RESOURCES
About Plastic
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (And Recycling) National Geographic April 4, 2018
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.
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
Plastic Law
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
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
Effects on Human Health
Plastic in Medications Could Make You Sick, by Leah Zarbe, Prevention, Jan 19, 2012
Environmental Laws and Regulations for Emerging Microplastics Concerns Series: Episode 5 – Health Risks and Current Human Health Ecotoxicology, Dr. Scott Coffin & Catherine Boston, ABA/SEER PODCAST, Jan 2023
The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health, by Philip J. Landrigan and 47 more authors, Annals of Global Health, March 21, 2023
Forever Toxic: The Science on Health Threats from Plastic Recycling. Greenpeace, May 2023
Potential Health Impact of Microplastics: A Review of Environmental Distribution, Human Exposure, and Toxic Effects
by Yue Li Le, Qiong Wang, FengBang Wang, Gang Li, and Maoyong Song, ACS Publications, Aug 10, 2023
How to Reduce Exposure to Plastic in Food Everywhere, by Lauren F Friedman, Consumer Reports, Jan 4, 2024
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food, by Lauren F Friedman Consumer Reports, Jan 4, 2024
Foods We Eat are Covered in Plastics That May Be Causing a Rise in Premature Babies by Sandee LaMotte, CNN, Feb 6, 2024
Which Foods Have the Most Plastics? You May be Surprised by Sandee LaMotte, CNN, April 22, 2024
Plastics and Your Health, a Webinar with Dr. Philip Landrigan, moderated by Judith Enck, May 2, 2024
‘Very Concerning’: Microplastics can accumulate in cancer cells and may help them spread, study hints by Sneha Khedkar, Live Science, March 21, 2024
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, 2023Shannon Emonds and Rachel Hinke of Rouxa