plastic pollution

The cannabis vaping industry faces significant environmental challenges, particularly with lithium-ion batteries in Electronic Cannabis Delivery Systems (ECDS). These batteries pose substantial environmental risks if not properly recycled, including the potential for toxic chemicals to leach into...

The United States is currently facing a significant plastic waste crisis, generating 40 million tons of plastic waste each year, with no cost-effective method to recycle 91% of it. What Happened: The U.S. has been dealing with a plastic waste crisis for several years, Business Insider reported on...

Scientists say they’ve figured out how much plastics the world has produced, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Of the 9.15 billion tons produced since plastics began their heyday in the 1950s, 6.95 billion tons is packed into landfills or littered elsewhere in the environment. That’s...