From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every 45 seconds, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic waste is dumped into our oceans. Single-use plastics, used for only a few minutes and then tossed, are polluting our oceans, rivers and lands. A huge portion of … Continued
From the Endangered Species Coalition (https://www.endangered.org/): On World Oceans Day in June of this year, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued an order to phase out single-use plastics across the entire Department of the Interior over a 10-year period–including National Parks. … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): When you think about General Mills, you probably think about your favorite cereal. Getting ready to pour out the perfect ratio of cereal to milk, you lift the cardboard tab and tear open the plastic bag standing … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Plastic pollution is endangering wildlife and the environment around the world. Less than 10% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled — the rest will stick around for centuries in our landfills, oceans, waterways and other … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): You try your best, but single-use plastics are nearly impossible to avoid — encasing everything from grocery store bananas to online deliveries, and ultimately polluting our oceans and threatening wildlife. And yet our country is producing more … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The entire life cycle of plastic is toxic. Plastic is made from oil and gas. Plastic products can choke or even kill our wildlife. Plastic pollution dirties our waters and parks. But things could get even worse: Right … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/18/just-20-companies-produce-over-half-all-single-use-plastic-waste-report Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Common Dreams “Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and ‘enlightened’ capital markets; it will require immense political will.” By Jenna McGuire, … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): National Skip the Straw Day was February 22. At PennEnvironment, we’re celebrating with a pledge to say “no” to single-use plastic products we don’t need, starting with the humble plastic drinking straw. Every individual straw may be … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/05/planet-chokes-plastic-waste-un-report-offers-roadmap-tackle-global-crisis Published on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 by Common Dreams The analysis comes amid warnings that plastic pollution has become “one of our planet’s greatest environmental challenges.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Plastic waste fills a beach on … Continued
From the Earth Day Network (https://www.earthday.org/): Plastic objects that we use once and discard, or single-use plastics, have become a problem of global proportion: As of 2010, 3.5 million tons of solid waste were generated per day and will rise … Continued