The thing on her face was a bottle cap. As of July, caps in Europe no longer fully come off water and soda bottles due to a European Union law aimed at getting more of the caps recycled rather ...

Zero-carbon plastic precursor manufacturer company Origin Materials Inc. has developed what it says is the first sustainable and fully recyclable plastic bottle cap for plastic bottles.

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1. You recycle your bottle with cap on 2. Bottle and cap are sorted out from the rest of your recycling (paper, metal, glass, etc) and baled 3. Bottle and cap go to a Bottle Washing Plant 4.

This time, things are getting a bit more challenging. Social media has been set ablaze with the new hashtag #BottleCapChallenge, which requires you to side-kick the cap off a plastic bottle of water.

While logistics like the location are still being determined, the cap collection is well underway – they have about 1,000 now. “Visual mediums are a great way to connect people,” Poe said.

He didn’t see the point of producing a biodegradable bottle with an indestructible, hard plastic cap, a regular label and toxic adhesives. “Everything had to start from scratch, Totterman said.

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