{"id":65100,"date":"2022-10-04T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=65100"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:00:48","slug":"bag-it","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/project\/bag-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-insideclimatenews-project-header alignfull\"><div class=\"project-header-content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bag It<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Plastics Crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Plastic waste is ubiquitous, and micro-plastics are invading our bodies. The world is looking for solutions to a plastics problem that the United Nations says factors into a triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution. As the petrochemical industry faces a global backlash it also searches for ways to make more plastic. \u201cBag It\u201d holds industry and government to account while probing the latest science on how micro-plastics harm humans and the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"project-header-image\"><div class=\"image-holder\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/recycling-waste_pictures-ltd-corbis-getty-scaled.jpg')\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"icn-project-feed-block alignfull\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icn-project-feed-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"icn-block icn-project-feed-section\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"posts-list\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n<article id=\"post-86502\" class=\"featured-post post-86502 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-california tag-california-attorney-general tag-exxonmobil tag-exxonmobil-baytown-complex tag-plastic tag-plastic-waste tag-plastics tag-recycling tag-rob-bonta local-california topic-climate-law-liability topic-denial-misinformation topic-plastics topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23092024\/california-sues-exxon-over-plastic-pollution-crisis\/\" class=\"entry-info\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tAlleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-subtitle\">The Texas-based oil and gas giant says California is to blame for plastic recycling failures. Four environmental groups filed their own lawsuit against Exxon on the same day as the state\u2019s action.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23092024\/california-sues-exxon-over-plastic-pollution-crisis\/\" class=\"image-holder\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-900x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-large size-thumbnail-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plastic waste piles up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach, California, on Dec. 13, 2022. Credit: Mark Rightmire\/MediaNews Group\/Orange County Register via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1448974426-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-85614\" class=\"post-85614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-beyond-plastics tag-biden-administration tag-coal tag-department-of-energy tag-fossil-fuel-industry tag-indiana tag-inflation-reduction-act tag-international-recycling-group tag-midwest tag-pennsylvania tag-plastic tag-plastics tag-steel tag-steel-mills-2 tag-u-s-steel local-midwest local-pennsylvania topic-business-finance topic-environment-health topic-plastics topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/30082024\/biden-administration-plastic-coal-replacement\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A view of the U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Indiana. Credit: Vincent D. Johnson\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/230913-Gary-indiana-1198-edit-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tBiden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: \u2018Have They Lost Their Minds?\u2019\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-85277\" class=\"post-85277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-cyclyx-international tag-exxonmobil tag-exxonmobil-baytown-complex tag-houston tag-houston-recycling-collaboration tag-petrochemicals tag-plastic tag-plastic-waste tag-recycling tag-texas tag-toxic-chemicals tag-wright-waste-management local-texas topic-business-finance topic-climate-law-liability topic-denial-misinformation topic-environment-health topic-plastics topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/24082024\/houston-advanced-recycling-plastic-waste-piles-up\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-7-19-2024-Stitched-Clips.00_09_14_16.Still010-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wright Waste Management in July. Credit: CBS News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-7-19-2024-Stitched-Clips.00_09_14_16.Still010-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-7-19-2024-Stitched-Clips.00_09_14_16.Still010-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tHouston\u2019s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for \u2018Advanced\u2019 Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-84636\" class=\"post-84636 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-lawsuit tag-lawsuits tag-midwest tag-minnesota tag-plastics tag-reynolds-consumer-products tag-walmart local-midwest topic-business-finance topic-climate-law-liability topic-plastics topic-regulation profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/03082024\/minnesota-recycling-plastic-bags-lawsuit\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison settled with Walmart and Reynolds Consumer Products after a lawsuit he filed over some of their plastic bags. Credit: Drew Angerer\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1528214631-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tMinnesota Settles \u2018Deceptive Environmental Marketing\u2019 Lawsuit Over \u2018Recycling\u2019 Plastic Bags\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-82712\" class=\"post-82712 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-andrew-wunderley tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-california-attorney-general tag-charleston-waterkeeper tag-connecticut tag-exxonmobil tag-k-cups tag-keith-ellison tag-keurig tag-letitia-james tag-minnesota tag-minnesota-attorney-general tag-new-england tag-new-york tag-new-york-attorney-general tag-nurdles tag-plastic-pollution tag-plastics tag-rob-bonta tag-south-carolina tag-southeast tag-waterkeeper-alliance local-new-england local-new-york local-southeast topic-climate-law-liability topic-environment-health topic-plastics topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/05062024\/lawsuits-targeting-plastic-pollution-pile-up-as-frustrated-citizens-and-states-seek-accountability\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A collection of plastic pellets known as nurdles that washed up on a beach in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Andrew Wunderley\/Charleston Waterkeeper\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0490-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tLawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-81356\" class=\"post-81356 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-chemical-recycling tag-encina tag-epa tag-pennsylvania tag-plastics tag-point-township tag-pyrolysis tag-susquehanna-river local-pennsylvania topic-activism topic-business-finance topic-environment-health topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/26042024\/encina-pennsylvania-chemical-recycling-plant-canceled\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Encina_site4-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The site of the formerly proposed Encina chemical recycling plant for plastic waste in Point Township, Penn. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Encina_site4-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Encina_site4-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Giant Plastics Chemical Recycling Plant Planned for Pennsylvania Died After Two Years. What Happened?\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-80996\" class=\"post-80996 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice category-politics-policy tag-alaska tag-alaska-community-action-on-toxics tag-alaskan-natives tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-canada tag-first-nations tag-international-pollutants-elimination-network tag-microplastics tag-nanoplastics tag-plastics tag-plastics-treaty tag-united-nations topic-activism topic-arctic topic-climate-law-liability topic-climate-treaties topic-environment-health topic-plastics topic-regulation topic-solutions profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/16042024\/canada-plastic-treaty-arctic-indigenous-peoples\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"U.N. delegates follow the day&#039;s proceedings during the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee&#039;s third meeting to formulate an international legally binding plastics treaty in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: James Wakibia\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782935052-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tAs Plastic Treaty Delegates Head to Canada, A Plea From the Arctic: Don\u2019t Forget Vulnerable Indigenous Peoples\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-80229\" class=\"post-80229 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-california tag-jan-dell tag-kraft-heinz-company tag-plastics tag-recycling tag-recycling-labels local-california topic-activism topic-business-finance topic-food-agriculture topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01042024\/kraft-heinz-recycling-labels\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-550448607-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A California environmental advocate who owns stock in Kraft Heinz has put forward a shareholder proposal for the company to study the claims made on recycling labels for a variety of products, including Velveeta Shells and Cheese bowls. Credit: Dorann Weber\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-550448607-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-550448607-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tKraft Heinz Faces Shareholder Vote On Its \u2018Deceptive\u2019 Recycling Labels\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-78293\" class=\"post-78293 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-law tag-new-york tag-packaging-reduction-and-recycling-infrastructure-act tag-plastics tag-recycling tag-waste-management local-new-york topic-climate-law-liability topic-plastics topic-politics topic-regulation profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/20022024\/environmental-groups-eye-potential-win-with-new-york-packaging-bill\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A boat transporting recycling waste sails on the Upper New York Bay between Staten Island and Manhattan on Dec 29, 2023. Credit: Charly Triballeau\/AFP via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1885805976-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tEnvironmental Groups Eye a Potential Win with New York Packaging Bill\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-78132\" class=\"post-78132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-california tag-calrecycle tag-plastics tag-recycling tag-west-coast local-california local-west-coast topic-plastics topic-regulation profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/13022024\/battle-over-plastic-recycling-claims-heats-up-in-california\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bales of plastic bottles at a recycling center in San Jose, Calif. Credit: Aric Crabb\/Digital First Media\/Bay Area News via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1143142696-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Battle Over Plastic Recycling Claims Heats Up in California Over \u2018Truth in Labeling\u2019 Law\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-77930\" class=\"post-77930 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-beaumont tag-bill-clinton tag-environmental-justice tag-epa tag-exxonmobil tag-fossil-fuel tag-john-beard-jr tag-port-arthur tag-robert-bullard tag-texas tag-texas-southern-university local-texas topic-activism topic-environment-health profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/11022024\/30-years-of-us-environmental-justice-in-port-arthur-texas\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Motiva oil refinery, the largest in the United States, looms over a residential neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/motiva-port-arthur2_Credit-James-Bruggers-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\u00a0\u2018A Dream Deferred:\u2019 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-76886\" class=\"post-76886 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-science tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-bottled-water tag-food tag-microplastics tag-nanoplastics tag-plastics topic-environment-health topic-food-agriculture topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/10012024\/plastic-in-food-and-bottled-water\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A liter of bottled water may contain nearly a quarter million pieces of the smallest particles of plastic. Credit: Joel Saget\/AFP via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1912966043-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tDiet for a Sick Planet: Studies Find More Plastic in Our Food and Bottled Water\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-76723\" class=\"post-76723 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-midwest tag-ohio tag-plastics tag-pyrolysis tag-recycling tag-youngstown local-midwest local-ohio topic-environment-health topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/03012024\/youngstown-ohio-tires-synthetic-gas-plant\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The proposed site of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems&#039; tire pyrolysis chemical plant in Youngstown, Ohio. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sobe-site_credit-james-bruggers-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires\u00a0Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-75257\" class=\"post-75257 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-nairobi tag-plastics tag-united-nations topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/19112023\/nairobi-plastics-treaty-talks-fossil-fuel-lobbyist-influence-conflicts-of-interest\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A climate activist holds a banner next to a plastic installation after marching to demand drastic reduction in global plastic production during the Break Free From Plastic Movement March ahead of the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) in Nairobi on November 11, 2023.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1775241387.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tFossil Fuel Lobbyists Flock to Plastics Treaty Talks as Scientists,\u00a0 Environmentalists Seek Conflict of Interest Policies\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-75050\" class=\"post-75050 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels category-politics-policy category-uncategorized tag-advanced-recyling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-change tag-nanoplastics tag-ocean-pollution tag-plastics-pollution tag-plastics-treaty tag-united-nations-environment-program topic-activism topic-biodiversity-conservation topic-climate-law-liability topic-climate-treaties topic-environment-health profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/13112023\/talks-plastic-treaty-advanced-recycling\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A volunteer collects plastic waste that washed up on the shores and mangroves of Freedom Island to mark International Coastal Clean-up Day in September 2023 in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines. Credit: Ezra Acayan\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/plasticstreaty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tThis Week in Nairobi, Nations Gather for a Third Round of Talks on an International Plastics Treaty, Focusing on Its Scope and Ambition\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-74878\" class=\"post-74878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-houston tag-houston-ship-channel tag-plastic tag-plastic-pollution tag-recycling topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01112023\/missing-equations-exxonmobils-advanced-recycling-operation\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Baytown, Texas, at dusk. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/exxon-baytown5-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tThe Missing Equations at ExxonMobil\u2019s Advanced Recycling Operation\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-74850\" class=\"post-74850 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-houston tag-houston-ship-channel tag-plastic-pollution tag-plastic-waste tag-pyrolysis tag-recycling topic-environment-health topic-plastics topic-solutions profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01112023\/electronic-tracking-questions-houstons-drive-to-repurpose-plastics\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jan Dell, founder of The Last Beach Cleanup and a chemical engineer, examines the contents of a large container of bagged plastics at a Houston Recycling Collaboration all-plastics recycling depository in the Houston community of Kingwood in September. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jan-Dell_Retone_Bruggers-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tDumped, Not Recycled? Electronic Tracking Raises Questions About Houston\u2019s Drive to Repurpose a Full Range of Plastics\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-72893\" class=\"post-72893 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-environmental-justice tag-health tag-plastics tag-recycling topic-environment-health topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/07082023\/youngstown-tire-pyrolysis-plant-called-recipe-for-disaster\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOBE-Pyrolysis-site-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"SOBE Energy Solutions&#039; site for its proposed tire pyrolysis chemical plant that would make synthetic gas to burn and produce steam for heating and cooling some downtown Youngstown, Ohio, buildings. Marketed as a green solution to waste and energy problems, critics view it as a source of unwanted toxic air emissions and a fire or explosion risk next to a large jail, student housing and other buildings. Credit: James Bruggers\/Inside Climate News\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOBE-Pyrolysis-site-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOBE-Pyrolysis-site-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tIn Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is Called a \u2018Recipe for Disaster\u2019\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-71852\" class=\"post-71852 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-firefighters tag-fossil-fuels tag-oil tag-plastics tag-recycling topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/16062023\/indiana-advanced-plastics-recycling-vapors-spills-fires\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kory-and-Roy2-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kory Kistler, left, and Roy Bisnett, had environmental health and safety concerns at the Brightmark chemical recycling plant where they both worked until last year. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kory-and-Roy2-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kory-and-Roy2-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tInside Indiana&#8217;s &#8216;Advanced&#8217; Plastics Recycling Plant: Dangerous Vapors, Oil Spills and Life-Threatening Fires\u00a0\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-71563\" class=\"post-71563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-clean-air tag-climate-change tag-epa tag-pyrolysis tag-trump topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/03062023\/epa-pyrolysis-plastic-recycling-clean-air\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Jay-Schabel3-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds waste plastic from what he described as medical hip replacement parts at the company&#039;s new chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. The plant is designed to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel, naphtha, and wax. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Jay-Schabel3-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Jay-Schabel3-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tEPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-71192\" class=\"post-71192 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-science tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-change tag-microplastics tag-recycling topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/16052023\/recycling-plastic-microplastics-waste\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cubes of sorted compressed plastic bottles are seen at the recycling center at the Sile Integrated Waste Facility Center on March 12, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: Chris McGrath\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/recycling_chris-mcgrath-getty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tWho Said Recycling Was Green? It Makes Microplastics By the Ton\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-70995\" class=\"post-70995 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-chemical-recycling tag-climate-change tag-ftc topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01052023\/plastic-waste-chemical-recycling-ftc\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brightmark_plastic-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Baled plastic at the Brightmark chemical recycling plant in Indiana in July. The plant is designed to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel, naphtha and wax. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brightmark_plastic-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brightmark_plastic-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tEnvironmentalists Want the FTC Green Guides to Slam the Door on the \u2018Chemical\u2019 Recycling of Plastic Waste\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-70074\" class=\"post-70074 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice category-politics-policy tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-change tag-health tag-plastics tag-united-nations topic-environment-health topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/21032023\/plastics-cradle-grave-toxic-research-lifecycle\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-73080852-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tFrom Gas Wells to Rubber Ducks to Incineration, the Plastics Lifecycle  Causes &#8216;Horrific Harm&#8217; to the Planet and People, Report Shows\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-68012\" class=\"post-68012 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-change tag-purecycle tag-recycling topic-business-finance topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/07032023\/purecycle-global-plastics\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/polypropylene_costfoto-future-publishing-getty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Workers display polypropylene nonwoven raw materials on the production line in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, on Jan. 31, 2020. Credit: Costfoto\/Future Publishing via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/polypropylene_costfoto-future-publishing-getty-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/polypropylene_costfoto-future-publishing-getty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tOnce Hailed as a Solution to the Global Plastics Scourge, PureCycle May Be Teetering\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-67545\" class=\"post-67545 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-cancer-alley tag-catholic-church tag-climate-change tag-faith tag-louisiana tag-rise-st-james tag-sharon-lavigne tag-southeast local-southeast topic-activism profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/20022023\/cancer-alley-louisiana-environmental-justice-black-women-faith\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sharon_Lavigne1-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sharon_Lavigne1-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sharon_Lavigne1-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tOn the Frontlines in a \u2018Cancer Alley,\u2019 Black Women Inspired by Faith Are Powering the Environmental Justice Movement\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-67139\" class=\"post-67139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-science tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-chemical-recycling tag-climate-change tag-pyrolysis topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/19012023\/plastic-advanced-recycling-cost-environmental-impact\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/plastic-pellets-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds plastic pellets in his hand the company&#039;s new chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/plastic-pellets-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/plastic-pellets-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\u2018Advanced\u2019 Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-66707\" class=\"post-66707 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-basel-convention tag-chemical-recycling tag-climate-change topic-climate-treaties topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23122022\/chemical-recycling-plastic-solution\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Turkish diver dives amid plastic waste in Ortakoy coastline to observe the life and pollution of Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey on June 27, 2020. Credit: Sebnem Coskun\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/plastic-ocean_sebnem-coskun-anadolu-agency-getty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tIs \u2018Chemical Recycling\u2019 a Solution to the Global Scourge of Plastic Waste or an Environmentally Dirty Ruse to Keep Production High?\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-66491\" class=\"post-66491 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-climate-change tag-gary tag-indiana tag-jet-fuel tag-midwest tag-plastic local-midwest topic-environment-health topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/12122022\/gary-indiana-plastic-jet-fuel\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kimmie Gordon and Dorreen Carey stand in front of a former cement plant site in Gary, Indiana, where a California company, Fulcrum BioEnergy, wants to turn trash and plastic into jet fuel. They are founding members of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development, which opposes the jet fuel plant. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kimmie-Gordon-and-Dorreen-Carey1--900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-65307\" class=\"post-65307 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-california tag-climate-change tag-gavin-newsom tag-plastic-pollution tag-recycling local-california topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/12102022\/california-plastics-pollution-bill\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/plastic_justin-sullivan-getty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A tractor moves a pile of recyclables at the San Francisco Recycling Center April 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/plastic_justin-sullivan-getty-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/plastic_justin-sullivan-getty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tCalifornia Passed a Landmark Law About Plastic Pollution. Why Are Some Environmentalists Still Concerned?\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-64579\" class=\"post-64579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fossil-fuels tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-chemical-recycling tag-climate-change tag-indiana tag-pyrolysis topic-business-finance topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/11092022\/indiana-plant-pyrolysis-plastic-recycling\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Jay-Schabel4-330x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, stands amid what he described as 900 tons of waste plastic at the company&#039;s new plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. The plant is designed to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel, naphtha and wax. Credit: James Bruggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Jay-Schabel4-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Jay-Schabel4-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called \u2018Pyrolysis\u2019 to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It\u2019s Really Just Incineration\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By James Bruggers<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n<article id=\"post-64503\" class=\"post-64503 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-justice tag-advanced-recycling tag-bag-it-the-plastics-crisis tag-chemical-recycling tag-climate-change tag-encina tag-pennsylvania tag-plastic local-pennsylvania topic-environment-health topic-plastics profile-james-bruggers\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/06092022\/chemical-advanced-recycling-plastics-pennsylvania\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/recycling-waste_pictures-ltd-corbis-getty-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Refuse bags full of materials for recycling in different colored plastic bags. 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