Recycling

Image taken from Wikipedia (Horia Varlan) under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. It seems that plastic straws and other single-use plastic products are on the comeback as of 2025 when President Trump signed an executive order to encourage the use of plastic straws by the federal government as well as the general public. As part of the answer to the President's comments, plastic straws are more of a concern compared to most other single-use plastic product

Source: Wikipedia (Sustainablebill) under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Although it is often recommended from a sustainability perspective to minimize the consumption of single-use plastics (or any type of single-use packaging), there are situations in which they can fulfill a critical need. One alternative that I would like to explore is water packaged in aluminum cans. A quick introduction to this concept can be found in the follow

I often receive inspirational emails from individuals who are passionate about sustainability. Last week I received one such email containing a link to a video about a small town in Paraguay where a music teacher and a carpenter used their imagination and the trash available in a nearby landfill to develop an orchestra. The instruments the kids use are made out of recycled trash, but you would never know it when listening to them. Please take a moment to watch (and listen

One question people often ask regarding the recycling of plastic items is "What do the different numbers on plastic containers stand for...