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Environment
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How the 3-arrows 'recycling' symbol turned into a tool for greenwashing

Recycling struggled due to varied plastics, low economic value of lightweight plastics, lack of buyers, and only PET and HDPE recycled significantly.
Environment
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Most toothpaste tubes are recyclable. So why is nobody recycling them?

Colgate converted toothpaste tubes to recyclable HDPE with widespread adoption but faces recycling infrastructure, municipal acceptance, and labeling challenges.
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