The world faces a severe environmental problem: plastic "waste" is increasing every year. This waste not only clogs landfills it pollutes our waterways and oceans. One of the main groups responsible for this accumulation of invisible debris is the food industry. From every nook and cranny of the planet, restaurants, grocery stores, and so forth throw their non-recyclable packaging into the trash pile. When it comes to reducing waste, your carbon footprint is only half the equ

Recycling plastics has had limited potential, as many types of plastics cannot be easily separated from each other, and the chemical composition of each type varies considerably. As a result, almost all recycled plastics must be recycled into lower-value products (for example, plastics that can be used for non-food packaging material). There have been relatively few ways for consumers to recycle their plastic waste in their homes or offices. This is where we come in. There ar