Plastic waste must be reduced…DUH…We keep saying this and it is important that get going on either one of two options: Reduce its production…or find a real use to make it circular…But that is not the entire answer…stay tuned. Read The Full Article Here: US must cut plastic production to save oceans, report says
As You Sow has reported a plastic pollution scorecard…and a full report that you can read. What is most surprising is the list of companies that have failing grades. Indeed, if this plastic pollution scorecard represented a test result by a teacher who wanted a bell curve, it would need quite a curve adjustment! Only […]
Chemical recycling of plastics has been discussed for some time. On one side of the argument is the premise that this form of recycling will allow us to reclaim all types of plastics and eliminate consumer confusion when it comes to recycling. This would allow all plastic to be placed in the recycling bins and […]
I don’t always agree with Jen Coffey…but on this point she is right. It is time to do away with plastic bags. The New Jersey Legislature has to do the right thing and move that ban forward. The plastic industry’s use of the pandemic as a means of stopping that legislation was reprehensible. As I […]
No, this is not about the Limbo….it is about the plastic’s industry trying to capitalize on peoples’ fear……The plastic bag ban is now facing pushback from the plastics industry through the use of claims that by not using such bags, we will spread disease……Really, how low can you go. I know that using fear is […]