On the Eve of Plastics Treaty Talks, a Youth Advocate From Ghana Speaks Out: ‘We Need Urgent Action’ United Nations delegates gathering for a second negotiating session stake out their positions as environmental groups, businesses and scientists seek to influence the outcome of plastic treaty talks. By James Bruggers
UN Agency Provides Path to 80 Percent Reduction in Plastic Waste. Recycling Alone Won’t Cut It By James Bruggers
Environmentalists Want the FTC Green Guides to Slam the Door on the ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic Waste 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
How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says By James Bruggers
Encina Chemical Recycling Plant in Pennsylvania Faces Setback: One of its Buildings Is Too Tall By James Bruggers
Once Hailed as a Solution to the Global Plastics Scourge, PureCycle May Be Teetering By James Bruggers
Biden Administration’s Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’ By James Bruggers
Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics By James Bruggers
‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds By James Bruggers
Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics By James Bruggers
Is ‘Chemical Recycling’ a Solution to the Global Scourge of Plastic Waste or an Environmentally Dirty Ruse to Keep Production High? By James Bruggers
A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will ‘Just Run and Run’ Producing the Raw Materials for Single-Use Plastics By James Bruggers
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back By James Bruggers
An Environmental Group Challenges a Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pennsylvania By James Bruggers