Addicted to Plastics
Additional Resources
BOOKS
Recycle : the essential guide
Duncan McCorquodale; Cigalle Hanaor; Lucy Siegle
Publisher: London : Black Dog, 2010, ©2006.
Use it, reuse it : plastic
Publisher: North Shore, N.Z. : Pearson, 2010.
Of poverty and plastic : scavenging and scrap trading entrepreneurs in India's urban informal economy
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Getting rid of waste
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, ©2009.
The long emergency : surviving the end of oil, climate change , and other converging catastrophes of the twenty-first century
James Howard Kunstler
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, ; [Berkley] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2006, ©2005
Waste and recycling
Sally Morgan
Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Cherrytree Books, 2011.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Plastics recycling: Challenges and opportunities
Hopewell, Jefferson ; Dvorak, Robert; Kosior, Edward
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v 364, n 1526, p 2115-2126, July 27, 2009
Plastics, the environment and human health: Current consensus and future trends
Thompson, Richard C.; Moore, Charles J.; Saal, Frederick S. Votn; Swan, Shanna H.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v 364, n 1526, p 2153-2166, July 27, 2009
Plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre
Law, Kara Lavender; Morét-Ferguson, Skye; Maximenko, Nikolai A.; Proskurowski, Giora; Peacock, Emily E.; Hafner, Jan; Reddy, Christopher M.
Science, v 329, n 5996, p 1185-1188, September 3, 2010
Upcycling: Converting waste plastics into paramagnetic, conducting, solid, pure carbon microspheres
Environmental Science and Technology, v 44, n 12, p 4753-4759, June 15, 2010
Plastic waste - A hazardous chemical nuisance to environment: A focus and remedy
Anand, Ramus ;Ramanujam, J. Renga; Kulothungan, S.; Sharanya, V.; Murugalakshmi, C.N.; Bhuvaneswari, K.
Journal of Industrial Pollution Control, v 24, n 2, p 129-132, 2008
Biodegradable and compostable alternatives to conventional plastics
Song, J.H. Murphy, R.J.; Narayan, R.; Davies, G.B.H.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v 364, n 1526, p 2127-2139, July 27, 2009
THEMATIC MOVIES
TRASHED
http://www.amazon.com/TRASHED/dp/B000TRH4CQ
Inventions That Changed Our Lives: Plastic Planet
http://www.sdlearn.com/Just_the_Facts_Plastic_Planet_p/gh1493.htm
Cerebellum Corporation
TWO GUYS, TWO CAMERAS, AND A WORLD FULL OF PLASTIC...
http://www.crypticmoth.com/blog.html
Plastic Pollution Coalition
is a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working together
to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment.
http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
No More Plastic Bag Pollution
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/994/509/500/
Plastic Recycling Facts - List of Interesting Articles
http://earth911.com/recycling/plastic/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/
Plastic and the Environment
http://www.plasticsindustry.com/plastics-environment.asp
Waste Prevention and Recycle
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Plastics/Prevention/