Planet Earth Blog

• Don’t Recycle Plastic Bags. Avoid Them Altogether.
  
  Environmentalists repeatedly plead with the public to “reduce, reuse, and recycle,” and many Americans make a concerted effort to recycle. The truth is recycling is not particularly effective. It is much easier to reduce consumption and repurpose old items than expend the energy to break down an item and transform it into something else. One [...]