Green Newton

Wednesday, June 5 at 5pm (ET). Online.

People often ask what really happens to their plastic recycling. Most plastic items are not actually “recycled.” Many people are now realizing that plastic is not designed to be recycled. What’s more, plastic recycling drives continued production and pollution of plastics and fossil fuels, and their related injustices.

So what should you do? Stop trying to “recycle” plastic altogether? We will discuss the realities and harmful impacts of plastic recycling, from recycling’s toxic transfer and magnification of plastic chemicals, to its links to waste colonialism and injustice, microplastic pollution, and much more. Instead of doubling down on a broken system, we need real plastic-free reuse, refill, repair, share, and regenerative solutions to solve plastic pollution.

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Panelists will include:

Davis Allen, Investigative Researcher at the Center for Climate Integrity

Jim Puckett, Executive Director of the Basel Action Network

Kristine Kubat, Executive Director of Recycle Hawaii

Aditi Varshneya, Network Development Manager at GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)

This webinar is sponsored by the Plastic Pollution Coalition.

RESOURCES

Check out these helpful resources:

• The Center for Climate Integrity
• GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
• Recycle Hawaii
• Basel Action Network
• The Fraud of Plastic Recycling
• BLOG: What Really Happens to Your Plastic Recycling
• BLOG: A Beautiful if Evil Strategy
• BLOG: Plastic Industry Greenwashing: Your Questions, Answered
• Webinar: Greenwashing: Debunking the Plastic Industry’s False Narrative
• All Talk and No Recycling: An Investigation of the U.S. “Chemical Recycling” Industry
• GAIA’s Zero Waste Masterplan
• A Tale of 5 Cities: Plastic Barriers to Zero Waste 
• Waste Colonialism and the Global Waste Trade
• Webinar: Conversatorio Colonialismo – Let’s Talk About U.S. Waste Colonialism in Mexico
• Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling