About Plastic

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (And Recycling)  National Geographic April 4, 2018 

7 Harmful Chemical Types in Plastic, Endocrine Society, IPEN, Dec. 2020

How Plastics are Poisoning Us, by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, June 26, 2023

Plastic Statistics

Plastic Recycling is a Dead-End Street – Year after Year, Plastic Recycling Declines Even as Plastic Waste Increases. GreenPeace Report, Oct 24, 2022

Our Planet is Choking on Plastic UN Environment Programme

Plastic Overshoot Day, July 28, 2023 Environmental Action, Lausanne, Switzerland 

Plastic Research

Plastics Monitoring Detection Remediation Recovery (PRIORITY), an European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action set up a research network to understand the real impacts of nano- and microplastics environmental pollution. 

Biodegradable Plastics Remain a Hidden Source of Harmful Microplastics, by Victoria Corless, Advanced Science, Aug 8, 2024 – summary of study published in May 15, 2024

Freedonia Report Finds New Jersey Single-Use Bag Ban Boosts Alternative Bag Production, Increases Plastic Consumption, and Drives Retailer Profit by Freedonia Custom Research, Jan 9, 2024

Compostable and Recycled Plastics Do Not Improve Environmental Chemical Safety Compared to Conventional Single-use Polyethylene, by R. Beiras, et al, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 996, Sept. 20, 2025. 

Plastic Law and Treaty 

Forever Toxic: The Science on Health Threats from Plastic Recycling, Greenpeace, May 2023

Plastic Global Law and Policy, Center for International Environmental Law, CIEL, last update: Aug 2023

Plastic Law Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, eLaw

Invisible Plastic: Why Banning Plastic Bags Will Not be Enough reporting on the Fourth Round of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution by Sarah Shamim, Al Jazeera, May 4, 2024

Plastic Bag Manufacturers settles recycling claim lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, October 17, 2025

Microplastics

Release of Synthetic Microplastic Plastic Fibres from Domestic Washing Machines: Effects of Fabric Type and Washing Conditions by Imogen E Napper, Richard C Thompson, Science Direct, Vol 112, Issues 1-2, Nov 15, 2016 

Microplastics Generated When Opening Plastic Packaging by Zahra Sobhani, Yongjia Lei, Youhong Tang, et al, Scientific Reports 10, 4841, March 19, 2020 

Wearing Polyester Clothes Sheds More MIcroplastic Fibers than Washing by Luana Steffen, Intelligent Living, June 18, 2020

The Effect of Storage Conditions and Washing on Microplastic Release from Food and Drink Containers, by Yet Yin Hee, Keith Weston, Suhaimi Suratman, Science Direct, Vol 32, June 2022

Environmental Laws and Regulations for Emerging Microplastics Concerns Series: Episode 1 – Fundamentals and Definitions, Carroll Muffett (President and CEO of Center for International Environmental Law CIEL), ABA/SEER PODCAST, Nov 2022

Environmental Laws and Regulations for Emerging Microplastics Concerns Series: Episode 2 – Presence of Microplastics in the Environment, Shannon Edmonds and Rachel Henke of Roux Associates, ABA/SEER PODCAST, Dec 2022

Microplastics in the Surgical Environment, by Daniel T. Field et al, Environment International, Vol 170, Dec 2022

High Levels of Microparticles Release from Biodegradable Polylactic Acid Paper Cups Compared to Polyethylene-Lined Cups, by Luming Yang, et al, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 468, July 15, 2023

Cotton

Organic Cotton vs. Regular Cotton The Wool Room, 30 April, 2020

Is Cotton Clothing Sustainable? Cariki, September 17, 2021

Cotton vs Polyester: Key Differences Between These Versatile Fabrics by Karen Lamar,  Organic Cotton Mart, September 15, 2023 

Cotton versus Polyester: Which is the Most Sustainable to Wear? by Julie Scherer, Stuff, June 21, 2023

PFAS

“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes and Home by Molly Ginty, Courtney Lindwall, NRDC, April 12, 2023 

PFAS, ConsumerNotice.org, by Mark C. Howell Jr, PhD, Medical and Health Science expert contributor, November 21, 2023