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Back in March, 175 countries across the world pledged to reduce plastic pollution. One of the factories that recycles plastic bags is located in Winchester, where the company, called Trex, turns it into composite boards, used to build decks.An organization in Floyd County is trying to collect 500 pounds of plastic over the next six months.
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Youngkin is ordering state agencies to increase awareness of recycling receptacles and encouraging recycling companies to come to Virginia. Environmental groups are opposed to the order and say it will just increase pollution.
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This summer, 2,000 volunteers collected more than 52-thousand pounds of trash from the Chesapeake Bay – much of it plastic. And Governor Northam ordered state agencies to stop buying plastic and foam food containers, straws, utensils and water bottles. In the last part of our series, Sandy Hausman reports on another hopeful sign in the fight against plastic pollution.
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With growing public awareness of plastic in the environment, the world is looking for alternatives and Virginia recently gave a vote of confidence to one possible solution – an approach called advanced recycling. Now, critics say the Commonwealth made a mistake.
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Despite growing fears about the impact of plastic on our planet, manufacturers keep making the stuff, and experts say less than ten percent of it is recycled. In part one of a series, Sandy Hausman reports on the state of recycling in Virginia and what may happen in the decades to come.
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Last week, a new state requirement took effect, requiring agencies to stop buying or selling single use plastics, and universities across the Commonwealth…
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Just as it finally became clear that recycling is one of the top ways to help save the planet, the onset of the Coronavirus economy has pushed it way down…
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Until recently, much of recycled cardboard in the U.S. would head straight to China. But in March, the Chinese government decided to raise standards for…
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In less than three weeks the nation will observe Earth Day, taking stock of our progress since the holiday was first celebrated in 1970. Many people now…