Plastic waste: Think globally, act locally Plastics Today
It takes a village—many villages, in fact—to solve the problem of plastic waste.
The Body Shop Finds Packaging Value in Plastic Waste: Q&A with Jason Roberts Environmental Leader
When she started the Body Shop in 1976, founder Anita Roddick wanted to make her beauty business a force for good. Since those early days in Brighton, …
Reduce, Reuse, but Should You Recycle? Reporter Magazine
Say you’re eating at one of the many dining services RIT provides — Crossroads, for example. You’re eating a fish fry sandwich with a side of fries and you take …
Lancaster County must rise to the challenge of recycling properly [opinion] LancasterOnline
THE ISSUE. Failure to recycle properly continues to be a problem in Lancaster County. “Contaminants comprised 30% of the county’s recycling bin contents last …
Former UN Environment official named first CEO of Alliance to End Plastic Waste Plastics News
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a nonprofit company-funded effort, has appointed Jacob Duer as president and CEO.
Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to substantially increase ocean cleanup budget The Japan Times
The Environment Ministry plans to substantially increase its budget for reducing plastic waste in the ocean in fiscal 2020 starting next April, in line with an action …
A neuroscientist’s quest to reduce waste in research labs Yale Climate Connections
In her years as a neuroscientist and then as a laboratory consultant, Allison Paradise figured that someone would do something about all the waste she saw in …
Reducing carbon footprint and waste generation is the need of the hour, says Indian environmentalist Global Voices
Indian lawyer and environmentalist Afroz Shah divides his time between the courtroom and separating mounds of plastic. Shah, prominently known for …
9 Green Packaging Solutions for Reducing Plastic Waste Nanalyze
It’s time to dump plastics, as the oceans become more polluted with microplastics and other waste. Meet nine startups offering green packaging solutions.
Plastics: What’s Recyclable, What Becomes Trash — And Why NPR
Every year, the average American goes through more than 250 pounds of plastic waste, and much of that comes from packaging. So what do we do with it all?