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.
The Daily Barometer | Posted 04.09.2012
The proper way to mitigate this environmental intrusion and reduce the use of plastic in society is an absolute ban on plastic bags, with a pass-through fee for paper bags.
Robyn N. Cohen | Posted 03.12.2012
Have you ever wondered how much plastic is disposed of in one day? The people at the Plastic Pollution Coalition want us to change the ways we think about, use, consume, and dispose of plastics.
Rahilla Zafar | Posted 01.17.2012
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | James Gerken | Posted 11.16.2011
Did "American Idol" producers cave under pressure from a corporate sponsor? After helping to make a public service announcement that encourages the...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 12.01.2011
Self-examination can be challenging and scary. But the rewards to true awareness of our own excesses can be the path to a much better life.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 10.26.2011
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...
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 10.24.2011
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.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.30.2011
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?
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2011
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.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive area of plastic waste fragments collected by the swirling natural currents of the Pacific, is a real eye-op...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
Many of us limit our intake of tuna and swordfish due to high chemical levels in those fish, and research shows disposable plastic waste may be a potent source of this contamination.
Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
Surely you are already aware of the dreadful reality of plastic debris poisoning our oceans, toxifying our precious environment and causing serious harm to our delicate minds and bodies.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
The old 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle don't begin to deal with the problem of synthetic pollution made from petrochemicals that has steadily increased since its introduction in the late 1950's.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
Why is it that the average American hasn't yet come to associate single-use plastic bags with the terrible environmental and economic toll these bags exact?
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
The author of the Single-Use Bag Reduction Act delivered a blistering expose of the false figures being used by the plastics industry trade association, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), to oppose her bill.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
If The Single-Use Bag Reduction Act passed, California would be the first state in America to prohibit single-use plastic bags in grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies.
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011
Both oil spills and plastic pollution kill ocean wildlife in obvious, quick ways and slow, insidious ways.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
Perhaps Sparkletts is promoting an alliance with a cancer charity as a PR strategy to distract consumers from Sparkletts' more significant association with their bottles, which are made with a known carcinogen -- BPA.
Jessie Alvarez | Posted 05.22.2012