plastic

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With vivid details and a dose of British humor, Losada relays her failed attempt to have lunch at a Whole Foods store without using its disposable plastic cutlery.

From Los Angeles Times

The labels also provide a feel-good marketing symbol suggesting to consumers the cartons won’t end up in a landfill when they’re discarded, or find their way into the ocean where plastic debris is a large and growing problem.

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In 2022, Malaysia and Vietnam banned imports of mixed paper bales — which include colored paper, newspapers, magazines and other paper products — from the U.S. because they were so often contaminated with non-paper products and plastic, such as beverage cartons.

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Beverage and food cartons — despite their papery appearance — are composed of layers of paper, plastic and sometimes aluminum.

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For years, China was the primary destination for California’s plastic, contaminated paper and other waste.

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