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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
Read full article: EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worryThe Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
Read full article: EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking waterThe Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.
Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?
Read full article: Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.
The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Read full article: The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stayStraws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.
Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?
Read full article: Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers.