Eating canned soup for five days raised the BPA in people’s urine more than tenfold
Food and drink cans have a thin plastic lining. In a 2011 Harvard trial, people who ate one can of soup a day had…
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Black plastic kitchenware and food trays can contain flame retardants from recycled electronics
A 2024 study found banned flame retardants from old electronics in black plastic utensils, food trays and toys. Its health risk estimate was later…
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likely cost to companies of US lawsuits over plastic pollution, 2022–2030
Minderoo Foundation’s preliminary estimate of what companies could have to pay from lawsuits started in 2022 to 2030. There is a 1-in-100 chance it…
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net saving a year for one university café that switched diners to reusable dishes
The University of San Francisco’s Market Café cut 2.6 million disposable items a year with no added labour (2017).
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more per pound for foam polystyrene than cardboard under Oregon’s 2026 packaging fees
Under Oregon’s law, companies that sell packaging pay fees to fund its recycling. Foam polystyrene containers cost 138 cents a pound, against 8 cents…
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Reusable surgical gowns: less waste at about the same cost
A peer-reviewed study at a US hospital system found switching to reusable surgical gowns would cut 30,570 pounds of waste a year while saving…
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A university café saved US$157,883 a year by switching to reusable dishes
The University of San Francisco’s Market Café cut 2.6 million pieces of disposable packaging a year and saved US$157,883 net, with no added labour,…
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Plastic pollution lawsuits could cost companies more than US$20 billion in the US alone
The Minderoo Foundation’s analysis estimates expected liabilities from plastic-related litigation in the United States from 2022 to 2030 at more than US$20 billion, with…
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estimated yearly social cost of plastic to the United States
The most complete tally so far of the documented costs of plastic to US society, across its whole life cycle from fossil fuel extraction…
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Starbucks’ “widely recyclable” cups: none tracked to a recycling facility
A campaign group hid Bluetooth trackers in Starbucks cold cups dropped into in-store recycling bins. Of the 36 trackers that reported back, none reached…