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Companies’ New Pledges to Boost Recycling Face Old Pitfalls
Facing a public outcry over the plastic pollution crisis, some of the world’s biggest consumer brand companies have promised to dramatically boost recycling. Yet some of those same companies have made — and failed to deliver on — similar promises in the past.
March 31, 2020
When Does Recycling Your Plastic Make Sense? The Answer Isn’t So Simple
The vast majority of plastic — about 76 percent — ends up in landfills. Here's what to do about yours.
March 31, 2020
Plastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling
They never believed it would actually solve the plastic waste problem. Today, it’s estimated that no more than 10 percent of plastic produced has ever been recycled.
March 31, 2020
How Schools and Communities Are Providing Mental Health Support for Students When Schools Are Closed
School districts across Colorado are working to provide mental health support for their students even when their schools are closed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
March 30, 2020
Foster Care Workers Fear Children Isolated By the Coronavirus Are More at Risk
Eyes on the child is a bedrock principle for foster care workers who routinely go into troubled homes to see that children are safe. But in the midst of the coronavirus, the safety of Florida’s most at-risk children is often being assessed through computer screens.
March 30, 2020
Tampa Sets Up Tent City So Homeless Can Shelter In Place
With a county-wide order for people to stay indoors now in effect, the city of Tampa is establishing a tent city that will allow up to 100 homeless people to shelter in place.
March 29, 2020
How the Coronavirus Outbreak Impacts Homeless Families
The advice is, "stay home." But what if you don't have one?
March 28, 2020
Covering Coronavirus: Cincinnati, Ohio
To combat COVID-19, Ohio has a “stay at home” order — but what does that mean for families without homes?
March 27, 2020
WATCH: The Grief of Losing Someone During a Coronavirus Quarantine
Losing someone during a quarantine makes grieving especially difficult.
March 27, 2020
WATCH: New Mexico Under Stay-at-Home Restriction
Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent statewide stay-at-home order and the edict that all non-essential businesses must close.
March 27, 2020
Nursing Home Violations, and Now Deaths, Highlight COVID-19 Dangers
As nursing homes across Oklahoma lock down to prevent COVID-19 from spreading to their elderly residents, an Oklahoma Watch analysis found that infection control or prevention violations are common at nursing homes in the state, as they are nationwide.
March 26, 2020
Nonprofit Mobilizes to Replace Lost School Meals Across Tampa Bay Area
Feeding Tampa Bay has opened 17 drive-through feeding stations across Tampa Bay as up to two-thirds of students in Hillsborough miss out on free school meals.
March 25, 2020