'You Can't Recycle Your Way Out': California's Plastic Problem and What We Can Do About It | KQED Every year 4.5 million tons of plastic end up in California landfills because the amount produced and used far outstrips our ability to recycle it.

'You Can't Recycle Your Way Out': California's Plastic Problem and What We Can Do About It

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The Plastics Crisis, The Myth of Plastic Recycling and Bioplastics, And Some Solutions to Plastic Pollution — Information is Beautiful One great big infographic

"Sachets are the devil"
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2024 overview of the world's plastics problem. What we do with them and how they can be better managed.
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based

„They [Aramco] label #plastic as “circular” and climate-friendly, although in practice it remains almost entirely fossil-based, exacerbating #globalwarming and the #PlasticCrisis.“
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Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution Branded plastic pollution is caused primarily by the largest producers of single-use and short-lived plastics.

The problem is that consumers often don't have a choice, since the #PlasticCrisis is not demand-driven- as often argued-, but supply-driven as shown by this study. So we need to regulate (globally) to produce less.
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Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways • Iowa Capital Dispatch Tiny plastic pellets that are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic products are polluting beaches and waterways around the country.

Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways

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Support the REUSE Act The global plastics problem is complex. But what we DO know is that we need to both reuse what we have AND make fewer plastics. 🔁🫙📉 We need bold solutions to protect our ocean, and a bipartisan bill...

🚨 Tell your representatives to vote YES on the REUSE Act. 👇🏼

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New blog post. A mass balance shows that 11-13 million tonnes of plastic escape into the environment every year in the EU. This is not just a leakage—it’s systemic.
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Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food, Hurting Human Health, Environment Watch Part 2 of our interview with former EPA regional administrator Judith Enck about her new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.

Plastic in everyday kitchen tools is leaching into our food, introducing microplastics and thousands of chemicals linked to heart disease, neuro risks, and environmental harm. This is a growing public health crisis.

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Nature Today | Mediterranean seabirds carry very high amounts of plastic in their stomachs A new international study, led by Wageningen Marine Research, shows that shearwaters in the Mediterranean ingest significantly more plastic than their counterparts in the Atlantic Ocean. The research,...

New research shows Mediterranean shearwaters carry up to 5× more plastic than Atlantic birds, revealing severe, hidden pollution and setting new mass-based thresholds for EU marine policy.

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Plastics recycling is in trouble Consumer product companies have walked back their plastics sustainability goals, and many recyclers are closing their doors

“ #PlasticsRecycling is in trouble” — @cenmag.bsky.social

#Recycling ♻️ #GreenChemistry #PlasticCrisis #Plastic

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A graphic showing a beach covered in spilled plastic nurdles. Overlaid text reads: “STRONGER RULES NEEDED ON NURDLES” and a quote asking what plans the UK Government has to tighten regulations on the transport and storage of nurdles in line with the EU, and what action they will take to reduce environmental and human health threats. A small circular photo of Natalie Bennett appears with the label “Natalie Bennett, Green Party Peer.” The Green Party logo is at the bottom.

Nurdles are polluting our beaches and harming wildlife — and the UK is still behind EU standards. We need stronger rules and proper enforcement now.

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Support the REUSE Act of 2025 Help curb the plastic pollution crisis. Reuse and refill infrastructure is a scalable, proven way to create a circular economy that benefits communities, human health, and the environment. Urge your ...

🚨 Urge your senators to cosponsor the REUSE Act of 2025. 👇

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People > Plastics It's time to put people and our planet above profits and pollution. Add your name and call on our elected leaders to pass the Plastic Health Research Act now.

🚨 Add your name and call on our elected leaders to pass the Plastic Health Research Act now. 👇🏼

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Massive shark found dead on beach had plastic in stomach A global threat to sharks is overfishing, but localized threats to their survival include habitat loss and pollution.

A 4-meter basking shark found dead on a Scottish beach had plastic in its stomach — another stark reminder of ocean pollution’s toll on marine life. 🌊🦈

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I just dug out this "degradeable" plastic bag from under 2-year-old compost. #plastic #plasticemergency #plasticcrisis

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Add your name: Coca-Cola should keep its promise to make reusable bottles Coca-Cola needs to focus on making bottles refillable or returnable, not rely on recycling.

🚨Add your name: Coca-Cola should keep its promise to make reusable bottles👇

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Tell Sysco: Reduce your use of plastic packaging As the largest food distribution company in America, Sysco could make a huge impact on the amount of plastic waste entering the world by reducing its use of plastic packaging.

🚨Tell Sysco: Reduce your use of plastic packaging👇

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A radical idea to fix plastics recycling — New Scientist A radical idea to standardise packaging across brands could make it far easier for us to recycle and reuse plastic, says Saabira Chaudhuri

“Sustainability over style” — @newscientist.com

#Plastic #PlasticCrisis #Recycle

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Tell General Mills CEO Jeffrey Harmening: General Mills needs to cut out the plastic Plastic is collecting in our environment and threatening our health.

Tell #GeneralMills CEO Jeffrey Harmening: General Mills needs to cut out the plastic

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Tell Whole Foods: Reduce single-use plastic packaging Together, we can take action to reduce Whole Foods' reliance on single-use plastic packaging.

🚨Tell Whole Foods: Reduce single-use plastic packaging👇

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One of the biggest cons in our modern world has to be convincing people to buy bottled water in single use plastic bottles when our tap water has never been cleaner #plasticcrisis

Tell your U.S. House representative: Support the Microplastic Safety Act We need more research into the harmful impacts of microplastic exposure.

🚨Tell your U.S. House representative: Support the Microplastic Safety Act 👇

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Tell Congress: Burning Plastic Is Not a Solution to the Plastics Crisis

🚨Tell Congress Burning #Plastic Is Not a Solution to the Plastics Crisis👇

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Scientists issue warning after making disturbing discovery inside mussels: 'Cocktail-effects' A recent report found that mussels are taking in microplastics, revealing a huge pollution problem on our dinner plates.

Disturbing discovery: mussels, nature’s ocean cleaners & climate allies, are absorbing nanoplastics, raising toxic “cocktail-effect” (creating greater harm than alone). One Spanish mussel farming site reports a catastrophic collapse.

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“If we do nothing, in 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the Ocean” — Plastic Odyssey Find out more and donate here: plasticodyssey.org

🫣 Every minute, 19 tons of #plastic waste are dumped into the ocean — the #PlasticCrisis is already here.

We’d like to recommend the excellent work being done by Plastic Odyssey — a 3-year expedition to some of the most polluted regions in the world... 1/2

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Sign the Petition Eliminate Excess Plastic Packaging in Seaweed Snacks in Your Grocery Store

Eliminate Excess Plastic Packaging in Seaweed Snacks in Your Grocery Store 👇🏼

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Curb the Plastic Pollution Crisis Every year, plastics make up the most common items collected by Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC) volunteers worldwide: cigarette butts, bottles, bottle caps, food wrappers, gro...

🚨Call on #Congress to phase out harmful, wasteful single-use plastic products. 👇🏼

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