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Every hour, 2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away in the United States. While many of us justify drinking from plastic bottles or buying our food in plastic containers by telling ourselves it's ...

Areas with less wealth and formal education often have fewer nearby facilities, making recycling more difficult and expensive ...