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  • 📚 Informational/ Educational

  • New ideas in less plastic produce packaging

  • Survey finds majority of consumers don't prioritise sustainable packaging

  • Bloomberg Article on Terracycle

  • NERC - Northeast Recycling Council - free webinars on material management

  • E-Hell on Earth: Where the West's Electronics Go to Die

  • Lauren Singer: Zero Waste Grocery Shopping

  • Consumer-Fraud Suits Against Retailers a Harbinger of New PFAS Class-Action Wave? - Washington Legal Foundation

  • Garbage Can Teach Us a Lot About Food Waste

  • Stories from companies which have successfully moved to reusables

  • Effectiveness of Plastic Regulation Around the World

  • Natural Resources Defense Council - Waste in our waterways

  • Clean Energy 101: All Plastics Aren’t Created Equal - RMI

  • Clean Energy 101: Reducing Climate Pollution from the Plastics Industry - RMI

  • Addressing Plastics’ Climate Risk - RMI

  • We Can Cut Petrochemical Use Today: Plastic Packaging - RMI

  • Tiny Forests - not plastic but an antidote

  • Plastic film recycling

  • Opting Out: Amazon shoppers would choose plastic-free packaging if they had a choice - Oceana

  • A comprehensive analysis of the human and ocean health impacts of ocean plastics

  • [‘Plasticosis’: the new disease killing seabirds and likely many other species](https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/plastic-consumption-is-killing-this-seabird-and-likely-other-species-too/#:~:text=Scientists have identified a new,of plastic in their stomachs.)

  • Trailer for a new documentary on the circular economy

  • A how-to on actions to take to reduce single-use packaging

  • Article looking at reuse vs. single-use packaging

  • Why compostables and bioplastics aren't the answer — Upstream

  • Brief article with facts about plastic worldwide

  • Graphic novel style article on the problems with bottled water

  • Excellent animated short about the problem with plastic: The Story of Plastic (animated short)

  • The true cost of take out coffee cups

  • Boston Globe Article on 'cheap' plastics by Judith Enk

  • Plastic in the Ocean is not the Fault of the Global South

  • [NYTImes - Big Oil and Plastics](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html#:~:text=Is in Trouble.-,Its Plan%3A Flood Africa With Plastic.,on imports of American trash.)

  • Columbia University study on plastic in bottled water

  • [The Guardian - Plastics Found in Human Blood for the First Time](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time#:~:text=Microplastic pollution has been detected,and may lodge in organs.)

  • Consumer Reports - How to Eat Less Plastic

  • The Guardian - Microplastics Found in Human placentas

  • The Nation - Toe Toxic Consequences of America's Plastics Boom

  • Recycling versus reuse: are they really so different?

  • Rocky Mountain Institute: We Can Cut Petrochemical Use Today: Plastic Packaging

  • Why standardized packaging is key to reducing plastic waste

  • The Fraud of Plastic Recycling - How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plastic waste crisis - Center for Climate Integrity

  • Graphic: A visual story of the Living and the Built

  • Plastic Pollution coalition - Webinar: Are We Becoming Plastic People?

  • Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

  • 🍽️ Edible serving ware

    • Packaging made of seaweed
    • Edible plates and cutlery in the USA
    • Edible plates in the USA
    • Edible table wear in Russia
    • Edible coffee cups in Europe
    • Edible tablewear in India
    • Edible plates in India

  • 🤝🏽 Local zero waste services and businesses

    • ECHO Systems - Reuseable Systems Designer for restaurants, event spaces, hospitality. Public Education, Third party warewashing, Single use community based plastic reduction
    • Circle Compost - subscription composting
    • Remark Glass - remakes discarded glass into new items
    • Bottle Underground - local glass recycling
    • Bennet Compost - subscription composting
    • Rabbit Recycling - subscription recycling
    • Perinnial Refull Hub - local refill shop
    • Ray's Reusables - local refill shop
    • Fabscrap - local fabric recycling/reuse

  • 🌐 Organizations focused on plastic

    • Plastic Free Restaurants
    • Rocky Mountain Institute
    • Plastic Free Future
    • The Plastic Pollution Coalition
    • The Ocean Cleanup
    • Upstream | A leading change agency for reuse
    • Ocean Conservancy
    • Plastic Pollution Coalition
    • Surfrider
    • Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
    • A Plastic Planet
    • Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty
    • ReThink Disposable
    • Rocky Mountain Institute
    • Center for Climate Integrity

  • 🗳️ Politics

  • 💄 DIY Recipes

  • 📦 Information on Packaging

  • 🛍 Plastic-free products and zero waste businesses

  • 🌐 Information for Businesses