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![Two purple cups filled with coffee. A hand holds one. Both read, "Sip, Return, Repeat" and are set on a wooden table.]()
![Two purple cups filled with coffee. A hand holds one. Both read, "Sip, Return, Repeat" and are set on a wooden table.]()
‘Sip, return, repeat’: How this California city is trying to normalize reusable cups
Restaurants in Petaluma are collaborating on a novel experiment to reduce plastic waste.
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![animation of a recycling symbol with plastic trash in the center with one arrow moving away from and then back into the symbol on a loop]()
![animation of a recycling symbol with plastic trash in the center with one arrow moving away from and then back into the symbol on a loop]()
How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas.
A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty.
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![President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump stand behind podiums on the left, and behind them is a large blue screen with the words "Presidential Debate." Moderators sit at a desk on the right.]()
![President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump stand behind podiums on the left, and behind them is a large blue screen with the words "Presidential Debate." Moderators sit at a desk on the right.]()
Climate change got a question in the presidential debate. It didn’t get much of an answer.
Biden alluded to the Inflation Reduction Act, while Trump went on an incoherent rant about "H2O."
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![Plastic containers of prepared salad are stocked on three grocery store shelves.]()
![Plastic containers of prepared salad are stocked on three grocery store shelves.]()
A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking
Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it.
