According to a recent study in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine minority parents consume bottled water more often than white Americans and this has become a topic of discussion now. I wondered about these claims when I saw the post Why Minorities Love Bottled Water on theroot.com. Do minorities love bottled water? Who are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “bottles in trees” by Tracy Collins The recycling rate for plastics containing polypropylene (PP) and non-bottle high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has risen by 47 percent in the last two years. More recycling opportunities in U.S. communities has helped contribute to the rise, and others are following suit. Unfortunately, the recycling rate is still hovering […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With only 34 percent of non-alcoholic bottles and 25 percent of PET plastic bottles recycled annually, Pepsi and Waste Management aim to boost that number to 50 percent through increased recycling at reverse vending machines like the Dream Machines. ~greenbiz.com You can already get money for recycling but with this reverse vending machine one can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Detail at actual size: Plastic Bottles, 2007 by Chris Jordan The photo above is by Chris Jordan. It is a close up of a photo that “depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.” Why are plastic bottles in the news anyway? Plastic bottles are everywhere in today’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
