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For context, I'm talking about bottle caps that stay attached like this, designed to reduce littering etc.
These new bottle caps aren't too much of an inconvenience EXCEPT when I'm drinking directly out of a bottle that has lots of liquid clinging to the inside of the bottle cap (e.g. drinks you have to shake beforehand), and when you tip the bottle upside down to drink from it, the bottle cap flips upside down with it and drips your lovely beverage all over your face.
Usually I try to circumvent it by drinking from the bottle while holding the bottle cap with my other hand so I can bend it away from my face, but it's still a pain.
So I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to just rip the bottle cap off entirely so I don't have to deal with it, and then screw it back on before throwing it in the trash? Or does that somehow 'invalidate' the whole container for recycling?
(as a sidenote: Here in the Netherlands there are charities that still collect bottle caps and similar plastics to raise money for guide dogs-- definitely recommend looking up if there's something similar in your area you can donate to, since they seem to be struggling after the new bottle cap guidelines!)
Amazon's blue-and-white plastic bubble mailers have normally had a how2recycle icon indicating they're acceptable for store drop-off (at stores that take plastic film for recycling).
Recently I got one that has the Not Recyclable symbol instead.
Anyone know what's up with this? Is there something different about the new mailer that makes it less recyclable? Did How2Recycle change its policies for plastic bag labeling? Should I drop it at the store as usual, or trash it?
Like I try to remove it but I realize it’s stuck there with Glue so I really have to struggle to take it off and realize I’d rather go without doing this if I don’t have to.
What’s the least bad single use drinkware, both wine glasses and tumblers? They must be reasonably nice looking for this event. By “least bad,” I mean least damaging in terms on both greenhouse gas emissions and plastic waste. Of course, it would be best to not use single-use drinkware, but other options have been extensively considered and won’t work in this case. Constraints: there are no municipal or commercial composting facilities in the community, but there is single-stream recycling collection.
Thinking about the circular economy, in terms of economies of scale, is the cost of processing soft plastics into diesel financially viable? What about the quality of diesel? Surely diesel made from engines causes greater depreciation costs on it? I am just wondering why this isn't done more often.
How does everyone feel about this? Meaning, if EOL wind turbine blades were simply left out on a wind farm on the ground on a farmers land, would this be acceptable? It acts as a type of infrastructure.
Versus:
So meaning, if there was a viable way to repurposing the blades along highways, laid on grass, right of way areas over rocks, first or grass. Is this preferred versus 1 & 2?
And is it a major environmental problem? Whole blades, not disintegrating ones.
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Hello! I work for a hospitality company that runs a few hotels in my area and we just upgraded our bed sheets. Are there good options for recycling our old sheets if we don’t have a local option? We don’t want to just throw them away. TIA
In the current consumer environment, an increasing number of users are open to recycling services beyond mobile 3C products. ATRenew (NYSE: RERE) enhances its comprehensive service capabilities for users by expanding into multi-category recycling, including bags, watches, gold, fine wines, and apparel, promoting the circulation and recycling of idle consumer goods. In the second quarter, the transaction volume for multi-category recycling reached nearly 900 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of nearly four times.
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Recycling waste PET bottles into rPET bottle flakes involves several key steps using specialized PET recycling equipment. First, the PET bottle label removing machine is used to remove the labels. Next, the PET bottle crusher grinds the bottles into smaller flakes. The sink float plastic separation then separates the bottle flakes from the caps. The material moves on to a hot washing tank, where high temperature and cleaning agents remove stubborn dirt. After that, the friction washer cleans off any remaining dirt and detergent. A second rinse follows to reduce the pH level. Finally, the flakes are dried and packed for further use.
Idle recycling is the primary method for recycling mobile phones, followed by trade-in programs. The transaction volume of idle recycled mobile phones in China increased from approximately 18.8 billion yuan in 2019 to about 48.7 billion yuan in 2023, and it is expected to further grow to around 132.9 billion yuan by 2028.
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