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The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it

From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce waste

The Guardian - US · Sep 3

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025

Trump’s EPA to claim power-plant emissions ‘not significant’ – but study says otherwise

US power sector would be world’s sixth largest emitter of planet-heating greenhouse gas if it were a country, study finds

The Guardian - US · Jun 9, 2025

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Trump’s EPA to prioritize AI, lobbyists and staff cuts in ‘mission to traumatize’

New EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s pillars pledge to help auto industry and have no mention of the climate crisis

The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2025

Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics

Energy giant promised to turn 1m tonnes of plastic waste into oil each year, but now says goal is unfeasible

The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2024

Brickbat: It's Not Easy Being Cheesy

A leading environmentalist says one of the goals of New York's proposed Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act is to end individually wrapped single slices of cheese. "We have to do something about the plastic crisis," said Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator. "These…

Reason · May 7, 2024

Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans are creating an environmental concern

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

WEKU · Feb 12, 2024

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EPA begins formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

The Biden administration is initiating a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Chemical recycling a dangerous deception

Most U.S. chemical recycling facilities turn plastics into fuel to be burned

Salon · Nov 3, 2023

EPA weighs formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Controversial charge for shopping baskets leaves Walmart unimpressed shoppers fuming

Walmart previously stopped giving out single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register at stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado - but not all customers are impressed with the alternative

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2023

Industry: Advanced recycling is a solution to plastic crisis

The plastics industry says there is way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Industry: Advanced recycling is a solution to plastic crisis

The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve solution to the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the ocean, beaches and lands across the globe

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

These Environmentalists Want To Ban Single-Use Plastics Because Recycling Them 'Will Never Work'

And yet infinitely recyclable plastics are on the horizon.

Reason · May 31, 2022

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WEKU · May 27, 2022

We never got good at recycling plastic. Some states are trying a new approach

New York is the latest, and largest, state to consider charging product-makers to dispose of their packaging. But lawmakers are clashing over how much to involve industry in creating a new system.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 5, 2022

Only about 5% of plastic waste gets recycled in US, new report says

PHILADELPHIA — Only 5% to 6% of the 46 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the U.S. gets recycled, a big dip from the last estimate of nearly 9% just a few years ago, according to a new study by two environmental groups focused on creating awareness around…

Salon · May 4, 2022

CA investigates plastics campaign

The state's attorney general argues fossil fuel companies have long known recycling is a "myth"

Inverse · Mar 23, 2022

Scientists uncover the secrets of a plastic-destroying enzyme

Chemists unlock the secrets of a plastic-eating bacterium, hoping to harness them for good.

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