A gigantic art installation downtown San Jose, Costa Rica raises awareness about the environmental damage caused by plastic pollution. The installation is called La Ola Plastica (‘The Plastic Wave”) and will be officially unveiled onTuesday 8th of May by the City Mayor, Mr. Johnny Araya, and Ms. Daniella Russo, our Executive Director. Preserve Planet, a local NGO and regional partner of Plastic...

We are very pleased to announce the recent addition of author and organizer Bill McKibben to our list of notable Coalition members. Bill is the founder of the grassroots climate change campaign 350.org, which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 189 countries since 2009. These rallies draw attention to issues related to climate change, including the use of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, and...

Want to lose weight, reduce your risk for heart disease and cancer, and ward off diabetes? Start by putting down that soda and skipping the canned soup during your next supermarket visit. These products and health concerns might seem like they have nothing in common, but they’re all united by a single chemical compound that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shamefully failed to ban from food...

Plastic Pollution Coalition joins Breast Cancer Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Working Group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and many other organizations in a call on FDA to ban BPA.  The move is supported by Martha Stewart, Jeff Bridges, Bonnie Raitt, Rosanna Arquette, Hillary Swank, Fran Drescher, Ed Begley, Jr., Mario Batali, Jackson Browne and many other notable...

Plastic Pollution Coalition welcomes the publication of Marine Debris as a Global Environmental Problem: Introducing a solutions-based framework focused on plastic. This report is significant for three main reasons: It is clearly focused on plastic as the both the main component and the main problem of what has been euphemistically referred to in previous documents as “marine debris.” It...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a report on packaging recovery, entitled “Dialogue on Sustainable Financing of Recycling: Dialogue Report on Consumer Packaging“. The report is grossly misguided, as it is focused entirely on recycling – the final “R” in the order of preference for sustainability. It is imperative that groups supporting sustainable...

Conservation International (CI) has joined Plastic Pollution Coalition. CI works to ensure a healthy and productive planet for us all, and, together, our goals resonate.  We welcome CI to the coalition, and view it as a testament to the growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution.  For years now, the public has watched the plight of the albatross birds in the Midway Atoll, dying of...

1. Make Your Own Wrapping Paper Most mass-produced wrapping paper you find in stores is not recyclable and ends up in a landfill. Instead, get creative with non-plastic gift wrapping. Wrap presents with old maps, the comics section of a newspaper, or children’s artwork.  You can also use a scarf, an attractive dish towel, a bandanna, or some other useful cloth item, and forgo the plastic tape...

We are truly pleased to share with you Oceanus, a book by the PPC member and supporter, Mara Kerr. An enchanting story of  ocean wisdom and magic, Oceanus show humanity the infinite healing power of love. Mara Kerr’s message is simple: The time for you to soar is now, a promise must be made to the next generation, that there will always be air to breathe and a gorgeous ocean to admire. Oceanus,...

The Plastic Pollution Coalition team has put together a fun list of suggestions to help reduce your family’s plastic footprint this Thanksgiving. Did you know that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans generate 25 percent more waste per week than during the rest of the year? This creates an additional 1.2 million tons per week, or an extra 6 million tons, for the holiday season! Join...