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Pepsi pledges to halve unrecycled plastic in packaging by 2030

by Caroline Champlin

Sep 15, 2021

The single-serving plastic bottle has been the target of pushback against plastic pollution for decades.

PepsiCo is increasing the recycled content of its packaging. Younger consumers are paying attention to the environmental impact of the products they consider buying, analysts say.

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Is this the end of recycling?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser

Mar 19, 2019

The Chinese economy could be killing recycling in the U.S.

An employee walks people through the recycling process at a closed loop plant in London, United Kingdom in 2010.

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