John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...
My work includes studying homes made from recycled plastic bottles in sustainable community-based housing projects. Here I’ll be drawing from an exploratory survey conducted in the Ijebu area of ...
I recently threw away my trusty black plastic spatula after a scientific paper claimed that such utensils may contain dangerous levels of flame-retardant chemicals. It turns out the researchers ...
Here are more plastic, metal and glass items we checked with DSNY that are OK to be recycled in this category: Bear in mind: Some glass types are recyclable — pasta sauce jars, wine bottles — and some ...
to push for legislation that would reduce plastic packaging and update New York’s bottle bill. But opponents of the legislation will also be making their voices heard to lawmakers early. Lawmakers ...
of which 13% is plastic waste dumped in landfills. While high-value plastics, like bottles, are absorbed by the recycling industry, low-value plastics — such as multilayered packaging — pose a ...
One resourceful couple has found an unorthodox way to pay for their wedding - with the money made from collecting recycled bottles. Queensland woman Leonie Starr has set out to collect 810,000 bottles ...