Plastic Pollution Coalition Unites Organizations to Combat Plastic Waste and Its Toxic Impacts
The Plastic Pollution Coalition, established in 2009, serves as an alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals dedicated to eradicating plastic pollution and its detrimental effects. This coalition is one of many entities actively engaged in addressing the global plastic crisis. Other notable organizations include the Plastic Soup Foundation, an Amsterdam-based advocacy group focusing on microplastics, human health, and education, and Precious Plastic, which provides open-source plans for recycling equipment to enable local plastic recycling. Algalita Marine Research and Education, founded by Captain Charles Moore, who brought the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to public attention, now concentrates on youth education. Clean Up Australia organizes annual community clean-up events, while EarthX hosts one of the world's largest Earth Day gatherings. The Ocean Recovery Alliance develops tools for cities and businesses to measure and reduce plastic leakage, and One Earth One Ocean builds waste-collectin...
