This is how we used to pack lunches BEFORE the ubiquity of plastics caused our bread to go moldy & stale faster & leached their petroleum-based chemicals into our food. #BigPlastic
August 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This is how we used to pack lunches BEFORE the ubiquity of plastics caused our bread to go moldy & stale faster & leached their petroleum-based chemicals into our food. #BigPlastic
Today is #GlobalRecyclingDay, let’s talk about the real issue– Big Plastic doesn’t want recycling to work.
Here's what #BigPlastic doesn't want you to know:
Here's what #BigPlastic doesn't want you to know:
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today is #GlobalRecyclingDay, let’s talk about the real issue– Big Plastic doesn’t want recycling to work.
Here's what #BigPlastic doesn't want you to know:
Here's what #BigPlastic doesn't want you to know:
Maybe if we make regular citizens pay more to ship plastic to landfills BigPlastic will learn their lesson
August 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Maybe if we make regular citizens pay more to ship plastic to landfills BigPlastic will learn their lesson
#BigOil is behind #BigPlastic 👀 and a new report reveals that they’re getting taxpayer subsidies all the same—despite the harmful impacts of both products. 🫠
#greensky
#greensky
March 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
#BigOil is behind #BigPlastic 👀 and a new report reveals that they’re getting taxpayer subsidies all the same—despite the harmful impacts of both products. 🫠
#greensky
#greensky
#Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation - www.theguardian.com/environment/... "Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades" another reason to tackle #BigPlastic
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation - www.theguardian.com/environment/... "Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades" another reason to tackle #BigPlastic
@ec.europa.eu
Indeed, the earth is not ours and we have to be better stewards.
Let the EU set an example like it does with digitalisation.
Reduce, put a ban on single-use plastics that are not strictly necessary. Resist big powers!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Indeed, the earth is not ours and we have to be better stewards.
Let the EU set an example like it does with digitalisation.
Reduce, put a ban on single-use plastics that are not strictly necessary. Resist big powers!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic pollution talks fail as negotiators in Geneva reject draft treaties
Countries deadlocked on whether legally binding deal should include curbs on production and toxic chemicals
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Teachers can encourage children to pick up litter & support them to reduce plastic use. But there seems to be no hope in stopping #BigOil & #BigPlastic from poisoning the planetary life support systems which keep our children safe.
📰 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Teachers can encourage children to pick up litter & support them to reduce plastic use. But there seems to be no hope in stopping #BigOil & #BigPlastic from poisoning the planetary life support systems which keep our children safe.
📰 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I feel plastics in general don't get enough attention. Endocrine disruption and so on. It's so ubiquitous. #BigPlastic
December 12, 2024 at 2:33 AM
I feel plastics in general don't get enough attention. Endocrine disruption and so on. It's so ubiquitous. #BigPlastic
How long has the problem of #plasticwaste been recognized? How long ago did the #bigplastic (everyone from chemical companies to users like#CocaCola, #pepsi & #Nestlé ) talked about #recycling? When will we acknowledge that industry's "voluntary" controls are a smokescreen to cover their […]
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sfba.social
August 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
How long has the problem of #plasticwaste been recognized? How long ago did the #bigplastic (everyone from chemical companies to users like#CocaCola, #pepsi & #Nestlé ) talked about #recycling? When will we acknowledge that industry's "voluntary" controls are a smokescreen to cover their […]