CR-Sierra: Plastic Facts

PLASTIC FACTS

Environmental Justice

Take Action for Environmental Justice this Juneteenth (and Every Day), June 17, 2022, Plastic Pollution Coalition
NEGLECTED: Environmental Justice Impacts of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution, UN Environment Programme, April 7, 2021
The Deep Injustice of Plastic Pollution, Hillary Larson, November 4, 2021, Sierra Club
Why plastic pollution is an environmental justice issue, Katie Lin, April 23, 2019, Greenpeace

Climate

6 reasons to blame plastic pollution for climate change, Nina Tsydenova and Pawan Patil, November 9, 2021, World Bank blog
How Bad Are Plastics Really?, Rebecca Altman, January 3, 2022, The Atlantic
How Plastics Contribute to Climate Change, Brooke Bauman, August 20, 2019, Yale Climate Connections
Plastic waste and climate change - what's the connection? June 30, 2021, World Wildlife Fund Australia
Plastics and Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, Center for International Environmental Law
The Role of Plastics in the Climate Crisis, The Climate Reality Project, August 19, 2020

Chemicals in plastics damage babies' brains and must be banned, expert group says, Sandee LaMotte, February 20, 2021, CNN Investigates
Microplastics: A Threat for Male Fertility, Stefania D'Angelo and Rosaria Meccariello, March 1, 2021, International journal of environmental research and public health
Most Plastic Products Contain Potentially Toxic Chemicals, Study Reveals, Kevin Loria, October 2, 2019, Consumer Reports
Plastics and health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, Center for International Environmental Law
Q&A: How worried should we be about the impact of plastic on our health?, Taylor Kubota, June 7, 2022, World Economic Forum

Environmental Pollution

Environmental toll of plastics, Jessica A. Knoblauch, February 1, 2022, Environmental Health News
How Many Marine Animal Does Ocean Plastic Kill?, Owen Mulhern, November 21, 2021, Earth.org
Plastic Planet: How tiny plastic particles are polluting our soil, December 22, 2021, UN Environment Programme
Plastic Pollution Affects Sea Life Throughout the Ocean, Simon Reddy, September 24, 2018, Pew Charitable Trusts
The World's Plastic Pollution Crisis Explained, Laura Parker, June 7, 2019, National Geographic

More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution, Matt Wilkins, July 6, 2018, Scientific American
The Big Problem with Plastic, Kevin Loria, September 8, 2021, Consumer Reports
The Recycling Myth: Big oil's solution for plastic waste littered with failure, Joe Brock, Valerie Vocovici, John Geddie, July 28, 2021, Reuters Investigates
Why Plastic? a three-part documentary produced by the non-profit WHY FOUNDATION

Plastic and Food Production

Home gardening without plastic
Non-plastic silage wraps
Is biodegradable plastic mulch the solution? Henry Y. Sintim and Markus Flury, July 12, 2017, Environmental Science Technology,

Teaching about Plastics

Viroqua Plastic Free lesson plans
Lesson plans and activities from Plastic Free MKE
Curriculum, kits, and lessons from the University of Wisconsin Water LIbrary
Plastic Education Manual from Break Free From Plastic
Our plastic problem and how to solve it from PBS NewsHour

The following Assembly and Senate Bills have failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Styrofoam AB 344

Regulating use of auxiliary containers AB 342 and SB349:

PFAS SB361 and AB419

Actions until the next session starts in 2023:

Email, call, and talk to your legislators for commitments
Talk to committee chairs and ask to give it a meeting (most crucial and hardest).
Talk to legislators to move on the bill. Ask them: Why don’t you support this bill to reduce plastic pollution? What would it take/what would you need to know to get on board?