We need to shift our culture away from one that normalizes disposability, injustice, and pollution to one that celebrates and protects people & wildlife, and values sustainability and responsible stewardship of Earth. 💚 🌎️ #PlasticPollutes#BreakFreeFromPlastic
“We do, however, know that PVA has been found in human breast milk and in fish, which indicates that it does not simply vanish in wastewater treatment plants. It’s making its way into our bodies and our environment.”—Dianna Cohen, @PlasticPollutesow.ly/BrKY50OOtLN
Industry influence and presence at #INC2 negotiating sessions remains a major obstacle to crafting an effective #PlasticsTreaty. At INC-2, industry representatives hosted side events peddling false solutions, such as plastic credits. 📸 Visual Thinkery via @brkfreeplastic
Don’t try this at home. 💥 Activists demanded awareness to the plastic polluting Indonesia’s 68 rivers & our need for a strong 🌍 #PlasticsTreaty. 📷 ‘Human Wrapped in Plastic Garbage Theatrical Action’, @ecotonID, Prigi Arisandi #PlasticPollutes#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC3 is coming soon. This is our opportunity to secure a strong & ambitious Global #PlasticsTreaty. We’re working to ensure that key voices are heard at the sessions. Make a donation to support a plastic-free equitable world. 🌍 #PlasticPollutesow.ly/46UG50ONaMO
Brain is fired up from today’s ‘toxic tour’ of LA
🛢️ ☠️We saw neighborhoods adj to active oil fields & refineries,
🚢🔬Visited a research vessel & plastics lab of oceanographer @CapnMoore.
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🌊THANK YOU @PlasticPollutes & @HollywdHealth for organizing this important event
"Per person, U.S. residents generate an average of 82 pounds of textile waste every year, with 85 percent of it going to landfills or incinerators even though 95 percent can be reused."
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The origin of the infamous plastic bag was. . . an environmental initiative? 🌲 They were touted as a solution to deforestation and injected into society during a time when reuse was the standard. #PlasticPollutes
🎥 @samsara_eco