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211. We Can Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis with Judith Enck
By now, we know that our society has a problem with plastics.
They seem to have made their way into every aspect of our lives. They’re inescapable, but this is a problem that doesn’t need to last forever. It is a problem we can solve, or at least, that’s what the new book The Problem with Plastic argues.
We’ve been told for decades that recycling would solve the plastic crisis — but it hasn’t. The truth is, we can’t recycle our way out of this problem. Plastic recycling has never worked at scale, and the real solution is far more straightforward: we have to stop making so much plastic in the first place.
That change won’t happen without policy, and when everyday people use their voices to push policymakers at every level to cut plastic production and address this crisis before it’s too late.
In episode 211 of the Outdoor Minimalist podcast, we hear from the author of THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC, Judith Enck.
Judith is the founder and president of Beyond Plastics, whose goal is eliminating plastic pollution everywhere. She was appointed by President Obama to serve as regional administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 and served as deputy secretary for the environment in the New York Governor’s Office. She is currently a professor at Bennington College and lives in upstate New York.
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The Problem with Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/publications/problem-with-plastic-book
Beyond Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/
Judith Enck: https://judithenck.com/
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By now, we know that our society has a problem with plastics.
They seem to have made their way into every aspect of our lives. They’re inescapable, but this is a problem that doesn’t need to last forever. It is a problem we can solve, or at least, that’s what the new book The Problem with Plastic argues.
We’ve been told for decades that recycling would solve the plastic crisis — but it hasn’t. The truth is, we can’t recycle our way out of this problem. Plastic recycling has never worked at scale, and the real solution is far more straightforward: we have to stop making so much plastic in the first place.
That change won’t happen without policy, and when everyday people use their voices to push policymakers at every level to cut plastic production and address this crisis before it’s too late.
In episode 211 of the Outdoor Minimalist podcast, we hear from the author of THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC, Judith Enck.
Judith is the founder and president of Beyond Plastics, whose goal is eliminating plastic pollution everywhere. She was appointed by President Obama to serve as regional administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 and served as deputy secretary for the environment in the New York Governor’s Office. She is currently a professor at Bennington College and lives in upstate New York.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outdoor.minimalist.book/
Website: https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theoutdoorminimalist
Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/outdoorminimalist
Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/jd8UCN2LL3AQst976
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The Problem with Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/publications/problem-with-plastic-book
Beyond Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/
Judith Enck: https://judithenck.com/
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