“The #petrochemical industry requires 25% of Earth’s operating capacity” 🌎
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033222100186X
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🏭Drafting An Intimate History of #Plastics w/ Scribner Books 🌱SEHNetwork Board 📝 Rep’d by Katie Grimm🌲 Recent work in Science, The Atlantic and Orion (she/her)
Legacy of leaded coatings on telecomm cables — via Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/lead-cables-telecoms-att-toxic-5b34408b?st=33kfalk6t2897rt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Dr. Imari Walker-Franklin*Plastics is a comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle and the actions we can take.
In this Book, Imari and Jenna provide a deep exploration of the entire life of #plastic things—plastics production and use, plastic waste generation and management, the environmental and societal impacts of plastics in our environment, and, the policies that can help reduce pollution caused by our heavy use of plastics.
Release Date: 08/22/23
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547017/plastics/
The latest @plastisphere is well worth a listen— discussion thoughtfully puts life cycle analysis of plastics IN global CONTEXT — introduced (me) to concept of 🌏plastic overshoot🌍 and to national plastic archetypes. #PlasticPolution #plasticstreaty Listen in here: https://m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere-podcast/plastic-overshoot-day?in=plastisphere-podcast/sets/the-plastisphere#t=0:00
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This morning, I'm reading Saahil Desai on "compostable plastics" for @theatlantic
“… although compostable packaging is easy to spot, compost bins to put it in are not… America doesn’t have the composting infrastructure to deal with it.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/compostable-plastic-trash/674626/
“I think that kind of storytelling is the hardest kind: to show how things might be reclaimed or put back together.” George Saunders on environmental storytelling — paging @[email protected] ✨
I am a fan of all things Sumanth Prabhaker, Ed. at @[email protected] — his short bursts of writing always a treat. Here, in convo w/ George Saunders and it was all hush, hush, pencils out, do not disturb me for any reason until I’ve hung on every word. https://orionmagazine.org/article/george-saunders-writing-interview/?fbclid=IwAR2NYtuMj62Ppe9fS940P1Hcp4XvihDUyjVKE0YMLRgYcGtWPGzeNyuS6WA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
4/ For reference, a photo of the Farben Buna Auschwitz plant under construction:
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IMT_NMTtrials/status/1376991965942837255
The eerie beautiful photo of a detritic organoplastoid by Elizabeth Ellenwood now features our review paper with @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] on the front cover of the January issue of #ESPI
🥳🥳🥳
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KseniaGroh/status/1618345714605756416
A reimagining of American agriculture- take a look at @[email protected]'s piece published last month in @[email protected] on the food system we have today, its history, and what it could’ve been: http://bit.ly/3UhblLk
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TESS_BrownU/status/1597606312572960769
