Costa Rica is taking significant steps to reduce single-use plastics—but plastic waste is not going to be eliminated anytime soon. In the meantime, what...
There is a theory related to economic growth and the environment called the Environmental Kuznets Curve. This theory suggests that as a region begins...
“All plastics are recyclable. That is the real answer. We’ve just made products in ways that prevent them from being recycled," says Carlos Fonseca,...
Perhaps your home or business belongs to the 84.2% with access to differentiated municipal waste collection in Costa Rica. If so, then you periodically...
We all know that we can and should take care when disposing of recyclable materials such as cardboard, paper, glass, and certain plastics—or hazardous...
El Colectivo 506, Central America’s first nationwide solutions journalism organization, is proud to join The 89 Percent Project—a global alliance among dozens of newsrooms...
