Turning plastic waste into plastic lumber isn’t recycling
Most of Amazon’s plastic packaging isn’t being recycled, and some might end up as material for plastic decking instead.
Recycling & compost
To reduce waste, conserve natural resources and address the mounting climate crisis, America needs more recycling and composting.
The Latest on Recycling & compost
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
PIRG’s warmest wishes for a safe and happy new year
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Truth in recycling
Products without packaging: How refill stores can help solve the plastics crisis
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Trash in America
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How much food waste does America create and what can we do about it?
America generates up to 1,000 pounds of food waste per person each year, enough to feed millions. Simple policy changes could help.
What is e-waste?
Electronic waste, or "e-waste," such as discarded smartphones, laptops, TVs and other devices can harm our environment and our health.
Are some recycling labels misleading? Unfortunately, yes.
Right now, what some companies label as ‘recyclable’ can't actually be recycled at all
Trash Talk’: Students discuss solutions to plastic pollution
Young leaders celebrated this Earth Day by comparing notes on how to move our country toward a zero-waste future.
Department of the Interior will end plastic pollution in parks, public lands
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued an order on Wednesday, World Oceans Day, to phase out single-use plastic products on lands managed by the Department of the Interior by 2032. The order is intended to reduce -- and eventually eliminate -- plastic and polystyrene food and beverage containers, bottles, straws, cups, cutlery and disposable plastic bags at national parks and on other public lands.
