by Beth Holmes | Nov 22, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Single-use plastic waste is the target of a new Los Angeles ordinance that went into effect November 15, 2021. Approved by the City Council back in April, LA’s new city ordinance targets plastic waste from restaurants and other food venues. It’s a simple...
by Admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Business, Resources, Sustainability
The waste management sector may not sound exciting, but right now there’s a great deal of back and forth regarding Texas-based Waste Management, Inc., whose price has been downgraded by Stifel–even as the stock remains popular with other investors. Then, of...
by Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Environmental hazards, Information
A recent study from the Rochester Institute of Technology has estimated that around 10,000 metric tons (22 million pounds) of plastic enters the Great Lakes each year. It is the first study to take several smaller, local studies and use mathematical models to...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Millions of tons of plastic trash have been flowing into the world’s oceans each year, and a new study finds that much of it is coming from China and developing economies in Asia. The new study published in the journal Science has estimated that China’s costal...