Six Times More Plastic Waste is Burned in U.S. than is Recycled
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As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling - The New York Times
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Bold single-use plastic ban kicks Europe's plastic purge into high gear
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U.S. Plastic Pollution & Waste Export
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How Big Oil and Big Soda Kept the Plastics Crisis a Secret for Decades
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Advanced' Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds - Inside Climate News
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The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year
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Canada promised to stop exporting unwanted plastic waste, but it's
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Six Times More Plastic Waste is Burned in U.S. than is Recycled
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How a New Treaty Could Clean Up Plastic Waste - The New York Times