by Katie Conlon | Aug 28, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
The global recycling markets effectively collapsed in January 2018. It was not a slow decline, but a sudden jolt due to an abrupt shift in Chinese policy. China up until this point had been the ‘golden egg-laying goose’ of US, Australia, Japan, Europe, and basically...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 27, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Trying to understand waste issues is like pulling a string and unraveling a whole sweater. Processes that are more ‘masked’ or ‘hidden’ in the US or Europe or Japan, are laid bare in places like India. A lot of people complain about...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 14, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
I am all about collaborations, and this work between Keb Mo and Plastic Pollution Coalition is some of the best teamwork I’ve heard lately : ) If I had a 5th grade class, I would definitely be teaching them this song Watch Keb’ Mo’ Decry Single-Use...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 13, 2019 | Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
‘We’ve done more damage to the environment since the United Nations established its climate change framework in 1992 than we did in all the millennia that preceded it’ (*caps all collected from one beach cleanup) Post Views:...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 11, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Waste
**If you don’t have access and need a copy, please let me know. Article here: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/WRSTSD.2019.099377 Post Views:...