Beyond Plastics

Does Plastic Impact Our Hearts? — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution Some microplastics are tiny enough to pass through the lungs or gut and enter the bloodstream, where they can travel throughout the body and accumulate around the heart. An 2024 study in the New…

It's Valentine's Day, and hearts are everywhere you look. Unfortunately, scientists are finding evidence that tiny pieces of plastics—called microplastics—may have significant impacts on heart health. Learn more from Beyond Plastics Director of Science, @trishavv.bluesky.social, Ph.D.

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Today's all about love, but you know what we don't love? Plastic pollution! Sign up for Judith Enck's upcoming virtual course through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social to learn how to move beyond plastic pollution! It meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:00PM to 9:00PM ET from February 18 to April 1.

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1716158/open_sms) In this episode, we’re joined by environmental policy expert Judith Enck, co-author of The Problem with Plastic… Season Three, Episode One: Judith Enck and The Problem with Plastic

"Judith unpacks how the plastics industry has known for decades that recycling doesn’t work, while spending millions convincing the public otherwise. We also explore the human and environmental costs of plastic production . . . But this isn’t just a story of harm. It’s a call to action."

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A Black History Month connection to a measure to reduce plastic waste and pollution A coalition of 300 civic groups says plastic pollution disproportionately affects people of color. They released a map showing waste facilities are mostly near disadvantaged communities.

"Black, Indigenous, and Brown folks in communities like mine all across #NewYork have to breathe and drink toxic pollution from incinerators and landfills. We are fighting for our lives,” said Brookhaven Landfill Action's Monique Fitzgerald.

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A Silent Killer Named Plastic / Judith Neck Judith Enck joins This Is Hell! to talk about the book that she recently co-authored of, "The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late”, published by The…

"No matter how careful you are when you go to the supermarket, it's virtually impossible to avoid plastic."

Listen to this interview with Judith Enck about her new book "The Problem with Plastic" from This is Hell!: thisishell.com/interviews/1...

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👉Join us and Dr. Manasa Mantravadi, founder and CEO of Ahimsa and Alison Cove, founder and CEO of USEFULL to learn how we can get toxic plastic out of student dining. The webinar will be moderated by Beyond Plastics Science Director, Trisha Vaidyanathan, PhD.

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Thank you for such a powerful quote, Lisa!

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Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Spring 2026 — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public from February 18 through April 1, 2026.

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Looking for a great way to spend your Wednesday nights? Sign up for Judith Enck's popular, seven-week online class via @benningtoncollege.bsky.social to learn about almost every aspect of plastic pollution and how YOU can be part of the solution.

Another GREAT letter to the editor from John in Ballston Spa. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing facts and observations about PRRIA!

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Albany's chief city auditor, Sam Fein urges the Legislature to pass the Packaging Reduction Act ASAP to save cities money while protecting the environment.

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Congratulations to the New Jersey plastics reduction coalition—including Clean Water Action, Beyond Plastics New Jersey, Surfrider Foundation, Environment New Jersey, and many other allies and advocates—on the successful passage of a statewide “Skip the Stuff” law in New Jersey!

14 Fantastic Plastic-Free Valentine’s Day Gifts — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution There are great ways to show your love for someone that do NOT include a mountain of polluting plastic. Get gift ideas and tips for an Earth-friendly Valentine’s Day.

Roses are red, violets are blue. Get rid of plastic, and try something new! Nothing says, “I love you” better than not burdening your sweetheart with more planet-polluting single-use plastic. Use our tips and ideas below to celebrate in a way that is sweet for you, your loved ones, and the planet.

Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air…

Plastic: present from the moment we’re born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet, and in the air we breathe. Hard as it is to imagine, it wasn’t always thus—and doesn’t have to remain this way, argues Judith Enck in her new book, "The Problem with Plastics."

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It's World Wetlands Day! Wetlands and human life are interconnected, with people drawing sustenance, inspiration, and resilience from these life-sustaining and sacred ecosystems.

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Garbage Wars 2.0: More false promises of economic development in West Virginia • West Virginia Watch You may have heard of the “garbage wars” of the late 1980s and early 1990s and think of them as the past, but they're still ongoing.

"Community organizing protected our mountains and waters from the impacts of mega-dumps over three decades ago, and it can do it again in the face of advanced recycling," says @westvirginiawatch.com.

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Ghost recycling: how Big Oil re-brands and sells fossil fuel as green plastic Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s top corporate greenhouse gas emitters, supplies fossil-based plastics to global brands that sell them as “recycled.” Loopholes in industry-backed rules let these…

“The industry and oil-producing countries push chemical recycling to preserve plastic growth and fossil profits,” Lee Bell, technical and policy adviser at the NGO International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), told @voxeurop.bsky.social.

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‘Skip the Stuff’ Law Aimed at Curbing Take-Out Restaurant Waste

Congratulations to the New Jersey plastics reduction coalition—including Clean Water Action, Beyond Plastics New Jersey, Surfrider Foundation, Environment New Jersey, and many other allies and advocates—on the successful passage of a statewide “Skip the Stuff” law in New Jersey!

Thank, you, Josie, for sharing your thoughts and concerns about plastic waste in Rockland County!

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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I’m a high school student concerned about the growing presence of litter, particularly plastic waste, in Rockland County. As a Keep Rockland Beautiful litter clean-up volunteer, I can…

"Several Rockland citizens, including Rockland youth, are advocating for the NY Assembly to pass The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464), or PRRIA, which would shift the burden of reducing plastic packaging waste from consumers to the companies."

Talk with Judith Enck at Market Block Books in Troy, NY — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution Join Judith Enck. president of Beyond Plastics at Market Block Books in Troy, NY on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM to learn more about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic”

🚨EVENT TOMORROW 🚨 Join "The Problem with Plastic" co-author Judith Enck for a free book talk at Market Block Books in Troy, NY, on Saturday, January 31 at 11:00AM to learn more about the plastic pollution crisis and the solutions outlined in this bold new book.

Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Spring 2026 — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public from February 18 through April 1, 2026.

There's still time to sign up to go beyond plastic pollution! Use the link below to sign up for Judith Enck's virtual course through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social and learn all the ways you can make change on the personal and systemic levels. Class starts on Feb. 17th, see you there!

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There's still time to sign up for our virtual webinar TOMORROW! Join Judith Enck, Melissa Valliant, and Adam Mahoney, co-authors of "The Problem with Plastic" via Zoom on Jan. 28 at 7:00PM to learn more about the plastic pollution crisis and the solutions outlined in their bold new book.