The Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) headquartered in Berkeley, CA is an organization working against the growing plastic pollution that is mostly caused by single-use plastic products and ingredients (plastic bottles, plastic bags, polystyrene, microplastics, microbeads). Founded in 2009, it has over 500 member organizations and businesses plus individuals who work for the common cause. PPC was co-founded by Lisa Kaas Boyle, Manuel Maqueda, Daniella Russo and artist Dianna Cohen who also serves as CEO.
Motto:
Plastic is a substance the earth cannot digest. REFUSE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
PPC advocates
- the reduction of plastic consumption (plastic-free schools/events/eateries)
- the responsibility of policy and regulation (plastic-free towns, zero waste strategies)
- a change in production (extended producer responsibility, product redesign)
- environmental justice
- global coalition building
In 2010, PPC was the host of TEDx event "Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Global Plastic Pollution Crisis".
PPC's "Think beyond Plastic" competition encourages businesses which help reduce plastic pollution with a total $60,000 of prize money. The competition drew 145 applications from 35 countries worldwide in 2016.
Video Plastic Pollution Coalition
Members
Among the members are:
Maps Plastic Pollution Coalition
See also
- Earth Island Institute
References
External links
- "Plastic Pollution Coalition". www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org.
- PPC Facebook presence
- PPC related news in the huffingtonpost.com
- OPEN YOUR EYES - Overview Narrated by Jeff Bridges (2016) on YouTube
- "TED speaker - Dianna Cohen co-founded the Plastic Pollution Coalition, which is working to help end our cycle of plastics use".
- David Hawkins (2010-04-21). "Beyond plastic bags: stopping plastic pollution at source". The Ecologist. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
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