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You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. Manufacturers have included the tether on bottles ...

An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that all single-use bottles have caps that remain attached. This is one of several policies designed to limit the amount of plastic litter ...

A new requirement for a tethered design for plastic caps on drinks bottles has officially come into force in the EU - but not everyone is happy. A new requirement for a tethered design for plastic ...

You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that ...

However, keeping your everyday bottle clean can be a pain. While some bottles are dishwasher safe, many are not. And your bottle's cap or straw ... or single-use plastic bottles.

Created by Jesse Leeworthy and Jonathan Byrt, two outdoorsy Australians who had seen just what single-use plastic ... The Elements bottles have a matte finish, and leak-proof caps that screw ...

Photo: Chen Chia-yi, Taipei Times The second most common marine waste was plastic bottle caps, accounting for 12.8 percent, followed by glass bottles at 10.2 percent, cigarette butts at 7.5 percent, ...

For example, a notebook costs the equivalent of 30 plastic bottle caps. "The garbage problem is transformed into incentives for local economies," Sergio Pardo, director of Plastico Precioso Uramba ...