How to Keep Your Old Clothing Out of the Landfill
Photo: tartanparty (Shutterstock) About once a year, I purge my closets of all my unwanted clothes, whether it’s the jeans that no longer fit, the T-shirts I’ve worn to shreds,…
A new type of plastic may be the first that is infinitely recyclable
By Alice Klein We need solutions to deal with plastic pollutionShutterstock / MOHAMED ABDULRAHEEM A new type of plastic that can be easily broken down into its chemical building blocks…
Beetle larvae that eat polystyrene may help solve plastic waste crisis
By Alice Klein Expanded polystyrene is used for food containersMatthew Horwood/Getty Images Beetles with larvae that can digest polystyrene may help to solve the world’s mounting plastic waste crisis. Expanded…