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Big brands must seize the moment to end the plastic pollution crisis
One of my earliest memories as a young child in the Philippines is collecting glass bottles of Coca-Cola from our house during big holiday reunions or family celebrations. Together with…
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Health experts highlight need for reusable PPE
Quotes from global health experts on the mounting concerns around disposable, single-use PPE and how it will impact our long-term health and the environment.
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The plastics industry continues to treat Black and Brown lives as disposable
Black and Brown lives matter. But the racist plastics industry continues to treat them as disposable. The plastics industry has tried hard to repair its tainted image during a pandemic.…
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The Making of an Echo Chamber: How the plastic industry exploited anxiety about COVID-19 to attack reusable bags
In a new research brief, Greenpeace USA details the ways the plastics industry is exploiting people’s fears around COVID-19. Through front groups, corporate-funded research, and misrepresentation of scientific studies, the…
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Greenpeace Report: Packaging Away the Planet
The entire lifecycle of plastic production, use, and disposal is destroying our communities and environment.
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Packaging Away the Planet
Packaging Away the Planet evaluates 20 large U.S. grocery retailers for the first time on their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics. Across the board, supermarkets are failing to adequately address…
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One Activist’s Mission to Protect our Planet and Break Free From Plastic
This week I had the pleasure of meeting an amazing human being. Brittany Theresa is the founder of #NoPlasticNOLA Movement as well as a mom who sees that our planet…
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Micro-Plastics, Major Problem
As part of my graduate studies at UNC-Wilmington, I’ve learned just how much damage microplastics can do. I’m studying the impacts of ingested plastics on larval fish (inland silversides) and…