Rich Fineflipped into Plastic3 days agoMicroplastics may be weakening the ocean’s ability to fight climate changethebrighterside.news - Hannah Shavit-Weiner and Joseph ShavitThe ocean works quietly every day to protect life on Earth. It absorbs heat from the atmosphere, stores massive amounts of carbon dioxide and …
Rich Fineflipped into PFAS4 days agoForget Evian. PFAS-free bottled water is the new status symbolFast Company - BY Patrick SissonA new crop of fancy water brands are leaning into transparency around pollutants. For years, branding for high-end bottled water tried to sell consumers on the ineffable characteristics gained by dint of its origins: the purity of an Icelandic glacier, or the exoticness and vibrancy of an aquifer …
Rich Fineflipped into Plastic4 days agoNew study claims Starbucks doesn't recycle plastic cups they claim are 'widely recyclable'thecooldown.com - Leigh CookA new investigation is raising difficult questions about Starbucks' claim that its plastic cold-drink cups are "widely recyclable."Beyond Plastics …
Rich Fineflipped into EPRMar 25Can EPR & Single-Serve Beverage Packaging Coexist?packagingdigest.com - Andrew KaplanThe single-serve package continues to grow in importance for the beverage industry, fueled by seemingly insatiable consumer demand for product trial, …
Rich Fineflipped into BioplasticsApr 21Packaging Startup Targets Single-Use Plasticsift.org - Steve KoppesImagine eating as much as a credit card’s weight in plastic every week. That’s five grams of plastic, the amount that many people ingest in their …
Rich Fineflipped into PlasticApr 24Scientists just found where airborne microplastics really come fromsciencedaily.com - University of ViennaA new study reveals microplastic emissions were hugely overestimated, but the true scale of the problem is still uncertain. Microplastics are floating …
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