OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — There are growing protests over the amount of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans, but one Oakland nonprofit is taking a different approach that is having a remarkable effect on getting big plastic producers to care about the problem.
Read More(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Tuesday it would start reporting plastic pellet spills from its chemical plants in 2019.
Read MoreLess than two weeks after Exxon Mobil became the first major oil company to agree to report plastic pellet pollution to investors, another major petrochemical company has followed suit under pressure from activist shareholders.
Read MorePetrochemical companies are facing pressure to disclose incidents where they have spilled plastic into the ocean, which leads to what is said to be a major source of pollution.
Read MoreStarbucks offers incentives to customers to use reusable cups for both in-store and to-go consumption.
Read MoreFollowing pressure from a green shareholder activist group, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. agreed March 27 to expand its public reporting around resin pellet spills from its factories.
Read MoreAt the urging of shareholders, ExxonMobil has agreed to report on plastics spills and management of plastics handling, As You Sow announced Wednesday.
Read MoreOil giant ExxonMobil has avoided having to face a shareholder resolution on plastic pellet pollution after an agreement with investors - though the issue will go to the vote at peer companies like Chevron and Philips 66.
Read MoreExxonMobil has agreed to start reporting plastic pellet spills from its polymer production plants under shareholder pressure to prevent ocean pollution, the shareholder group As You Sow said Wednesday.
Read MoreHOUSTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp agreed to start reporting spills of plastic pellets from its chemical plants this year, according to an activist shareholder group that pressed the company on the issue.
Read MoreIt is ironic that the letter from by Patty Long, interim CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, seeks to invoke ethics.
Read MoreCorporations all over the world need to make a choice — are they going to commit to a future in which reliance on fossil fuel-based plastics is only a memory? Or are they going to continue to contribute to the 300 million tons of plastics produced every year, half of which is for single use? Loud investments in R&D to investigate future alternatives to plastics is a weak starting point, more public relations than practical reform. Our planet depends on corporations eliminating single-use plastics from all packaging — now.
Read MoreGreat Nurdle HuntVolunteers clean the beach in Scotland in an event sponsored by the Great Nurdle Hunt and the environmental group Fidra.
Read More(Bloomberg Law) -- Starbucks Corp.'s board is pushing back against a coffee-cup recycling proposal from shareholders worried about ocean pollution.
Read MorePlastic is a hot topic in Davos this week and more big-name companies are stepping up commitments to reducing plastic waste -- playing catch-up to other industry leaders.
Read MoreIn what is being billed as the largest-ever effort of its kind, 28 companies have formed the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, which plans to invest up to $1.5 billion over the next five years on projects to keep plastic trash out of the ocean.
Read MoreMIDLAND, MICH — Dow Chemical Co. is forming a global alliance with 30 other companies to focus on reducing plastic waste that ends up in the oceans and the environment.
Read MoreWith more plastics piling into rivers and oceans, several of the world's biggest plastic chemical manufacturers are joining together in an industry-led effort to curb plastic waste.
Read MoreAs You Sow has filed resolutions with Chevron Corp., DowDupont Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Phillips 66 asking them to disclose how many nurdles escape their production process each year, and how effectively they’re addressing the issue.
Read MoreEnvironmentalists have identified another threat to the planet. It’s called a nurdle.
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