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Greenwashing is Another Name for Keurig Pod Recycling

August 21, 2019August 28, 2019Wayne DeFeoRecycling

It is common for a company that practices greenwashing to makes claims that items can be recycled in some places, but not others, and that you can recycle materials that can’t be recycled. Keurig has been trying to make this claim for years. Now, as reported in Waste Dive, a court in California is allowing […]

Compostable or Plastic?

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019Wayne DeFeoRecycling

I recently completed teaching my class on Recycling Public Policy and we had an interesting discussion on the merits of different coffee pods. Now, I am not a pod user myself, but the question is, are compostable pods any better than those plastic pods from the company that will remain nameless? As you can see […]