Can I recycle this? a guide to better recycling and how to reduce single-use plastics
"The book that answers the age-old question: Can I Recycle This? Since the dawn of the recycling system, men and women the world over have stood by their bins, holding an everyday object, wondering, "can I recycle this?" This simple question reaches into our concern for the environmen...
| Main Author: | Romer, Jennie (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Penguin Books,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: How to use this book
- Introduction to the recycling system
- Other waste processing and disposal
- Individual items: can I recycle this? Bags and boxes ; Beverage containers and drinkware ; Single-use foodware and packaged food containers ; Home goods and personal items ; Tools
- The human impacts of shipping recyclables internationally
- Plastics in the ocean (and everywhere!)
- Personal solutions
- Policy solutions.