Plastics
During Mardi Gras, Tons of Fun Comes With Tons of Toxic Beads
By Lee Hedgepeth
Diet for a Sick Planet: Studies Find More Plastic in Our Food and Bottled Water
By James Bruggers
A Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast
By James Bruggers
From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.
By Kiley Bense
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flock to Plastics Treaty Talks as Scientists, Environmentalists Seek Conflict of Interest Policies
By James Bruggers
Inside Pennsylvania’s Monitoring of the Shell Petrochemical Complex
By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is Called a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
By James Bruggers
Experts Study Using Waste Plastic in Roads and More, but Find the Practice Isn’t Ready for Prime Time
By James Bruggers
Q&A: The Truth About Those Plastic Recycling Labels
Q&A: What to Do About Pollution From a Vast New Shell Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania
The ‘Sisyphus of Trash’ Struggles to Clean Relentless Waves of Plastic From a New York Island’s Beaches
By Devin Speak
Inside Indiana’s ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Plant: Dangerous Vapors, Oil Spills and Life-Threatening Fires
By James Bruggers
On the Eve of Plastics Treaty Talks, a Youth Advocate From Ghana Speaks Out: ‘We Need Urgent Action’
By James Bruggers
Where There’s Plastic, There’s Fire. Indiana Blaze Highlights Concerns Over Expanding Plastic Recycling
By James Bruggers
Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into the Susquehanna River, Polluting a Vital Drinking Water Source
By James Bruggers
From Gas Wells to Rubber Ducks to Incineration, the Plastics Lifecycle Causes ‘Horrific Harm’ to the Planet and People, Report Shows
By James Bruggers
