Today, we understand plastic pollution as a crisis with deep, intersecting impacts. As a result, concerns continue to rise. And people desperately want to see bold action that addresses this worsening crisis.
10 principles of a successful producer responsibility for packaging law Read More
Bottle Bills are the best recycling programs for beverage containers. In fact, states with Bottle Bill programs collect and recycle beverage containers at far higher rates than states without these programs. If we are going to push for any recycling program, it needs to be this one.
What is a bottle bill? Read More
Environmental justice communities constantly face corporate polluters who push their way into spaces that aren’t their own. Their agenda? To make a profit burying or burning trash. And the only way corporations can do that is by building waste facilities in communities with little money, little power, and low English-speaking proficiency. The fact is, you will never find a proposal for a large landfill or an incinerator in a wealthy, white community.
Environmental justice communities are not responsible for our waste crisis Read More
Most plastic was never designed to be recyclable, and it will never be recycled. We can’t keep trying to manage plastic waste. We need to look for solutions that hold polluters accountable and shut off the plastic production pipeline.
The plastic pollution problem – we can’t recycle our way out Read More
Deceptively named false solutions like “advanced recycling” are nothing more than a magic act. Fossil fuel giants pretend that they’ve made single-use plastics “sustainable.” In reality, “advanced recycling” is just a different way to burn plastic.
What is “advanced recycling?” Read More
