reduce plastic pollution Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Metro Ticket in Exchange for Plastic Bottles in Rome https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68874 Rome introduced a new incentive to tackle plastic pollution and I’m loving it! The city officials have placed special machines on three main metro stations. The machines take empty plastic bottles, crush them, sort them and give ‘digital money’ in return. The value of a plastic bottle is 5 cents. This means that you would […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/feed/ 0 68874 Bakey’s Edible Cutlery Could Reduce Plastic Waste https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bakey-edible-cutlery-plastic-waste/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bakey-edible-cutlery-plastic-waste/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:18:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59690 New type of edible cutlery can put an end to careless disposal of plastic spoons and chop sticks. Plastic pollution is an enormous problem, which continues to pick up speed. In many countries around the world awareness is being raised, plastic recycling is being stimulated, yet the amounts of plastic waste that end up in […]

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