Plastic

  • Vanderbilt University

    Message in a Bottle: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—and Refuse

    In 2009 three friends and I co-founded Plastic Pollution Coalition at my dining room table, adding a fourth “R”—Refuse—to the traditional three: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Why “refuse”? Because disposable plastic is made from petroleum, is used for only brief periods and lasts forever, causing great harm to wildlife and humans. Read More

    Mar 7, 2017