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COVID-19 Drives Use of Plastic

2020-06-16 09:00:00| Waste Age

Water bottles and plastic bags washing onshore is a common occurrence in Hong Kong, but now the COVID-19 pandemic has created a new type of garbage onshore masks. Waste reduction was planned for many countries in 2020 but the pandemic has

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Charlotte Nonprofit Collects Plastic Food Containers for PPE

2020-06-03 09:00:00| Waste Age

Envision Charlotte, a nonprofit in North Carolina, is collecting plastic food containers to melt down and turn into personal protective equipment (PPE). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders, residential waste has increased across

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Coca-Cola bottlers turn plastic preforms into COVID-19 test kits

2020-06-02 15:41:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Coca-Cola bottlers in the US will offer plastic bottle preforms to help make up for a global shortfall in test tubes for use in COVID-19 testing kits.

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