BOOKS PLASTICS

 

SHORT LIST

Allen, Brigette, Christine Wong, Living Without Plastic: More Than 100 Easy Swaps for Home, Travel, Dining, Holidays, and Beyond, Artisan, 2020

 

Cameron, Lily, Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living, Ten Speed Press, 2021

 

Chaudhuri, Saabira, Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic, Blink Publishing, 2025

 

Cirino, Erica, Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis, Island Press, 2022

 

DeArmitt, Chris, The Plastics Paradox: Facts for a Brighter Future, Phantom Plastics LLC, 2020

 

Dorey, Martin, No. More. Plastic.: What you can do to make a difference - the #2minutesolution 

 

Ebbesmeyer, Curtis, Eric Scigliano, Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science, Harper Perennial; Illustrated Edition, 2010

 

Freinkel, Susan, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 33068th Edition, 2011

 

McCallum, Will, How to Give Up Plastic: Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet, Penguin Life, 2019

 

Moore, Charles, Cassandra Phillips, Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans, Avery; Reprint Edition, 2012

 

Rodale Sustainability, F**k Plastic: 101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World, Rodale Books, 2019

Romer, Jennie, Christie Young, Can I Recycle This?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics, Penguin Books, 2021

Sinha, Jay, Chantal Plamondon, Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy, Page Street Publishing, 2017

Walker-Franklin, Imari, Jenna Jambeck, Plastics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series), The MIT Press, 2023

OTHERS

Abbing, Michiel Roscam, Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution, Island Press; Illustrated Edition, 2019

Bates, Albert, Transforming Plastic: From Pollution to Evolution (Planet in Crisis), Groundswell Books, 2019

Bruder, Ulf, User's Guide to Plastic 2E: A Handbook for Everyone, Hanser Publications; 2 edition, 2019

Crawford, Christopher Blair, Brian Quinn, Microplastic Pollutants, Elsevier Science, 2016

Dorey, Martin, No. More. Plastic.: What you can do to make a difference - the #2minutesolution 

 

Ebbesmeyer, Curtis, Eric Scigliano, Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science, Harper Perennial; Illustrated Edition, 2010

 

Eriksen, Marcus, Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution, Beacon Press; Reprint edition, 2018

Hohn, Donovan, Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them, Penguin Books; Reprint Edition, 2012

Layton, Neal, Plastic Pollution, Wren & Rook, 2019

Marine Conservation Society, How to Live Plastic Free: A Day in the Life of a Plastic Detox, Headline, 2020

 

McCallum, Will, How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time, Penguin Books, 2019

 

Rajak, Anupam, Microplastics Pollution  Independently published, 2019

 

Rodale Sustainability, F**k Plastic: 101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World, Rodale Books, 2019

 

Roldan, Clara Williams, Louise Williams, Quitting Plastic: Easy and Practical Ways to Cut Down the Plastic in Your Life, Allen & Unwin, 2020

Rosato, Marlene G., D.V. Rosato, Concise Encyclopedia of Plastics, Springer, 2011

SanClements, Michael, Plastic Purge: How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!, St. Martin's Griffin, 2014

 

Stevens, E. S., Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics, Princeton University Press, 2001

Terry, Beth, Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too, Skyhorse; Reprint edition, 2015

ACADEMIC

Crawford, Christopher Blair, Brian Quinn, Microplastic Pollutants, Elsevier Science, 2016

Greene, Joseph P., Sustainable Plastics: Environmental Assessments of Biobased, Biodegradable, and Recycled Plastics, Wiley, 2014

Letcher, Trevor M., Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions, Academic Press, 2020

Rudolph, Natalie, Understanding Plastics Recycling: Economic, Ecological, and Technical Aspects of Plastic Waste Handling, Hanser Publications; 2nd edition, 2020

Zeng, Eddy Y., Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments: An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency, Elsevier, 2018