US Plastics Pact makes varied progress on circular packaging; 2025 targets may be out of reach

The US Plastics Pact released an annual report last week with data on its work toward a circular economy for plastics, including through rethinking packaging design. It reflects varied progress and suggests that some goals will not be realized by their 2025 target. Since its 2020 inception, the consortium met a short-term goal of defining a list of problematic and …

THE IMPACT OF TEAM WORK! Volunteers Pick Up 1645 Pounds of Trash in Ocean Beach During a Post-July 4th Cleanup

Hundreds of volunteers removed 1,645 pounds of trash from San Diego County’s beaches following Independence Day festivities, cleanup The annual effort is lead by the Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego chapter. In three hours Tuesday, 429 volunteers removed the trash – largely single-use plastic – from beaches up and down the coast as part of Surfrider’s “Morning After” beach cleanup series. …