July 31, 2025
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7:00 pm
Right now, it’s difficult for consumers to avoid single-use plastic packaging. But change is possible and more businesses are innovating to find better, less toxic, less wasteful and more sustainable ways to deliver goods and products.
Please join Beyond Plastics for an inspiring look at some existing alternatives to single-use plastic packaging featuring reuse and refill business leaders, Sarah Paiji Yoo, the CEO and Co-Founder of Blueland, makers of non-toxic natural cleaning products sold in reusable, refillable packaging, Lindsey McCoy, CEO and Co-Founder of Plaine Products which makes salon-quality personal care products sold in aluminum bottles designed to be used, returned and refilled, and Rob Kutner, the CRO of USEFULL, a fast-growing reuse program provider that makes it easy for colleges and universities to seamlessly offer takeout meals in stainless steel returnable containers.
Register now to join via Zoom on Thursday, July 31 at 7:00 PM ET US for this free educational webinar.
May 3, 2025
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8:00 am
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6:00 pm
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On Saturday, May 3rd, Environment America Research & Policy Center, USPIRG Education Fund, Student PIRGs, Environmental Action, Nurdle Patrol, Waterkeeper Alliance, and 5 Gyres are hosting the first annual International Plastic Pellet Count– and are looking for volunteers across America & beyond to participate!
Plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, are tiny beads of plastic and are the building blocks of plastic production. They’re shipped across the world to be melted down and molded into water bottles, plastic bags, and countless other items. Lightweight and numerous, they often spill during manufacturing and transport, inevitably ending up in our environment, especially our waterways. It’s estimated that 10 trillion plastic pellets enter the oceans every year. Once in the environment, these tiny pellets can cause big problems.
The International Plastic Pellet Count is a chance for individuals and organizations across the country and beyond to go to their local waterways, look for plastic pellets, and record what they find so we can all have a better understanding of where this pollution is happening. This coordinated day of action will raise awareness about the prevalence of plastic pellets in the environment, especially our waterways, and help catalyze action.
If you’re interested in hosting an event yourself or on behalf of your organization, you can register here. These events can range from one person going out, looking for 10 minutes and recording what they find, to an event with dozens of volunteers scouring for an hour. The most important thing is that we get to as many waterways as possible.
May 15, 2025
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7:00 pm
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8:30 pm
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Beyond Plastics is hosting a free webinar, Microplastics’ Impact on the Brain & Heart, on Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 PM EST.
Recent studies have found small fragments of plastics (known as microplastics) in the human brain and heart arteries. These studies have also shown a link between the presence of microplastics and adverse health outcomes. How do these tiny bits of plastic enter our bodies and make their way into our brains and our hearts? And what happens when they lodge there?
Join Beyond Plastics, Physicians for Social Responsibility – NYS, and Environmental Advocates of New York for a free educational webinar on these questions with Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, a physician scientist whose work has helped transform global perceptions and understanding of the impact of environmental risk factors on cardiovascular disease and Marcus Garcia, PharmD, RPh, University of New Mexico Medical School, co-authors of two ground-breaking recent studies on the presence of microplastics in the human heart and brain.
March 6, 2025
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7:00 pm
Join Beyond Plastics on Thursday, March 6 @ 7 pm ET/4 pm PT, when we’ll hear from the guy who literally wrote the book on microplastics: Matt Simon, author of “A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.”
He has also written two other books: “Plight of the Living Dead,” about the many parasites that mind-control their hosts, and “The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar.”
Click here to join the meeting, or copy & paste this link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81418357639?pwd=VnFOTGJNODZHSTI4QklHVGZZVTdxdz09
March 12, 2025
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12:00 pm
The Global Reuse Summit, in partnership with Ecosurety, is back for a second year on Wednesday, March 12.
It’s time to take reusable packaging to the mainstream with this (free) digital event. It couldn’t be timelier; the burden single-use packaging places on people and the planet is escalating. The world of refill and return offers an exciting global market opportunity and will protect the planet from the impacts of unnecessary single-use pollution. Join the Global Reuse Summit for critical conversations to power the transition and build confidence in the new reusable economy.
February 6, 2025
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7:00 pm
Join Beyond Plastics for a presentation and discussion with Laura Vandenberg, PhD, professor of environmental health sciences at UMass Amherst’s School of Public Health & Health Sciences on how plastics harm human health. Laura’s research focuses on how exposure to chemicals early in life can predispose individuals to diseases later on. She is particularly interested in endocrine disruptors, which can lead to cancer, obesity, and infertility in adulthood, and has done extensive work with plasticizers and flame retardants. A discussion will follow the presentation as Laura responds to audience questions. You can join the presentation using the link below, no need to register.
