End Plastics

EARTHDAY.ORG™ is changing human attitudes about and behavior toward  plastics and reducing plastic pollution. The End Plastic Pollution campaign helps people understand the impacts of plastic pollution on human and ecosystem health and how everyday actions can lessen the problem. 

The campaign draws attention to the harmful effects of plastic in our environment — harming marine and human health, littering beaches and landscapes, clogging waste streams and landfills — and empowers people to make a difference.  

Increasing awareness is the first step toward making more informed decisions in our lives. Through toolkits, calculators and other resources, EARTHDAY.ORG provides instruction on how to cut plastic use and create a healthier world. 

Unfortunately, single-use plastics are so prevalent that trying to avoid them can seem hopeless. That’s why our campaign also focuses on systematic problems of plastic use, including the large-scale sources of plastic. 

End Plastic Pollution informs policymakers and contributes to the international discussion on plastic pollution and its causes, including pushing for national legislation and corporate commitments. EARTHDAY.ORG also engages with and informs a global network of NGOs, grassroots organizations, campus youth, mayors and other local elected leaders, faith leaders, artists and athletes, and students and teachers. 

The End Plastic Pollution campaign elevates the issue of plastic pollution in the global agenda and demands effective action to reduce and control it.

Research on plastic pollution

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Impacts of plastics on the endocrine system

Environmental Chemical Exposures during Pregnancy

Extending Nontargeted Discovery of Environmental Chemical Exposures during Pregnancy and Their Association with Pregnancy Complications—A Cross-Sectional Study

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The Plastic Waste Makers Index

This is a report from a non-profit called the Minderoo Foundation. There is currently one study from 2021 that highlights what companies are most responsible for plastic pollution

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How does Plastic Cause Air Pollution?

This article discusses why and how pollution is the largest environmental cause of death and how it is dangerous to human health.

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Microplastics May be a significant cause of male infertility

This article reviews the relevent animal research that suggests microplastics affect semen quality and male fertility.

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Impacts of plastics on the digestive system

Macro and Micro-Plastics affect Cold Water corals growth, feeding and behavior

This scientific research article reports how macro and micro plastic within the ocean are reducing the skelatal growth rates of coral due to the high levels of micro plastics in the ocean

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Plastic Rain

Weather forecasters have started adding another factor to their daily forecasts: plastic rain

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Plastic Pollution

Many analyses out of the data shown in the charts showing the impact on wildlife, humans, china’s export ban, how high-income countries generate more plastic waste and where the pastic in the ocean comes from

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Assessment of microplastic toxicity to embryonic development of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus

This study tested feeding sea urchins a non plastic pellet and one containing plastic and measured the quality of life and life span of sea urchins on both.

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Impacts of plastics on the respiratory system

Airborne microplastics detected in the lungs of wild birds in Japan

Article researches the lungs of different species of bird in Japan to study what amount of microplastics birds ingest from the air.

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How does Plastic Cause Air Pollution

The article discusses why and how pollution is the largest environmental cause of death and how it is dangerous to human health.

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Dangerous Health Effects of Home Burning of Plastics and Waste

Plastic burning is more common than people think and this is effecting the environment through the air and human health.

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Plastic leachates impair growth and oxygen production in Prochlorococcus

This article talks about the effects plastics have on Prochlorococcus growth and photosynthetic capacity.

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Impacts of plastics on the lymphatic system

Plastic and Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

This book discusses the negatives of plastic and how it effects human health, highlighting the production of plastic and the hazardous chemicals and the environmental impacts from selling plastic.

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Plastic & Health

This is an extensive report that breaks down every part of the plastic life cycle from extraction to waste management.

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Plastic and Human Health: A Lifecycle Approach to Plastic Pollution

This is essentially a summary of the report that the CIEL made. It’s valuable because the report is around 70 pages, so this is more accessible.

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Plastic Threatens Human Health at a Global Scale

The CIEL report in infographic format.

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