Legislative Agenda Item: Make Plastics Out of Safe, Renewable Materials

On the topic of squeezing fossil fuels out of our lives, this from an opinion piece by Susan Freinkel, author of the forthcoming “Plastic: A Toxic Love Story.”

"Yet we can’t hope to achieve plastic’s promise for the 21st century if we stick with wasteful 20th-century habits of plastic production and consumption. We have the technology to make better, safer plastics — forged from renewable sources, rather than finite fossil fuels, using chemicals that inflict minimal or no harm on the planet and our health. We have the public policy tools to build better recycling systems and to hold businesses accountable for the products they put into the market. And we can also take a cue from the plastic purgers about how to cut wasteful plastic out of our daily lives."