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This plastic-eating enzyme can break down garbage in days

This plastic-eating enzyme can break down garbage in days

Researchers hope the enzymes could create a truly circular system for the PET plastics that are still manufactured.
Recycling startup Ridwell makes household recycling easier

Recycling startup Ridwell makes household recycling easier

The Seattle startup Ridwell is building a business around collecting all the old batteries, clamshell containers and lightbulbs that most recycling programs leave behind.
‘Super-enzyme’ speeds up breakdown of plastic, researchers say
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‘Super-enzyme’ speeds up breakdown of plastic, researchers say

A new cocktail of enzymes that degrades plastic faster is a step to fully recycling soda bottles and other waste, British and American researchers said this week.
Boxed water isn’t an environmental solution to our waste crisis
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Boxed water isn’t an environmental solution to our waste crisis

Those boxes aren’t as easy to recycle as plastic. And nothing is better than just not buying water in the first place.
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