"Think Beyond Plastic" Competition Gains Sponsorship From Rolling Stone Magazine, Bonnaroo, One PacificCoast Bank, FSB (via PR Newswire) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Plastic Pollution Coalition announced today major sponsor support for Think Beyond Plastic, a competition for entrepreneurs with products, services, materials and/or infrastructure solutions...

“Think Beyond Plastic” Seeks Disruptive Solutions To Plastic Pollution Crisis (via PR Newswire) Innovation contest invites entrepreneurs to submit business plans for chance at $50k investment SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Plastic Pollution Coalition announced that it is accepting applications for Think Beyond Plastic, a contest for entrepreneurs working...

Standing on the steps of the Mayan Calvary Chapel in the Indigenous Municipality of Santo Tomas de Chichicastenango, Guatemala, I was listening to the words of Don Tomás Calvo Mateo, “We invite you to walk together, shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot, even barefoot, but always looking towards the sun, and always together.” Next to me stood the ambassador from The Netherlands; the Korean...

We are pleased to announce Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) support for Plastic Free Campuses! The agency has awarded funding to Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) and four other mission-driven organizations, all members of PPC—the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), As You Sow, the Clean Water Fund, and the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC)—to collaborate on a plan to expand the...

Our longtime supporter, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, assumed leadership of his great nation on Tuesday after the sudden death of President John Atta Mills. While we mourn the loss of a great leader and extend our sympathy to President Mills’ family, we are hopeful for Ghana’s future under President Mahama’s strong leadership. His forward-thinking approach...

Plasticity forum is a full one-day conference within Rio+20, designed to inspire, excite, and help move the world to follow the innovative leaders who use plastic in new ways, with new solutions, helping to reduce the impact that plastic has on our environment if full life-cycle options are not implemented. The forum showcased solutions to the issues of plastic waste in our environment, including...

Today we attended UNEP’s event titled “Marine Litter: Preventing Our Oceans From Becoming Dumps”. The event was organized by UNEP’s GPA, i.e. “Global Programme for Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from land-Based Activities“. The key speakers were Jane Lubchenko – replaced by an senior official in NOAA; Doug Woodring – Co-founder...

Today at Rio+20 is Oceans Day. The discussions are organized by Global Oceans Forum; GEF, SOA, China, World Bank, World Oceans Network and many other groups. Oceans are highlighted as one of the United Nation’s seven focal areas. The event opened with a reflection on the accomplishments in the past twenty years, as well as a discussion on how to mobilize political will, people and resources to...

Writing from Rio, Dianna Cohen and Daniella Russo. Upon arrival at Rio airport, we are greeted by a massive installation of bromeliads made of plastic, spoons and bottles! Is that a special treat for us? Rio is every bit as colorful as we imagined, and all delegates for the conference are treated with great attention and care. For which we are deeply grateful after an almost 15-hr journey. Our first...

Plastic Pollution Coalition is very pleased to welcome Dr. Edison de Mello and his team at the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine as our newest Coalition members. The Center’s founder Edison de Mello, MD, PhD is a board certified Family Physician by the American Board of Family Medicine and a licensed psychotherapist by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  His strong commitment to...