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Tag: Joseph Winters

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic – Grist

Oreos, a Mondelez company product, on store shelf (by Ted CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here’s how it works…

Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated – Grist Magazine

Philippines - Bacolod open dump site (courtesy of Global Environment Facility CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flicker).

The people who clean up the world’s trash say some companies’ statements of support are little more than lip service…

How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas – Grist Magazine

Pre-production plastic pellets are melted down and used in the manufacturing of the plastic products that we use everyday. These pellets enter the environment and are frequently found in areas of marine debris concentration (Courtesy of NOAA Marine Debris Program CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

A deep dive into the petrochemical industry’s proposals for the global plastics treaty….

A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking – Grist Magazine

Trollies of Coca-Cola products ready to be served to conference attendees (by COSCUP CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it…

Microplastics are in human testicles. It’s still not clear how they got there – Grist Magazine

Human exposure to microplastic and nanoplastic particles A (Courtesy of GRID-Arendal | Studio Atlantis CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

People eat, drink, and breathe in tiny pieces of plastics — but what they do inside the body is still unknown…

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

Mason jars (by pepperberryfarm CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via

The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.

Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones – Grist

A sampling of microplastics collected from a freshwater stream by Florida Sea Grant agent Maia McGuire on July 21st, 2017 (Courtesy of Florida Sea Grant, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via FLickr).

Researchers say the U.N.’s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t – Grist Magazine

Amazon Prime - New Packaging (by Mark Mathosian CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for “store drop-off” recycling showed many of them were buried or burned…

Under pressure from activist investors, big brands agree to report and reduce plastics use – Grist Magazine

Plastic Grip (by Michael Kowalczyk, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels…Globally, two garbage trucks’ worth of plastic enter the ocean every minute, and plastics and petrochemical companies are planning to make even more of the material over the coming decades…

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