Oct 2023 - Global plastic laws database available from PPC - https://www.globalplasticlaws.org/
March 2023 - EPA proposes national drinking water standard for 6 types of PFAS
Feb 2023 - E. Palestine (Ohio) train derailment with vinyl chloride spill
Jan 2023 - UK to ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery
December 2022 - NY State carpet recycling EPR law signed (and SynTurf too!)
July 2022 - India bans Single Use Plastic 😃 but not bags, which will be made thicker to promote reuse
Aug 2022 - PFAS in rainwater exceeds EPA health advisory levels
July 2022 - California signs EPR packaging bill, SB54, into law. Follows Maine, Oregon and Colorado.
June 2022 - EPA health advisory says there’s almost no safe level of PFAS; spends $1B for infrastructure
June 2022 - US Dept of Interior announces phase-out of Single-Use Plastics
April 2022 - California Attorney General Bonta issues subpoena to ExxonMobil
April 2022 - MPs found in human lungs 😫
March 2022 - Plastic polymers found in human blood 😫
Feb 10, 2022 - Coca Cola announces target for 25% reusables by 2025 👏🏽
Jan 18, 2022 - Gov Murphy (NJ) signs post-consumer recycled content bill into law
State of New York Expanded Polystyrene ban goes into effect Jan 1, 2022
Nov 15, 2021 - Terracycle settles with Last Beach Cleanup, lending credence to deceptive, #greenwashing practices.
TerraCycle Partners Including Coca-Cola, P&G to Change Recycling Labels After Settling Lawsuit
Oct 22, 2021 - 🧑🏻🏭"The New Coal"; Beyond Plastics finds that plastic will overtake coal emissions by 2030. The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change
Sept 22, 2021 - Baby poop 💩 found to contain 10x more microplastics (PET) than adults'. How is that possible? Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics | WIRED
May 18, 2021 - Minderoo Foundation reports that a mere 20 companies are responsible for the majority of the world's single-use plastic waste.
Feb 4, 2021 - Recommendations from 250 organizations distilled into 13 priorities for Congress Congressional Stimulus and Funding Bills: Recommendations to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Jan 23, 2021 - Judith Enck in the New Yorker, sharing the mic with Bill McKibben!
Dec 23, 2020 - Ocean microplastics move from water to air, furthering their reach. This test vessel captured ocean aerosols with high-mounted inlets.
Dec 10, 2020 - The Endocrine Society and IPEN report on how plastics affect human health by leaching endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) into humans and the environment.
Dec 8, 2020 - The Presidential Plastics Action Plan is released, with Beyond Plastics as a convening partner. 👂🏼 Listen to Judith Enck describe to NPR here
Dec 2, 2020 - The 2020 Brand Audit is out!
Global Brand Audit Report 2020 | Break Free From Plastic
🆕 Nov 25, 2020 - Imported Duke U / Nicholas Institute's 52 plastic Import Nov 25, 2020
The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment 2020 Progress Report
Hot Action Links for you doers out there
CO2 emissions projected to fall 4% due to coronavirus
Analysis: Coronavirus set to cause largest ever annual fall in CO2 emissions | Carbon Brief
Seventh Generation home cleaning line gets rid of plastic packaging
📣 Enrollment for Spring 2023 Beyond Plastics course -
Beyond Plastics | Bennington College
About the Beyond Plastics course - Bennington College Center for the Advancement of Public Action
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