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Maine Will Make Companies Pay for Recycling. Here’s How It Works. – The New York Times

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Maine Will Make Companies Pay for Recycling. Here’s How It Works. – The New York Times

In Maine, packaging products covered by the law make up as much as 40 percent of the waste stream.

In both states, one important benefit of the program is that it will make recycling more uniform statewide. Today, recycling is a patchwork, with variations between cities about what can be thrown in the recycling bin.

These programs exist on a spectrum from producer-run and producer-controlled, to government-run. In Maine, the government is taking the lead, having the final say on how the program will be run, including setting the fees. In Oregon, the producer responsibility organization is expected to involve manufacturers to a larger degree, including them on an advisory council.

In another key difference, Maine is also requiring producers to cover 100 percent of its municipalities’ recycling costs. Oregon, by contrast, will require producers to cover around 28 percent of the costs of recycling, with municipalities continuing to cover the rest.

The Wastemakers and Recycling

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Vance Packard’s The Wastemakers from 1961 remind us what recycling ♻ is all about. Especially the kind so gleefully promotes by “socially responsible” corporations pushing their PFOA soaked clothing, their styrofoam plates and tetrapacks.

Conveniently located throughout the mart are receptacles where the people can dispose of the old-fashioned products they bought on a previous shopping trip. In the jewelry section, for example, a playfully designed sign by a receptacle reads: “Throw your old watches here!”

NPR

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‘Recyclemore’ Is A Mountain Of Electronic Trash At The G-7 Summit In Cornwall : NPR

CARBIS BAY, England — Security is tight in the English county of Cornwall as President Biden and other leaders of the Group of Seven – seven of the world's wealthiest countries — prepare to meet for a weekend summit beginning Friday.

But if you want to catch a firsthand glimpse of Biden, Germany's Angela Merkel or the other powerful politicians, your best bet may be a two-story sculpture that replicates their likenesses using electronic waste in the hills overlooking the resort where they are meeting. World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery World World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery

The sculpture, which is drawing large crowds, is arranged like Mount Rushmore — but with the G-7 leaders instead of U.S. presidents.

The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It isn’t recycling | Environment | The Guardian

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The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It isn’t recycling | Environment | The Guardian

The Lego Disney Frozen II Arendelle Castle Village features a princess, animals, birds and mini dolls. It is made of 521 separate bits of plastic, it was one of the bestselling Christmas toys, and fans of the movie on which it is based will surely spend several hours of magical, creative play with it.

But those few hours may well be the last that this and many other toys are used. Thousands of plastic castles, farmyards and games, as well as myriad other presents, have probably already been stuffed into bulging cupboards to be thrown away in a year or two to make room for yet more plastic. And, because most plastic is near impossible to recycle, these toys will probably have to be landfilled or burned in incinerators, poisoning the air and further adding to global heating.