Are paper wine bottles the future? These companies think so.
A California winemaker is the first in the U.S. to embrace a British company's effort to decarbonize the drink industry, bottling wine in paper instead of glass.
Recycling
Protecting the Planet: The Race to Recycle
In this episode of “Protecting the Planet,” CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy explores the worldwide effort to recycle and how there is still so much more work to be done.
Ecological toll of tennis balls out of bounds, environmentalists say
Nearly all 330 million balls made worldwide each year eventually get thrown out, with most ending up in landfills for centuries.
"Chasing arrows" plastic recycling symbol may get tossed in the trash
It's universally recognized as a sign to recycle. But the EPA is now saying it's also universally confusing, since many plastics can't easily be recycled.
EPA may change recycling symbol for plastics
The EPA is poised to change the iconic "chasing arrows" recycling symbol for plastics, citing confusion around its meaning since many plastics cannot easily be recycled. CBS News environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.
Recycling of renewable waste takes on urgency
Finding ways to recycle windmill blades and used solar panels is taking on greater importance as the use of renewable energy sources rises. Ben Tracy has more.
As renewable use rises, recycling renewable waste becoming more urgent
Solar panels can last for 25 to 30 years, but more than 90% of used panels end up in landfills.
Improving the ecosystem
Flow Traders: Driving efficiency in global financial markets
Woman found dead in recycling truck in Northern California
"Based on the pickup route, it is believed the female had been picked up from within the city limits of Eureka," police said.
Plastic recycling is a "failed concept" in the U.S., study says
Greenpeace USA blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
6/10: Red and Blue
Biden says "America will be the arsenal of vaccines"; Mount Recyclemore sculpture to appear at G-7
California couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested
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