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New York City Votes to “Skip the Stuff” In Take-Out Orders

January 23, 2023 admin Fossil Fuels, NEW YORK CITY, nrdc, NYC, Plastic, policy & politics

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:36:59 +0000

“Billions of pounds of plastic cover 40% of our ocean surfaces and we contribute to that,” said Council Member Erik Bottcher. “That’s why I’m so proud to be a prime cosponsor of the Skip the Stuff Legislation. Thanks to Chair Velázquez for sponsoring this bill and holding this important hearing. I’m also grateful to the amazing advocates and organizations like Reusable NYC who work on this issue every single day.”

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“California is Righting the Ship” With SB54, Leading U.S. Out of Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis

July 3, 2022 admin California, ocean conservancy, Plastic, plastics, policy & politics, Water

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:35:08 +0000

Ocean Conservancy scientists estimate that newly passed California law will eliminate 23 million tons of plastics in the next 10 years — equivalent to 26 times the weight of the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Should Plastic Pollution Producers Be Held Accountable?

June 20, 2022 admin Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Plastic, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:15:27 +0000

Can we legislate our way out of the plastic environmental catastrophe?

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Q&A With Bevi CEO Sean Grundy

May 20, 2022 admin bevi, Plastic, Water, water filters

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 21:15:18 +0000

Bevi is a company that is focused on reducing the number of plastic bottles consumers use when drinking water. It has two products aimed at helping with this. CEO Sean Grundy took the time to answer a few questions about Bevi, its mission, and its products for CleanTechnica. Q&A With Sean Grundy CleanTechnica: What inspired […]

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NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S.A.

May 4, 2022 admin Fossil Fuels, Oil, Plastic, plastic pollution, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 23:51:37 +0000

With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is the lost energy opportunity. In […]

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Big Food & Beverage Needs To Detox From Its Plastic Addiction!

April 27, 2022 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, FOOD, green economy, Plastic, Waste, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:00:16 +0000

Profits masked as safety concerns make plastic packaging rampant in the food and beverage industry. Unfortunately, there is no one-fits-all solution to sustainable packaging.

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Tofino cuts out plastic forks, knives in growing pollution prevention efforts

March 20, 2022 admin Business, climate change, climate crisis, environment, local business, local news, news, Plastic, tofino, tofino (british columbia)

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:56:42 +0000

Tofino council amended its bylaw last month to include a ban on single-use plastic cutlery and local businesses have until August to comply.

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Can The New Global Treaty End Plastic Pollution?

March 7, 2022 admin american chemistry council, climate change, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Plastic, plastics, pollution, trash, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:05:03 +0000

Can promoting sustainable design of products and materials so that they can be reused, remanufactured, or recycled and retained in the economy help to solve the global plastics problem? How is the plastics manufacturing industry responding to potential moratoriums?

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The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

March 3, 2022 admin climate change, environment, news, Paris Agreement, Plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, pollution, UN, United Nations, world climate, worldnews

Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT

About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.

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We’re Now Harvesting Crabs to Make Plastic

February 13, 2020 admin biodegradeable, Climate, Conservation, crab, green crab, Plastic, Tech News

Credit to Author: Madeleine Gregory| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:50:16 +0000

Invasive green crabs are a problem for conservationists, and now scientists in Canada will start receiving shipments of them to make biodegradable plastic cups and cutlery.