The project is the brainchild of Canadian Arian Rayegani, who hopes his operation will grow to be able to make more things out of waste. The project is the brainchild of Canadian Arian Rayegani, who ...

A man in Brazil is churning out new skateboards from not-so-new materials. The plastic he’s using is from bottle caps! The project is the brainchild of Canadian Arian Rayegani, 27, who moved to Rio de ...

You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. Manufacturers have included the tether on bottles sold ...

With the recycling industry in flux, the rules surrounding recycling plastic aren’t always a given (at least, in the U.S.). For one, you can’t recycle plastic bags or straws and now black plastic is ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

As a champion of both small businesses and environmental protection, I am grateful for Subrenia Smith’s commentary regarding my Senate Bill 45 to reduce litter and the dangerous health impacts of ...

BOTTLE MAKERS TO TETHER CAPS TO BOTTLES. SPONSORS OF THIS PROPOSAL SAY SINGLE USE PLASTIC CAPS ARE EASILY SEPARATED FROM BOTTLES, REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY’LL BE RECYCLED. A NUMBER OF STUDIES ...

CARROLLTON — Volunteers were busy last week in the basement of the Carrollton Public Library, counting plastic bottle caps — thousands of them — that will eventually be turned into park benches. The ...

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You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that ...