The Plastic Plot - Schooled Again?

Sources:

Plastic Waste and Pollution

• https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution

• https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/

• https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/3/7/e1700782.full.pdf

Global Recycling and China’s National Sword Program

• https://www.ft.com/content/360e2524-d71a-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/

• https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/

• https://www.ft.com/content/360e2524-d71a-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

• https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2007/06/09/the-truth-about-recycling

• https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2019/10/18/10431546/india-plugs-loopholes-in-import-ban-of-plastic-scraps

• https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2020/10/canada-one-step-closer-to-zero-plastic-waste-by-2030.html

• https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-08/documents/ee-0487-01.pdf

• https://time.com/4568234/history-origins-recycling/

• https://www.cmconsultinginc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WPW2016-FINAL-with-cover.pdf

• https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-bans-around-the-world/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/map-shows-the-complicated-landscape-of-plastic-bans/

American Chemistry Council 

• https://www.americanchemistry.com/About/

• https://www.americanchemistry.com/Membership/MemberCompanies/#Affiliate%20Members

• https://www.desmog.com/agribusiness-database-american-chemistry-council/

• https://www.desmog.com/american-chemistry-council/

Keep America Beautiful 

• https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Keep_America_Beautiful

• https://kab.org/about/partners/

• https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2017/11/09/crying-indian-ad-fooled-environmental-movement/ideas/essay/

Plastic Bags and Bag Bans 

• https://www.governing.com/archive/tns-plastic-bag-ban-texas-supreme-court.html

• https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/green-living/plastic-bag-ban-what-states

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/map-shows-the-complicated-landscape-of-plastic-bans/

• https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/investigations/readers-watchdog/2017/04/10/alec-plastic-bag-ban-iowa/100189578/

• https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/legal-limits-single-use-plastics-and-microplastics

• https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-bans-around-the-world/

Industry on plastic bags: 

• https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/ACC-SPI-Align-and-Expand-Efforts-to-Defend-Plastic-Bags-and-Increase-Plastic-Film-Recycling.html

• https://www.alec.org/article/bad-container-policies-across-the-country-make-takeout-shopping-more-expensive/

• https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/01/13/plastic-bags-have-lobbyists-and-theyre-still-winning-1248888

Plastic Industry Lobbying 

• https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/alphabetical-list?type=s

• https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000000365 

• https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?cycle=2020&id=E01

• https://www.uschamber.com/about/about-the-us-chamber-of-commerce

• https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/us-chamber-of-commerce/summary?id=D000019798

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/01/kenya-plastic-oil-industry-lobbies-us

• https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/01/13/plastic-bags-have-lobbyists-and-theyre-still-winning-1248888

• https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/09/23/us-lobby-groups-most-effective-blocking-global-climate-action-report

• https://influencemap.org/report/Trade-Groups-and-their-Carbon-Footprints-f48157cf8df3526078541070f067f6e6

• https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/20/industry-lobby-targeting-canada-plastics-ban-430289

• https://repurpose.global/letstalktrash/how-plastic-lobbying-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-corporations/

Global Recycling and China’s National Sword Program

• https://www.ft.com/content/360e2524-d71a-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/

• https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/

• https://www.ft.com/content/360e2524-d71a-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

• https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2007/06/09/the-truth-about-recycling

• https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2019/10/18/10431546/india-plugs-loopholes-in-import-ban-of-plastic-scraps

• https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2020/10/canada-one-step-closer-to-zero-plastic-waste-by-2030.html

• https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-08/documents/ee-0487-01.pdf

• https://time.com/4568234/history-origins-recycling/

• https://www.cmconsultinginc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WPW2016-FINAL-with-cover.pdf

• https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-bans-around-the-world/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/map-shows-the-complicated-landscape-of-plastic-bans/

Company/Industry Goals and Commitments

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/should-we-burn-plastic-waste

• https://endplasticwaste.org/