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The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ release Breaking the Plastic Wave study Source: Study confirms need for urgent transition to a circular economy for plastic

Reducing waste can drive innovation, cut cost, mitigate risk, and win new customers. Source: Why Plastic Waste Is a C-Suite Issue

With the world drowning in plastic, the need for recycling is more acute than ever. But the industry that handles all that waste is on the verge of collapse. Source: How virgin plastic sabotaged the recycling industry | Fortune

The Australian government and key businesses tackle waste at the National Plastics Summit. Source: Key Australian Businesses Commit to Reducing Plastic Waste

  Fossil fuel companies feel threatened by alternative energy—and they’re counting on plastic to save them. Source: Your Plastic Addiction Is Bankrolling Big Oil – Mother Jones

Despite being one of the most pervasive materials on the planet, plastic and its impact on human health is poorly understood. Human exposure to it grows with increasing plastic production and use. Research into the human health impacts of plastic to date have focused narrowly on specific moments in the plastic lifecycle, from wellhead to […]

Amidst growing concern about the impacts of plastic on the oceans, ecosystems, and human health, there’s another largely hidden dimension of the plastic crisis: plastic’s contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. This report examines each of these stages of the plastic lifecycle to identify the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, sources […]

We’re in business to save our home planet. Our Reason for Being Our Reason for Being Our Reason for Being Our Reason for Being Our Reason for Being At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is under threat of extinction. We aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imaginations—to do […]