Plastic pellets on trains: a disaster waiting to happen
All of the largest North American freight train companies (by revenue) have spilled plastic pellets into the environment.
Beyond plastic
To spare birds, fish and other wildlife from the harm caused by plastic pollution, we’re raising our voices for a world with less single-use plastic products.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, or the headlines about whales washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic. With so much plastic pollution floating in the ocean, it’s too easy for wildlife to mistake it for food — and too often, they pay the price with their lives. The good news is that more people, communities, states and companies are moving away from the single-use plastics we don’t even need. Because after all, nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years.
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For healthier, greener school lunches we should cut plastic waste
Before the school year starts, go on a ‘nurdle hunt’
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Recyclable content in packaging, yes; chemical recycling, no
White House releases new strategy to tackle plastic pollution
Making a difference at the South Platte River cleanup
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Trash in America
10 steps Whole Foods can immediately take to reduce single-use plastic
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Where is plastic produced?
Did You Know?
Scientists have found plastic fragments in 44% of all seabird species, 43% of all marine mammal species and 100% of sea turtle species.
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Why Congress needs to protect our waters from plastic pellet pollution
A panel of experts explained the damage plastic pellets are having on our environment and how they are fighting back.
How to find nurdles in your local waterway
You can help build support for reducing plastic pellet pollution by hosting a nurdle clean-up or count. Here's everything you need to know.
Ditch plastic packaging: Shop at your local refillery
A wave of new retail businesses are eliminating single-use plastic packaging entirely, showing us what a future with dramatically less plastic could look like.
Statement: Colorado green-lights huge expansion of recycling system, reduction in waste
New ‘producer responsibility’ program to keep hundreds of thousands of tons of valuable materials out of landfill
Lobby day secures bipartisan support for the Plastic Pellet Free Water Act
We spoke up in Washington, D.C. for microplastic free waters.