Entrepreneur turns thousands of plastic bottles into household cleaning tools each day: ‘This broom is quite solid, not easy to break’

You've heard about sweeping problems under the rug. Well, how about converting the problem into a broom instead? One Cambodian entrepreneur is doing just that. In a mission to help tackle plastic pollution in his country's capital city of Phnom Penh, 41-year-old Has Kea has started an upcycling business. In 11 months, his workers turned about 44 tons of plastic bottles into heavy-duty brooms.
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Study raises questions about plastic pollution’s effect on heart health

We breathe, eat and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous or somewhere in between? A small study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine raises more questions than it answers about how these bits — microplastics and the smaller nanoplastics — might affect the heart.
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California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work.

Almost a decade ago, California became the first state in the United States to ban single-use plastic bags in an effort to tackle an intractable plastic waste problem. Then came the reusable, heavy-duty plastic bags, offered to shoppers for ten cents. Designed to withstand dozens of uses, and technically recyclable, many retailers treated them as exempt from the ban.
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‘Pointless’ pet product found on store shelves sparks outrage among customers: ‘How hard is it …’

Think single-use water bottles are wasteful? Brace yourself — they even exist for dogs. A Reddit user shared a short video of the product, showing water — yes, just water — packaged in disposable plastic bowls. The bowl, for sale at Target, features a label that reads: “[Ready to drink] bowled water for pets. Simply peel off the lid and serve your pet clean water anytime, anywhere.”
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