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, @PlasticPollutes https://t.co/KI2FJQBVpk
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
“The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself.”—@enckj & @JanJDell for @TheAtlantic 💥 #PlasticPollutes https://t.co/VRXp4gXdBF
#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. 🌍 #PlasticPollutes https://t.co/E6mapCdI84
TAKE ACTION ✍️ If you live in the United States, make your voice heard by reaching out to your Congressional representatives and demanding comprehensive legislation to stop plastic pollution!
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#ToxicPlastics#PlasticPollutes#BreakFreeFromPlastic (4/4)
"Industries that have caused the global plastic crisis should not be permitted to regulate themselves. . .their agenda is only to make more plastic pollution.”—@JUSTECO@PlasticPollutes Co-Founder & Managing Director, in @Salon_Magazine#PlasticPollutes 💥 https://t.co/dZsysYjgyT
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