Beyond Plastics
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https://www.beyondplastics.org/ 07-01-2019 15:18:17
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📉 Data proves again #BANSWORK to stop plastic pollution What DOESN’T WORK: plastic recycling Plastic ♻️ creates massive microplastics discharged to waterways or applied to farm land in sewage biosolids Beyond Plastics Plastic Pollutes france24.com/en/live-news/2…
The second edition of our friend, Judith Weis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University book, "Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know" is out from Oxford Academic Check it out! global.oup.com/academic/produ… Judith Enck
We're proud to participate in EarthGives Day (coming soon on Oct. 1!) for the first time this year. Join our health policy director, Dr. Megan Wolff's Power Hour on 9/24 at 8 PM ET via Zoom to learn more about plastics' impact on our health and planet. Register:
THIS IS A MUST-READ! Big thanks to NRDC 🌎🏡 and Veena Singla for this helpful primer on the wildly misleading "mass balance" schemes for plastic recycling that are being aggressively pushed by the oil/gas/petrochem/plastics industry. nrdc.org/bio/renee-shar… Judith Enck Jenny Gitlitz
We LOVE this The Boston Globe story about this group of awesome retired women who clean trash out of ponds on the Cape. 🚽We really want to be friends with you Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage! bostonglobe.com/2024/08/12/met… PlasticFreeMass
Good piece from Matthew Campbell : Thailand Is Tired of the Noxious Fumes From Recycling Your Trash - The plastic industry says recycling is the solution to reducing waste. But in Thailand, where much of the world’s trash ends up, it’s created a new set of problems.