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Once you throw something away, you’ve got to think about where’s it going to go next”
“Waste” examines the global and local afterlife of recyclables
Why have Coke and other beverage companies fought so hard against bottle bills
How Coca Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts
Not only a waste problem, it is a climate problem as well
The Plastics Industry’s Long Fight to Blame Pollution on You
There is already way too much plastic that won’t decompose
How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting
Single-use-plastics – from straws to retail bags – will be illegal in Vermont by Summer 2020.
Vermont adopts the most comprehensive plastics ban in the U.S.
Researchers in France found thousands of microplastic particles raining down on a secluded spot in the Pyrenees, 75 miles from the nearest city.
Ocean Clogging Microplastics Also Pollute the Air
Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastic, they’re ending up in the trash.
Is This the End of Recycling?
From Plastics 101 and the Environment to Science and Innovation.
National Geographic: Planet or Plastic
Ten Stories You Need to Read
Every animal tested had plastic pollution hiding in its gut.
A Troubling Discovery in the Deepest Ocean Trenches
In the next 60 seconds, people around the world will purchase one million plastic bottles and two million plastic bags. By the end of the year, we will produce enough bubble wrap to encircle the Equator 10 times.
Microplastics Find Their Way Into Your Gut, A Pilot Study Finds
Microplastics were found in sea salt several years ago. But how extensively plastic bits are spread throughout the most commonly used seasoning remained unclear. Now, new research shows microplastics in 90 percent of the table salt brands sampled worldwide.
Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Sea Salt
After 65 years of making plastic, we've pretty much mastered the art. What we haven't yet figured out is what to do with plastic once we're done with it.
Piling Up: Drowning in a Sea of Plastic
Yes, plastic straws are bad, but they’re just a teeny drop in the giant ocean of plastic we’re swimming in. Here are other everyday plastic objects that we could put on the discontinued list.
What Plastic Item Would You Love to Ban?
Every minute, every single day, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters our oceans. In the name of profit and convenience, corporations are literally choking our planet with a substance that does not just “go away” when we toss it into a bin.
Our Plastic Pollution Crisis is Too Big for Recycling to Fix
Ever since China announced last year that it no longer wanted to be the “world’s garbage dump,” recycling about half of the globe’s plastics and paper products, Western nations have been puzzling over what to do when the ban went into effect, which it did on Jan. 1.
