Plastic pollution

Blueland CEO and cofounder Sarah Paiji Yoo
Success

The CEO of a Gwyneth Paltrow-backed startup ditched body wash, coffee to-go, and disposable diapers for over 2 years

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June 21, 2025
Your clothes are shedding millions of microplastics that clog water supplies every time you do laundry. Here’s how to fix it
Environment

Your clothes are shedding millions of microplastics that clog water supplies every time you do laundry. Here’s how to fix it

By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
April 22, 2025
Microplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure
Health

Microplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure

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March 13, 2025
Woman with long red hair at kitchen sink filling up water bottle
Health

The truth about American drinking water: Report shows widespread presence of hazardous chemicals

By
February 26, 2025
Plastic Pepsi bottles in a bundle
Retail

Coca-Cola and Pepsi, two of the world’s top plastic polluters, just got slapped with a lawsuit alleging exaggerated recycling claims and downplayed health effects

By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
November 1, 2024
This combination of Monday, June 17, 2024, photos, shows top row from left, a plastic turkey, a container of tennis balls, a child's helmet; and bottom row from left, a toy football, a plastic squirt gun and a Crocs shoe, found by Russ Lewis after they washed up on Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Wash.
Environment

This is what happens when shipping containers fall overboard and burst open

By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering, Manuel Valdes and The Associated Press
October 3, 2024
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods sits in a comfy chair in Qatar
Environment

California sues Exxon for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’ on plastics

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September 25, 2024
An ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility.
Politics

California sues ExxonMobil for ‘deceiving’ public on plastic

By
September 23, 2024
California Gov. Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
Environment

California Gov. Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

By
September 23, 2024
A woman sifts through a mountain of plastic waste
Environment

The amount of plastic waste produced each year could fill NYC’s Central Park and reach as high as the Empire State Building

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
September 4, 2024
woman drinking from plastic water bottle
Health

Microplastics are everywhere, but here’s how to reduce your exposure

By Matthew Griffin and Bloomberg
August 31, 2024
Natracare founder and CEO Susie Hewson.
Commentary

Toxic metals found in tampons have set off alarm bells—the kind I responded to 35 years ago when starting my company

By
August 15, 2024
Woman shops for avocados
Retail

British supermarket Tesco is laser-tattooing avocados to cut plastic pollution. Will it make any difference?

By
May 31, 2024
Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow
Commentary

Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow

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May 15, 2024
After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty
Commentary

After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty

By Judith Enck and Pamela Miller
April 24, 2024

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