery aisle is a dizzying array of colourful packaging, but most of it is made of virgin materials. So what happens to ...
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If we lose our snowcapped mountains, how will we shred?
Since then, the brand has diverted about 1.5 billion bottles from landfills and ... manufacturing is circularity—polyester products made from recycled content that can themselves be recycled.
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Recycled plastic bottles now repurposed for sustainable tyre production
Our polyester yarn made from PET bottles is just ... These include waste products from agriculture – such as the ash from rice husks – rubber from dandelions, recycled rubber and PET bottles.
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Coca-Cola Hits 100% Recycled PET Mark
This marks the first national adoption of 100% recycled PET bottles for a sparkling brand across the U.S.
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6 Sustainable Tech Products Made Out Of Recycled Materials
That includes cans, bottles, glass ... Trying to find electronic products that contain recycled materials can prove difficult as well, particularly when it comes to tech. This has become more ...
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11 ocean-friendly companies like Patagonia and Adidas that are removing plastic from our seas and transforming it into cool new products
From sunglasses to skateboards, the array of products being made from recycled ... Whether or not they're exactly the first to make a bottle from recycled ocean plastic is hard to say, but they ...
D.C. Council bill would allow bottles and cans to be recycled for cash
The bill would add a refundable 10-cent deposit to the price of beverage containers sold in D.C. stores and create a system ...
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How to tell if that plastic bottle or bag has recycled material in it
Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...
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How a Plastic Bottle Becomes a Shoe
Most recycled polyester that we use comes from plastic water and soda bottles! Using recycled polyester is better for the earth than using new polyester. Here’s why. To make new polyester, you need to ...
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DePoly, PTI partner to create rPET bottle
The companies are using different feedstocks, such as PET packaging, polyester fiber and industrial scrap, to develop the ...
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Taiwan High Speed Rail uniforms made from recycled plastic bottles
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan High Speed Rail said Thursday that it used recycled plastic bottles to create eco-friendly fabric for employee uniforms. THSR held a press conference at Taipei Nangang ...
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Dove is switching to bottles made from 100% recycled plastic in an epic packaging shake-up
Beauty brand Dove has today announced a huge packaging shake-up that involves switching to 100% recycled plastic bottles and plastic ... or recycling them into new products and packaging ...