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‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds

Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse. Link to full article

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‘Human Composting’ Debate: A Deeper Dive into the Catholic Teaching on the Dignity of Human Remains

Human composting and human liquefying are now legal in some states, and although the Vatican hasn’t weighed in on these specific means, the Church has clear teachings on burying the dead. Link to full article

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Gasification promises solution to landfill crisis

A pilot project run by the University of Florida has demonstrated that gasification plants can recover chemical feedstock from mixed packaging waste. Now a consortium of packaging groups aims to scale the process up. Link to full article

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Composting the Dead to Protect the Planet Raises Concerns

National Center for Public Policy Research’s Senior Fellow, Bonner Cohen writes in Heartland Daily News, “California is joining four other states in allowing composting human bodies“natural organic reduction (NOR)” of bodies in the interest of protecting the planet from climate change. Link to full article

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