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How to stop consuming so much?
Guest blogger highlight Tammy Gan's consumer guide to consuming less stuff and being more human
The dirty truth about disposable foodware
Overbrook report details the economic costs to businesses and cities from disposable foodware.
Report Finds Plastics and Food Packaging Pose Global Health Threat, Nearly 200 Groups Call for Urgent Action
Nearly 200 environmental and public health organizations released an urgent Call to Action in response to a peer-reviewed consensus statement signed by 33 world-renowned scientists. It warns that chemicals used in food packaging pose numerous threats to human health.
Greenpeace recycling report: plastics recycling isn’t working, but this creates new opportunities for reduce and reuse
Plastics recycling isn’t working, but this creates new opportunities for reduce and reuse.
Aluminum cups at the Superbowl not so super
Stadium owners try out single-use aluminum cups instead of plastic, but are these any better for the environment?
The Break Free From Plastic Act 2020: A bill to sustain the States beyond single-use stuff
Redistributing the weight of plastic pollution from communities & consumers to corporations.
China’s ban on single-use plastics may signal a shift from single-use to reuse
Rolling back on throw-away culture with lasting solutions.
What you can do in your community
Ready to be a part of the solution? Join us in taking the trash out of food, from city to city and coast to coast.
Break Free From Plastic U.S. biggest victories of 2019!
Get inspired by Break Free From Plastic U.S. partners' biggest victories of 2019!