Resources

Orgs that work to raise awareness and to reduce plastic production & pollution:

Plastic Pollution Coalition

Beyond Plastics

Beyond Plastics NJ Affiliate (Instagram)

Just Zero

Plastic Free July

Break Free From Plastic

NJ NoPlastics

BYO | US Reduces

Plastic Free Lunch Day

Surfrider Foundation

Post-Landfill Action Network

Earth Island Institute

GAIA

Project TENDR (Targeting Environmental Neuro-Development Risks)

National Resources Defense Council

Habits of Waste

Bank Green

Ideas for Plastic Hacks galore:

BYOBottle

Upstream

ZeroWaste Home

Party Kit Network (borrow everything you need in one box!)

Life Without Plastic, including a Personal Plastic Audit

My Plastic-Free Life

Green America: Ways to Ditch Plastic from your Daily Life

Info about the Scope of our Plastic Problem &

about False Solutions:

The Story of Stuff

Our World in Data — Plastic Pollution

Minderoo Foundation

Bioplastics Debunked
(4-min YouTube video)

Demystifying Compostable and Biodegradable Plastics: Report, Video and Brochure with Checklist

“Advanced” / Chemical Recycling: A dangerous deception (Grist article)

Fixing Our Broken Recycling System
(35-min YouTube video + Q&A)

Emissions Unleased: The Climate Crisis and America’s Petrochemical Boom (August 2024, The Center for Environmental Law)