A new study by Greenpeace reports that the majority of plastics sorted into the recycling bin are not recycled in the United States. Instead they are incinerated or sent to landfills. Greenpeace argues that these plastics cannot be legitimately labeled as recyclable and should have...
Happy New Year’s Eve! Over the past two years, we’ve written periodically on the Paris Climate Accord — namely, what it is and the United States’ withdrawal from it. But what are states doing to uphold America’s commitments under the Paris Climate Accord? One course of...
This week the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. A day later, a report with 11,000 scientist signatories warned of “untold suffering” if humanity fails to change course on climate change. Read our 3-Piece Primer...
Waste Management, Inc., announced it will no longer export plastic waste to poor countries outside the United States. Casella Waste Systems and several smaller companies have made similar announcements. In the wake of China’s 2017 ban on the import of mixed paper and mixed plastic, Waste...