Plastic Waste Suppliers: Interview with Judith Enck
Host Bobby Bascomb talks with Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, about why fossil fuel companies are moving towards more plastic production, as well as what alternatives and next steps we can take to avoid using single-use plastics.
Groups Renew Call For Plastics Ban In National Park System
The change of administrations in Washington, D.C., has led to a renewed call for a ban on disposable plastic bottles in the National Park System, along with a commitment from the agency that plastic wastes in the parks be reduced by 75 percent over the next five years.
Groups urge NPS to ban sales of plastic water bottles
Advocacy groups are urging the Biden administration to revive a ban on the sale of plastic water bottles at national parks.
Chemical recycling bill sets stage for industry’s battle with environmentalists
New technology employs a thermal process to convert industrial, commercial, agricultural or domestic plastic waste into additives for other products.
Turning plastic into fuel doesn’t solve the plastic problem | Editorial
A New Jersey bill aims to advance chemical recycling, giving petrochemical companies a free pass on New Jersey’s environmental laws.
Sierra Club sues Coca-Cola, plastic water bottlers
The Sierra Club today sued companies that bottle brands like Dasani, Poland Spring and Niagara, alleging their bottles are falsely advertised as “100% recyclable.”
How a Retired Louisiana Teacher Bagged the “Green Nobel Prize”
A retired special education teacher from Louisiana who led a successful grassroots campaign to stop construction of a toxic plastics plant in America’s Cancer Alley has won the 2021 Goldman prize for environmental defenders.
Don't Believe the 'Store Drop-Off' Label When It Comes to Plastic Packaging
Walmart and Greenpeace are now embroiled in a legal battle over mislabeled recyclable plastic packaging.
Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows
Just 10 plastic products make up 75% of all items and scientists say the pollution must be stopped at source.
Plastic bag ban isn't turning out as lawmakers envisioned
Democratic lawmakers in Delaware are complaining that grocery stores and other retailers are exploiting a "loophole" in a new law prohibiting the use of certain plastic bags when the businesses are actually doing exactly what the law requires.
Who’s paying the human costs of plastic pollution?
Latinx and low-income communities are suffering from the effects of plastics manufacturing.
Biden proposes higher EPA funding, including $10M in recycling grants from Save Our Seas 2.0
The Biden administration is calling for the U.S. EPA's largest overall budget in history, at $11.2 billion, including $10 million in funding for a new Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) pilot grant program as a result of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.
Why this Louisiana plastics plant has become a national lightning rod for environmentalists
Some critics and outside observers say Formosa has become an early test case in a battle over the expansion of plastics production in North America, which some environmentalists see as the next front in the battle with 'Big Oil.'
Turkey slams the door on European plastic garbage
Turkey’s decision is a ‘seminal moment’ for the global recycling market, say industry figures.
Is Advanced Recycling a Boondoggle?
The technology itself is real, but most companies have only been able to achieve advanced recycling on a small scale so far. The only things they’ve managed to scale up are investors.
Online retail — and Amazon — has a plastic problem
Amazon’s investors could soon force it to reveal how much plastic it mails to customers around the world each year.
Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals
Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production.
Canada Declares Plastics Toxic, Paving the Way for Restrictions
Plastic is now considered toxic under Canada’s primary environmental law—the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)—the Trudeau government announced Wednesday.
So small, yet so deadly. Investors force plastic industry to reveal pollution
Investors are forcing the world’s biggest plastic manufacturers to reveal how many harmful plastic pellets they are leaking into rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide.
DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion
An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting.