Hidden Harm: Hazardous Chemicals Lurk In Our Food Packaging
Lots of food packaging contains toxic chemicals that come into contact with foods during manufacturing, packaging or transportation.
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Can We Phase Out Expanded Polystyrene?
Despite being made from carcinogens, expanded polystyrene is still prevalent today across the U.S. and around the world despite the risks.
Is There Any Hope Of An International Plastics Treaty?
Environmentalists are keeping their fingers crossed for an international treaty to ban single-use plastics….
Compostable Plastic: Too Good To Be True?
So-called compostable plastic can only be composted in massive, high-heat industrial composters, and as such often ends up in landfills.
How About A Global Treaty Banning Plastics?
Only time will tell if a 2019 agreement signed by 170 countries to “significantly reduce” their use of plastic by 2030 will hold water…
Plastic Pollution? Just Let Microorganisms Eat It
Are plastic-eating microorganisms the solution to our plastic pollution woes? And if so do we have to slow down our production of plastic?
Life In Plastic Explores Artistic Responses To The Age Of Plastic
With impressive breadth and compelling urgency, the essays in Life in Plastic examine the arts and literature of the plastic age.
Are We Burying Ourselves In PPE Waste?
PPE waste is a big environmental concern now given we are discarding hundreds of billions of disposable masks & gloves every month globally.
Taming & Transforming Plastic Waste
Two new books from Albert Bates help us learn how to tame plastic waste and transform it into useable products that minimize our waste stream.
Microplastics in Food, Water & Air: Can We Avoid Them?
You’re likely taking in tiny particles of plastics every time you eat, drink and breathe, according to research into the risks to our health from plastic’s buildup in the environment.