Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Cost of a Plastic Planet
The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms our oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. At current levels, greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic lifecycle threaten the ability of the global community to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. With the petrochemical and plastic industries planning a massive expansion in production, the problem is on track to get much worse.
Fact Sheet: Business Cost Impacts From Disposable Food Service Items
The cost breakdown of disposable food service ware items used for typical to-go meals, based on case studies of ReThink Disposable certified food businesses.
Plastic and Health: The Hidden Cost of a Plastic Planet
This report provides a detailed overview of the health impacts associated with plastic at every stage of its supply chain and lifecycle, and it reveals the numerous exposure routes through which human health is impacted at each stage.
Fact Sheet: Cost-Savings to businesses Using Reusables
Net cost impact of switching from disposable to reusable food ware items for dine-in.
What’s in the Package? Unveiling the Toxic Secrets of Food and Beverage Packaging
Unveiling the toxic secrets of food and beverage packaging.
Understanding Beverage Container Recycling
Recycling rates are declining, even though the tonnage recovered is relatively flat. Reasons for this include: the fact that growth is dominated by PET containers (with an emphasis on single-serve beverages often consumed away-from-home); increasing range of beverage types (that may complicate recycling education and/or may not be covered in recovery programs); the maturation of curbside and drop-off collection programs (i.e., few new programs are being added); declining support and funding for recycling; and the declining relative value of deposit amounts adopted in past years.