>"The new pact would be legally binding and could go beyond cleaning up plastic waste to curbs on future production."

Canada has become one of the biggest exporters of recyclable paper to India with Quebec and the city of Montreal sending much of their mixed paper waste to that country.

>"Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new _...Read More_

"Close to 750,000 plastic water bottles have flooded the city in recent days after city staff last week found fuel in Iqaluit's water supply."

"Fostering a circular economy and increasing sustainability of difficult-to-recycle plastics..." >"Fostering a circular economy and increasing sustainability of difficult-to-recycle plastics..."

[@kokohtoo](/user/profile/kokohtoo) Tax the producer of plastic containers. Make Nestlé and Coca-Cola pay for plastic! This shouldn't be a "socialize costs, privatize profits" situation. They want to sell their product in plastic so they should have a legal _...Read More_

[https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100193244](https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100193244) >"Solar panels are considered to be an environmentally friendly way to make electricity. But most only last a decade and then end up in landfill, despite being recyclable."

The OP failed to write one so here it goes. This article pretty much summaries everything that this sub has been warning and worrying about all of these years. It's so so sad to see it playing out as predicted, I don't really know what _...Read More_

There is still an overabundance of non-recyclable plastic being used in general packaging and the food industry and that is unacceptable. Until the government becomes proactive and legislates the use and production of all plastics ( not _...Read More_

[https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/03/25/sir-david-attenborough-backs-new-uk-tech-that-can-recycle-all-plastics/?sh=4f54253b7bc8](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/03/25/sir-david-attenborough-backs-new-uk-tech-that-can-recycle-all-plastics/?sh=4f54253b7bc8) "Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough has appeared in a video campaign for a new plastic _...Read More_

"The only way to stop the increasing amount of plastic entering our oceans is for companies to stop producing so much of it."

>"Most of the world associates recycling with environmentally-friendly. This is because recycling has always been marketed as a _...Read More_