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Walking, Recycling Bottles, and Two Nostalgic Mall Brands

A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica

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The Flip Side of Plastic Bottle Recycling

Rothy's has a decent take back program that kind of addresses this where they're pulling apart the shoes using the soles for one thing. But unlike water bottles, apparel gets run through washing machines where synthetic fibers leach micro plastics into waterways. As a consumer, you have to then know which of your things need to go in that.

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