“The Story of Plastic: How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage” is an August 23, 2019 National Geographic story. The NG story notes that “… The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a generation … Activists are zeroing in […]
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WHO Wants More Microplastics Research and Less Plastic Pollution
On August 22, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for more microplastics research and less plastic pollution. They also called “for a reduction in plastic pollution to benefit the environment and reduce human exposure”. A cited analysis states that “microplastics larger than 150 micrometres are not likely to be absorbed in the human body”. […]
$20 Million Grant for Sustainable Plastics Research goes to University of Minnesota
The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers has awarded a $20 million grant for sustainable plastics research. The Centers for Chemical Innovation continuation grant is being been awarded to the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. The grant promotes sustainable plastics research with an education component “to build awareness surrounding the impacts of plastics […]
Coca-Cola’s Dasani Taking Steps to Reduce Plastic Waste
Coca-Cola Company’s DASANI® Water Brand “Takes Steps to Reduce Plastic Waste Through Increased Use of Recycled Materials, Expanded Package Innovation”, according to a Coca-Cola news release on August 13, 2019. The news release notes that the innovations are in support of its “World Without Waste” goal “to make its bottles and cans with an average […]
FBEC 2020 Call for Presentations and Posters
The Food and Beverage Environmental Conference (FBEC) has issued a call for presentations and posters for FBEC2020. It is seeking requests for an oral presentation as well as proposals for a poster presentation during the upcoming conference in Palm Springs, California during April 5 – 8, 2020. FBEC 2020 will address environmental trends and innovations […]
Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation
Business Roundtable (BRT) releases “Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation to Promote ‘An Economy That Serves All Americans’” on August 19, 2019. This news release announces “a new “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” [which was] signed by 181 CEOs who commit to lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders […]
60 Minutes’s Cleaning Up the Plastic in the Ocean
60 Minutes Story, “Cleaning up the plastic in the ocean” ran on August 18, 2019. The story reminded viewers of the following (all quoted): Discarded plastic is piling up around the world and pooling in the ocean … [that plastic is a] miracle product. Cheap to produce and virtually indestructible … [and that cleaning up […]
Consumer Reports Addresses Microplastic
On August 13, 2019, Consumer Reports published “How to Eat Less Plastic; Your food and water are contaminated with plastic. Here’s why it’s in the food system and how it could affect your health” According to the story “… Because research into microplastics is so new, there’s not yet enough data to say exactly how […]
Calfornia Recycler RePlanet Closes 284 Recycling Centers
Plastics in Packaging story “RePlanet closes 284 recycling centres across California” from August 13, 2019 reports that “… California’s largest chain of recycling centres, RePlanet, has ceased operations and closed all of its 284 recycling centres and processing facilities through out the US state. According to a statement on the company’s Facebook page, the centres […]
Start Tribune Claims that Latest Pollution Threat is Microplastics
“Great Lakes’ latest pollution threat is ‘microplastics’” is an August 12, 2019 Star Tribune story. It notes that the discovery of microplastic in lake water “… has prompted researchers at the University of Minnesota, Duluth to expand testing to other Minnesota lakes and the fish that inhabit them. The exact source of the microplastics remains […]