Circular Cities Panel: The Reusable City
"The Reusable City," Circular City Week - Mar 25, 2021
TFW Webinar Series #5 Reuse Models as Part of the Solution to the Plastic Pollution Crisis
"Reuse Models as Part of the Solution to Plastic Pollution," Environmental Protection Agency, Mar 11, 2021
Single-Use Plastic Is a Big Pandemic Problem. Environmentalists and Local Leaders Have a Plan
Takeout accoutrements are piling up in our homes, landfills, and on our coasts, but the #SkiptheStuff campaign is pushing for legislation to curb it
Some Grocery Stores Continue To Ban Reusable Bags, Despite Low Risk Of COVID-19 Spread
The pandemic has led to a lot of confusion about whether it's safe to bring reusable bags into grocery stores. While some stores allow them, others don’t. The science on how the virus spreads has evolved — and some question the need to continue reusable bag bans.
All my takeout has delivered a mountain of trash. So I asked experts how to minimize it.
Until March, I could count on one hand the number of times I ordered takeout or delivery this year. Food critics tend to eat away from home a lot — in my case, 10 or so meals a week, give or take a salad night off.
How Covid-19 is changing packaging
Experts are already of the opinion that the Covid-19 outbreak will change the way we do business. We may be seeing the signs already. A WhatPackaging? report
Reuse & Redesign: An Interview with Matt Prindiville
"Reuse & Redesign: An interview with UPSTREAM's Matt Prindiville," Conservation Law Foundation - Sep 20, 2020
What COVID-19 Means for Coastal Cleanups
Reports suggest that plastic pollution—made up of plastic bags and personal protective equipment—is proliferating because of COVID-19. Researchers hope planned coastal cleanups can help give insight into how widespread the problem is. Photo by Aleksej Sarifulin/Alamy Stock Photo
IntroductionCreating a Plastic Free Future: A Story of Plastic Virtual Film Screening & Panel Discussion
"Creating a Plastic-free Future," Ecology Center - July 30, 2020
Trading One Disaster For Another – We Can Do Better, and We Will
"We can do better, and we will," Women's Environmental Network - Jul 1, 2020
With single-use bag ban back, you’ll be paying for grocery sacks again
The law was temporarily suspended because of concerns reusable bags could spread the coronavirus.
COVID-19 Fallout: Tons of Trash
For Milli Martinez of North Hollywood, CA, recycling has been a way of life. For years, she has taken her own reusable bags to the grocery store. At retail stores, she would also decline their bags and use her own.
How Covid-19 Has Impacted the Environment
"COVID-19 and the Environment," LUSH Cosmetics - Jul 15, 2020
THE FUTURE: Solutions, Policy, & Resistance Around Plastic - Plastic Plague Pt 7 - Ep. 66
"The Future: Solutions, policy & resistance around plastic" (podcast), EcoJustice Radio - May 28, 2020
The Future is Durable: The plastic pollution problem & messaging solutions for a sustainable world
"The future is durable" (audio), Waterkeeper Alliance - May 6, 2020
Plastic bags were finally being banned. Then came the pandemic.
Single-use plastics are all over the front lines of the Covid-19 response.
Four environmental issues in the Pittsburgh region to keep your eyes on in the age of COVID-19
COVID-19 cost jobs, closed businesses and limited travel. But the economic ruin has also led to record low levels of pollution and huge reductions in climate change emissions globally.
How to Eat Less Plastic
Each of us might ingest up to a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly through food and water. Here, how to minimize exposure.
Coronavirus Could Change Our Relationship With Trash
The coronavirus caused Lauren Singer to do something she hasn’t done in eight years: she created waste.