Plastic

Plastic Pollution: How You Can Stop Our Environmental Menace

Jessie Alvarez | Posted 05.22.2012

Jessie Alvarez

I know that cutting back on all plastic is nearly impossible now, but by starting with these tips and pushing companies to explore other options instead of plastic, one day it won't be such a challenge.

Southeast Louisiana Turns to Greener, Grocery Bag Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.08.2012

Susan Buchanan

Unless they're recycled or sent to landfill, plastic bags slowly degrade outdoors, often reaching the ocean and interfering with life there. So how are local stores and shoppers dealing with grocery bags today?

The Chemical Marketplace: Revisiting BPA and PFOA

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.02.2012

Bill Chameides

The thing that has made bisphenol A so controversial is the fact that it is used in plastic containers and plastic bottles and the linings of tin cans. But lo and behold there has been some good news on that front.

Cooking With Scissors

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 04.24.2012

Maggie Van Ostrand

What do I take every time I go into the kitchen? A toolbelt, that's what. And that includes the most important household implement: Scissors.

Astoria Characters: The Fake Flowers

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.15.2012

Nancy Ruhling

I moved to Astoria on a February day, when the daffodils were in full bloom and the snow was on the red, red roses. I didn't need a green thumb to figure out what had been staring me in the face: These flowers were fakes.

'Green News Report' - February 9, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.10.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Santorum ...

In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 02.28.2012

Stiv J. Wilson

Plastic does not biodegrade in a meaningful timeframe. Thus, some portion of it accumulates in the environment. The more we produce, consume, and recycle, the more will come into the world and accumulate in landfills, on land, in rivers, and the sea.

WATCH: The History Of Glitter

Posted 12.27.2011

Etsy, the online marketplace for everything handmade has realeased an interesting short detailing the history of one of life's underrated joys: glitte...

'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

Major City Votes To Ban Plastic Bags

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 02.18.2012

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend a...

Catherine New

Charge! Hungry For Fees, Banks Aggressively Push Plastic

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.09.2011

As tighter federal regulations have been placed on debit cards, credit cards have come back with a vengeance. Banks have spent the past year pushing c...

Finding Fortune in Plastic

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 01.17.2012

Rahilla Zafar

Unlike air pollution which we can see and smell, most think plastic is harmless, or merely an aesthetic eyesore when seen on the ground or in the water, Woodring says, and is perceived of as less of a planetary problem by the public.

Tapping Into America's Garbage Power

Dr. Nickolas Themelis | Posted 01.14.2012

Dr. Nickolas Themelis

The United States needs to diversify its energy sources if we want to create a more sustainable and more competitive future. Energy recovery from waste should be part and parcel of the national energy strategy.

WATCH: Become A Sculpture At Pawel Althamer's New Show

VernissageTV | Posted 12.30.2011

VernissageTV

Those who visit the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin these days might be a little confused by the sign above the entrance. What is Almech? Well, this is ...

Move Over Joe Camel -- Plastics Lobby Targets Kids in Textbooks

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 10.26.2011

Lisa Kaas Boyle

What do cigarettes and single-use plastics have in common? Most cigarettes have a single-use plastic filter -- so smokers get a dose of petrochemical...

Grandma, What Was Styrofoam? An Environmental Victory in Salinas, California

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 10.24.2011

Wallace J Nichols

Some day, we will live in petroleum-free communities, free of plastic pollution. These are the first steps -- these small revolutions -- that are building towards that vision.

Plastic And The Great Recycling Swindle

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.30.2011

Lisa Kaas Boyle

Disposable plastics are the largest component of ocean pollution. Should we be risking life and limb for single-use bags and plastic bottles that can easily be replaced with sustainable alternatives?

Brief From Bonnaroo: Tennessee Trash

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2011

Lisa Kaas Boyle

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s in Tennessee can sing a bit of "Tennessee Trash," a comic and catchy PSA that was sponsored by the State Department of Transportation to discourage littering.

You May Not Be Into Plastic, But Plastic Is Way Into You

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.06.2011

Kerry Trueman

What makes Plastic: A Toxic Love Story such a compelling read, is her honest assessment of plastic's finer attributes, which largely get ignored in the debates over shopping bags and single-use water bottles.

Fine Art Surfboards. Made From Trash.

Peter Hanlon | Posted 06.06.2011

Peter Hanlon

Surfboards are usually made from a highly toxic combination of petrochemicals. This long-known dirty little surfing secret has inspired some enterprising members of the surfing industry to make more sustainable choices.

Don't 'Bag It': Get to the DC Environmental Film Festival

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

A. Siegel

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Tsunami, a Sea Turtle and Plastic Pollution

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Wallace J Nichols

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a place in the middle of the Pacific where bits and pieces of our lives wind up, entering the paths of sea turtles, albatross, and a wide array of ocean animals.

We Can Send a Man to the Moon, But Can't Invent a Green Credit Card!?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Schwab

Over six billion credit cards are produced each year worldwide. That is enough to make over 50 stacks of cards higher than Mt. Everest. Too bad these are not recyclable.

The Top 10 Things I Wish Didn't Involve Plastic

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Maria Rodale

Last week, to mark the end of the Rodale.com Plastic-Free Challenge, I shared some tips for reducing the amount of plastic in your life. I personally ...

Why Is There Never a Bird Around When You Need One?

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Rick Chillot, senior editor, Rodale.com Well, we're into the final week of our plastic-free challenge at Rodale.com. One thing that'...