Greenpeace Compares Grocery Chains On Plastics, Q&A With EarthTalk

December 6, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Greenpeace compares 20 U.S. grocery chains by their commitments and actions to reduce single-use plastics in its “Shopping for Plastic 2019” report. Each chain gets a failing score.

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How Microplastics Affect Your Health

November 18, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

51 Trillion particles of microplastics float in our oceans. Yet there is very little science of how this affects our health. This video shows why we should gain back control over plastic in our lives.

Journalist Sharon Lerner: “How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World”

September 30, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Democracy Now! speaks to journalist Sharon Lerner about how corporations in the United States are refusing to turn to more sustainable materials, with most of the country’s plastic waste ending up in landfills or scattered around the world. According to her investigation, in 2015, the United States only recycled 9% of its plastic waste, and since then, that figure has dropped even lower. Lerner is a health and environment reporter at The Intercept and a reporting fellow at Type Investigations. Her series “The Teflon Toxin” was a finalist for a National Magazine Award.