by admin | Feb 27, 2022 | Plastic
Why i can’t recycle my paper coffee cup ? The problem with most paper cups is that they are not usually all paper. Most are paper on the outside, with a nearly invisible coating of polypropylene on the inside. This combination of paper and plastic makes... 
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Plastic
Happy Birthday Rotary International! The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago by attorney Paul P. Harris; on February 23, 1905, the first meeting was held there with his friends Sylvester Schiele, a coal merchant, Gustav E. Loehr, a mining engineer, and... 
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Plastic
Sunlight + Plastic We’ve long thought that ocean plastics eventually break up into tiny microplastics due to photodegradation and mechanical wear – tiny copies of the parent material in a dangerous tiny form. Microplastics can get everywhere – from... 
by admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Plastic
Dirty#Recylable The fantasy is that we can recycle our way out of the plastic waste crisis, but in reality only 9% of plastic produced has ever been recycled. Of the 9% that can actually be sorted, processed and sold, one more danger lurks before we can even... 
by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | Plastic
UN International Days and Weeks These are the international days and weeks currently observed by the United Nations. The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to...