Below is a selection of my stories about plastics and sustainability
​​​​​​Opinion: Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us - New York Times, Sept 6th, 2025. Read it here.
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As Fertility Rates Fall, Scientists Point to Chemicals - Wall Street Journal, Dec 14th, 2024. Read it here.
Does Everything in Your Blue Bin Really Get Recycled? You Would Be Surprised - Wall Street Journal, Oct 19th, 2024. Read it here.
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The 100-Year Quest to Make a Paper Bottle - Wall Street Journal, May 15th, 2024. Read it here.
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McDonald’s Fights Europe's Attempts to Bring in Reusable Packaging - Wall Street Journal, Dec 9th, 2023. Read it here.
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Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Plastic Yogurt Container Is Rarely Recycled - Wall Street Journal, Aug 17th, 2022. Read it here.
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One Grocer Wanted to Give Up Plastic. It Got Rotting Bananas - Wall Street Journal, June 17th, 2022. Read it here.
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The Biggest Source of Consumer Goods Makers' Emissions? You - Wall Street Journal, March 29th, 2021. Read it here.
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Plastic Biodegradability Claims are Overblown - Wall Street Journal, March 20th, 2021. Read it here.
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One Answer to America’s Recycling Problems—Make Big Brands Pay - Wall Street Journal, Dec 5th, 2020. Read it here.
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Consumer Brands Seek Ways to Make Paper Mimic Plastic - Wall Street Journal, Oct 6th, 2020. Read it here.
Ocean Plastic Is Getting Worse and Efforts to Stem the Tide Fall Short - Wall Street Journal, July 25th, 2020. Read it here.
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Trash Burning Ignites as World’s Waste Swells - Wall Street Journal, June 10th, 2020. Read it here.
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How Covid Complicated the Quest for a Greener Plastic Bottle - Wall Street Journal, June 24th, 2020. Read it here.
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Covid Gives a Boost to the Most Problematic Plastics - Wall Street Journal, June 29th, 2020. Read it here.
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Covid Could Help Healthcare Industry Rethink How it Uses Plastic - Wall Street Journal, March 31st, 2020. Read it here.
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Glass, Once the King of Packaging, Seeks a Comeback - Wall Street Journal, Feb 24th, 2020. Read it here.
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China Waste Import Ban Sparks Seismic Shift in the West- Wall Street Journal, Dec 19th, 2019. Read it here.
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Chemical Recycling Has Failed For Decades - Can it Now Succeed? Wall Street Journal, Dec 8th, 2019. Read it here.
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Big Brands Struggle to Quit Plastic - Wall Street Journal, Nov 26th, 2019. Read it here.
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An Avalance of Old Clothing is Flowing to Landfills - Wall Street Journal, Oct 2nd, 2019. Read it here.
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Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks - Wall Street Journal, June 12th, 2019. Read it here.
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India Saddles Consumer Goods Makers With Fixing Plastic Trash Problem - Wall Street Journal, July 5th, 2019. Read it here.
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Plastics Industry Makes New Push to Fight Bans - Wall Street Journal, May 20th, 2019. Read it here.
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P&G's Diapers and Sanitary Pads Raise Waste Concerns - Wall Street Journal, April 3rd, 2019. Read it here.
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The Tiny Plastics in Your Clothes Are Becoming a Big Problem - Wall Street Journal, March 7th, 2019. Read it here.
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World's Biggest Brands Try Reusable Containers to Quell Plastic Backlash - Wall Street Journal, Jan 24th, 2019. Read it here.
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Compostable Packaging Heads Straight for the Landfill - Wall Street Journal, Jan 22nd, 2019. Read it here.
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Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom Now Threaten a Crisis. Wall Street Journal, Dec 12th, 2018. Read it here.
A New Target in the Fight Against Plastic: Paper Cups - Wall Street Journal, Oct 30th, 2018. Read it here.
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