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The ethical price of groceries Is it deemed OK to use plastic bags again?
Plastic bag use is on the increase and that's very disappointing. After a dip in individual bag use from 2002 to 2009, last year we were...
Aug 28, 2011
TEDx Wan Chai 2011
Douglas Woodring talking about the Plastic Disclosure Project at TEDx Wan Chai 2011 on the 22nd of August.
Aug 22, 2011
Plastic Disclosure Project Wants to Measure Your Plastic Footprint
We’re all very familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint, but have you ever thought about your plastic footprint? Well, the Plastic...
Aug 16, 2011
Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste
HONG KONG — Most people are familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint. Many may also know there is such a thing as a water...
Aug 14, 2011
Fish Ingesting Plastic Waste, Study Finds
More than 250 million tons of plastic is produced around the world each year. About seven million tons of it ends up in the world’s...
Jul 8, 2011
Making Plastic More Than Disposable: The Next Great Brand Challenge?
Plastic is one of the great inventions of the 20th Century. But is it a half-formed innovation? We need to push the innovation of plastic...
Jul 7, 2011
The Plastic Disclosure Project Receives grant from EISAL
The Plastic Disclosure Project (PDP) announced today that it has received an environmental award from the Green Dragon Fund of...
Jul 6, 2011


Retro Environmentalism: Is Plastic the Next Carbon?
Back in the day, before Al Gore informed us about a certain inconvenient truth, before we started to calculate our commutes in carbon,...
Jun 17, 2011
Rainmakers TV -- Clinton Global Initiative Interview
Rainmakers TV -- Clinton Global Initiative Interview
Jun 1, 2011
EarthPeople Becomes First Sustainability Consultancy in U.S. to Endorse Plastic Disclosure Project
EarthPeople, a Dallas-based sustainability consulting and communications firm, announced today its status as the first U.S. consultancy...
Jun 1, 2011
The Plastic Disclosure Project
Everybody is familiar with ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ which is present in the North Pacific gyre, one of the five gyres of our...
Jun 1, 2011
Plastic Disclosure Project to Launch This Fall
Hundreds of companies and institutions should expect a questionnaire in early October about their use of plastic, with the launch of the...
Jun 1, 2011
The Plastic Disclosure Project Launches New Website
Plastic Disclosure Project (PDP) is pleased to announce it has launched a new interactive website. The new engaging platform will bring...
May 1, 2011
Drifters Could Monitor Ocean Radiation From Japan
Marine scientists say they are concerned about radiation spewing from the crippled Japanese nuclear plant even though they expect it will...
Apr 14, 2011
Animation Shows Path of Japan Debris Flow
Researchers studied the paths of ocean buoys to create a model that represents the projected path of debris created by the tsunami in...
Apr 13, 2011
Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake an
A vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it has...
Apr 11, 2011
Hawaii will absorb brunt of Japan earthquake debris
It will take years, but Hawaii ultimately will bear a heavy burden from floating debris from the March 11 tsunami in Japan, Hawaii...
Apr 8, 2011
Researchers: Hawaii may get hit with trash from Japan's tsunami
(CNN) -- The Hawaiian islands may get a new and unwelcome addition in coming months -- a giant new island of debris floating in from...
Apr 7, 2011
Johns Hopkins University, “Rising to the Challenge” – Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, California
Johns Hopkins University, “Rising to the Challenge” – Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, California – April 2011
Apr 1, 2011


Global Alert Platform and Grate Art Project
A summary of the Global Alert platform and App is included, which is a Clinton Global Initiative Project, and partly funded by the World...
Mar 11, 2011
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