What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging? – Grist Magazine

The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.
Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet? – the New York Times

Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach…
Sweltering Lagos Has 25 Million People and Zero Free Public Beaches – Bloomberg

Nigeria’s commercial capital boasts miles of white sand along the Atlantic Ocean that once teemed with locals looking to beat the heat. So what happened?
Add sand, lose sand, repeat. The climate conundrum for beaches – E&E News

Rebuilding beaches after hurricanes is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars more than expected as the Army Corps of Engineers pumps mountains of sand onto storm-obliterated shorelines…