New York City Banning Sale of Single-Use Plastic Bottles

New York City Banning Sale of Single-Use Plastic Bottles

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order yesterday banning the sale of single-use plastic beverage bottles on city-owned and -leased properties — which means the bottles could vanish from an area nearly equivalent to a quarter of the city. The move also bars city agencies from purchasing or selling beverages packaged in single-use plastic containers. The move would...
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Adidas Constructs Sustainable Football Field Using 1.8 Million Plastic Bottles

Adidas Constructs Sustainable Football Field Using 1.8 Million Plastic Bottles

Adidas has taken approximately 1.8 million plastic bottles and turned them into a sustainable football field. A typical turf field uses a large amount of virgin plastics and re-ground rubber. James Carnes, vice president of global brand strategy for Adidas, told CNN that the sustainable field that the company built was made from plastic bottles sourced from remote islands, beaches, coastal...
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