Resources (Sustainability)
Assigned Readings
- Berkeley Plastics Task Force. “Seven Common Misperceptions about Plastics.” EcologyCenter.org, April 8, 1996. (Waste, Sustainability)
- Der Hovanesian, Mara. “I Have Just One Word for You: Bioplastics.” Bloomburg Businessweek Magazine, August 13, 2008. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Deutsch, Claudia. “Plastic Recycling Is a Work in Progress.” New York Times, March 30, 2002. (Sustainability, Industry, Waste)
- Georgia Tech Research Institute. “Case Study: Breaking Down Plastics—New Standard Specification May Facilitate Use of Additives That Trigger Biodegradation of Oil-Based Plastics in Landfills.” (Sustainability)
- Howard, Brian Clark. “Green Chemistry Discovery Could Lead to Safer Plastics.” Atlantic, Technology Blog, March 15, 2011. (Invention, Sustainability)
- Interbrand.com. “Scott Vitters, General Manager, PlantbottleTM Packaging, Coca-Cola.” Audio interview. (Industry, Sustainability, Invention)
- Kanellos, Michael. “Reaping Oil from Discarded Plastic.” New York Times, “Green: A Blog about Energy and the Environment,” September 29, 2011. (Sustainability)
- Killinger, Jennifer. “Plastics and Energy Recovery.” American Chemistry Council, March 1, 2011. (Waste, Sustainability)
- Knoblauch, Jessica. “The Environmental Toll of Plastics.” Environmental Health News, July 2, 2009. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- Logomasini, Angela. “Plastic Bag Bans Are Bad for the Environment.” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 18, November 8, 2011. (Industry, Sustainability)
- Warner, Bernhard. “In the Fight against Plastics, Mushrooms Become an Unlikely Weapon.” Bloomburg Businessweek, Innovation and Design, January 14, 2013. (Sustainability)
Other Sources
- Agilyx.com website. (Sustainability, Waste)
- Anastas, Paul. “Green Chemistry: Innovations for an Environmental and Economic Prosperity.” Lecture, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, November 16, 2011. (Sustainability)
- Beyer, Eben. Are Mushrooms the New Plastic? Video, TED Talks, July 2010. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Biddle, Mike. “We Can Recycle Plastic.” Video, TED Talks, 2011. (Sustainability, Industry, Waste)
- Bioplastic Innovation website. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Carnini, Frank. “Bewildering Bioplastics.” Audio, Eco RI News. (Sustainability)
- ChemMatters. “Plastics Go Green.” Video, 2010. (Sustainability)
- Cheung, Telly. “The Sustainable Future.” Video, 2011. (Sustainability)
- Coca-Cola Company. 2011/2012 Coca-Cola Sustainability Report, November 7, 2012. (Industry, Sustainability, Invention)
- Cohen, Nancy. “For Empty Water Bottles, There’s an Afterlife.” Audio, NPR News Special Series, Plastic Peril? June 8, 2007. (Sustainability, Waste)
- “Earthrise: Plastic Fuel.” Video, Earthrise, March 12, 2014. (Sustainability, Waste)
- “EcoTalk: Bio-degradable Plastics.” Video, Eco Talk, 2010. (Sustainability)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Green Chemistry website. (Invention, Sustainability)
- Freinkel, Susan. “Plastic: Too Good to Throw Away.” New York Times, March 17, 2011. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- Gerlock, Grant. “Bioplastic Boom.” Audio report, KQED QUEST Nebraska, July 13, 2011. (Sustainability)
- Hopewell, Jefferson; Robert Dvorak; and Edward Kosier. “Plastics Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364:1526 (July 2009): 2115–2126. (Sustainability, Waste, Industry)
- Kahn, Jennifer. “Plastic. Fantastic?.” Mother Jones, June 2009. (Waste, Sustainability, Health)
- PlasticsMakeItPossible.com. “New Plastics.” American Chemistry Council. (Invention, Sustainability)
- Smith, Carol. “Plastic to Oil Fantastic.” Our World 2.0: United Nations University website, August 27, 2010. (Sustainability, Waste)
- Song, J. H.; R. J. Murphy; R. Narayan; and G.B.H. Davies. “Biodegradable and Compostable Alternatives to Conventional Plastics.”Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364:1526 (July 2009): 2127–2139. (Sustainability)
Print Sources
- ”Autos: Plastic Ford Unveiled,” Time Magazine, August 25, 1941.
- Fenichell, Stephen. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
- Freinkel, Susan. Plastics: A Toxic Love Story. New York: Henry Holt, 2011.
- Hohn, Donovan. “Moby Duck, or, the Synthetic Wilderness of Childhood.” Harper’s Magazine, July 2007.
- Humes, Edward. Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. New York: Avery, 2012.
- Murphy, W. “Carl Walter: A Pioneer in Shaping the Medical Device Industry.” American Journal of Surgery 148 (1984).
- Nicholson, Joseph L., and George R. Leighton. “Plastics Come of Age.” Harper’s Magazine, August 1942.
- Royte, Elizabeth. “Corn Plastic to the Rescue.” Smithsonian Magazine, August 2006.
- Tierney, John. “Recycling Is Garbage.” New York Times, June 30, 1996.
- Tullo, Alex. “Valuing Bioplastics.” Chemical & Engineering News, July 15, 2013.