Articles by Staff Writer Joseph Winters
Joseph Winters was previously a staff writer at Grist covering plastics, corporate sustainability commitments, and carbon markets, among other topics. He previously worked as a production assistant at the radio show Living on Earth and as an intern at Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic
A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.
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![Empty to-go cups piled on top of a trash can]()
![Empty to-go cups piled on top of a trash can]()
Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution
A new report casts doubt on industry narratives about the “revolutionary” technology.
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![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
This commonly used plastic chemical caused 350,000 heart disease-related deaths in 1 year
People in Asia are exposed to levels up to six times higher than their counterparts in the West.
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The Trump administration just dismissed all 400 experts working on America’s official climate report
It’s not clear who will now write the Congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment — or whether it will be written at all.
