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Eco Solutions
For two decades, the plastics industry has been at the forefront of developing the technologies and infrastructure that allow us to recycle many of today’s plastics. Many widely used plastics — like bottles, bags, wraps and containers — can be recycled into useful new products such as carpeting, clothing, backyard decks, and new packaging.
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Read MoreWorld Cup Competitors Dress in Plastic Bottles
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
Some teams will don jerseys made of recycled plastic bottles for this year’s games.
Category: Eco Solutions
Make Your Move Better for the Environment
Submitted on Feb 25, 2010
Skip the cardboard boxes and associated waste and rent these new plastic moving boxes.
Category: Eco Solutions • Smart Packaging
Recycling: More Than a Trend
Submitted on Feb 25, 2010
Recycled materials prove their staying power in this spring’s trends.
Category: Eco Solutions • Fashion & Design
Will.i.am Uses Star Power to Recycle
Submitted on Feb 25, 2010
Launching a new effort to increase recycling at concerts, the popular singer hopes to start a movement.
Category: Eco Solutions • Fashion & Design
Sugar-Based Plastics: The Way of the Future?
Submitted on Feb 25, 2010
This new type of plastic is created from glucose polymers extracted from trees and grasses which makes it decompose faster.
Category: Eco Solutions
Your Home, Recycled
Submitted on Feb 12, 2010
An Argentinian family takes recycling to the extreme by building a home out of entirely recycled plastics.
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions
Plastics help a new material absorb and conserve oil after a spill
Submitted on Feb 12, 2010
A new lightweight sponge brings helps clean-up during oil spills.
Category: Eco Solutions
Retailer Anthropologie Showcases High-end Recyclables
Submitted on Feb 12, 2010
The company’s design team debuts the latest in recycled design.
Category: Eco Solutions • Fashion & Design
Recycling Plastic Bottles into High Quality Rope
Submitted on Feb 3, 2010
A company in Brazil is repurposing plastic bottles into 550 tons of higher quality, yet less expensive, rope. A company in Brazil is repurposing plastic bottles into 550 tons of higher quality, yet less expensive, rope.
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions
Recycling Plastic into Speedy Sleds
Submitted on Feb 3, 2010
Recycled plastics make for great sled construction, one winter sports enthusiast finds.
Category: Eco Solutions • Winter Games
