Q&A: Why are we drowning in single-use plastics, and what can we do about it?

Phys.org— Plastic is ubiquitous. It's in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest.

ABC7 New York—Planet vs. Plastics: Earth Day 2024 aims to raise awareness about health risks of plastics with goal to phase out single-use items. Monday is Earth Day and the official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics."

Center for Environmental Health—We Don’t Just Have a Plastics Problem; We Have a Single-Use Problem. In today’s fast-paced world, we are often eating on the go or rushing from one place to the next and it is no surprise to see how we’ve become dependent upon disposable products. It has been well-documented that single-use plastic food packaging–derived from petroleum and further worsening the ongoing climate crisis–can harm human health as […]

Phys.org—Q&A: Paper, plastics and penalties. How audits can improve curbside recycling. For decades, curbside recycling has been a fixture in U.S. neighborhoods as a way to empower ordinary citizens to protect their environment and reduce waste. It's a system, though, that relies on consumers to know what items are recyclable—and which ones can contaminate a delicate ecosystem.