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Blueland CEO and cofounder Sarah Paiji Yoo
Success
The CEO of a Gwyneth Paltrow-backed startup ditched body wash, coffee to-go, and disposable diapers for over 2 years
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2025
Your clothes are shedding millions of microplastics that clog water supplies every time you do laundry. Here’s how to fix it
Environment
Your clothes are shedding millions of microplastics that clog water supplies every time you do laundry. Here’s how to fix it
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressApril 22, 2025
Microplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure
Health
Microplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure
By Ani FreedmanMarch 13, 2025
Woman with long red hair at kitchen sink filling up water bottle
Health
The truth about American drinking water: Report shows widespread presence of hazardous chemicals
By Beth GreenfieldFebruary 26, 2025
Plastic Pepsi bottles in a bundle
Retail
Coca-Cola and Pepsi, two of the world’s top plastic polluters, just got slapped with a lawsuit alleging exaggerated recycling claims and downplayed health effects
By Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressNovember 1, 2024
This combination of Monday, June 17, 2024, photos, shows top row from left, a plastic turkey, a container of tennis balls, a child's helmet; and bottom row from left, a toy football, a plastic squirt gun and a Crocs shoe, found by Russ Lewis after they washed up on Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Wash.
Environment
This is what happens when shipping containers fall overboard and burst open
By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering, Manuel Valdes and The Associated PressOctober 3, 2024
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods sits in a comfy chair in Qatar
Environment
California sues Exxon for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’ on plastics
By Will DanielSeptember 25, 2024
An ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility.
Politics
California sues ExxonMobil for ‘deceiving’ public on plastic
By The Associated PressSeptember 23, 2024
California Gov. Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
Environment
California Gov. Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
By The Associated PressSeptember 23, 2024
A woman sifts through a mountain of plastic waste
Environment
The amount of plastic waste produced each year could fill NYC’s Central Park and reach as high as the Empire State Building
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressSeptember 4, 2024
woman drinking from plastic water bottle
Health
Microplastics are everywhere, but here’s how to reduce your exposure
By Matthew Griffin and BloombergAugust 31, 2024
Natracare founder and CEO Susie Hewson.
Commentary
Toxic metals found in tampons have set off alarm bells—the kind I responded to 35 years ago when starting my company
By Susie HewsonAugust 15, 2024
Woman shops for avocados
Retail
British supermarket Tesco is laser-tattooing avocados to cut plastic pollution. Will it make any difference?
By Adam GaleMay 31, 2024
Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow
Commentary
Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow
By Bob MeersMay 15, 2024
After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty
Commentary
After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty
By Judith Enck and Pamela MillerApril 24, 2024
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