December 11, 2024 The Community Calls for Action to Ban Single-use Plastics  In Harlem, NY, City College students protested against vending machines making off single-use plastics such as water bottles and plastic chip bags in the second floor cafeteria on Tuesday, November 19th from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. CCNY is located at 160 Convent Ave., New York, NY, 10031. As a society, we are entitled to do better. This does not only include the community as a whole but the government as well. The government holds the most responsibility in ensuring that our community is free from harm, but how can that be if the existence of micro plastics…

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Despite its convenience and widespread use, plastic is wreaking havoc on our planet. From the deepest ocean trenches to the remotest polar wrenches, plastic waste has infiltrated every corner of the Earth, posing significant threats to both the environment and public health especially in NYC. The plastic pollution crisis started as a by-product of greenhouse gas-emitting oil and natural gas refining to increasingly fragmented shards of micro and nano plastics in lakes, oceans and soil.  Since then, the world has seen an explosive increase in plastic production, reaching about 380 million metric tons annually by 2015.…