Tag: plastic pollution

Join us in saying no to the single-use plastic straw and encourage those around you to do the same! 

"Plastic is a design failure and there is no circular economy that can fix this."

Adidas will start using recycled polyester in its spring and summer 2019 sportswear line in which the products will contain 41 percent of the recycled material.

Plastics ushered in an era of incredible convenience and are largely responsible for our modern era of mass consumerism.

“It just goes to show the power of radical collaboration and the energy around this crisis.”

Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.

The fracking boom is flooding the world with Ziploc bags, ketchup packets, and single-use spoons.

Major brands such as SeaWorld Parks, American Express, Royal Caribbean, IKEA, A&W Canada and Burger King U.K. have all announced their effort to eliminate items like plastic drinking straws, stirrers, lids and bags.

"It is the duty of each one of us, to ensure that the quest for material prosperity does not compromise our environment."

We have five questions for teenagers Carter and Olivia Ries, founders of One More Generation and the One Less Straw campaign.