{"id":583,"date":"2018-12-25T17:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/?p=583"},"modified":"2020-06-17T09:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T09:21:31","slug":"best-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/2018\/12\/25\/best-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2018, media attention on plastic pollution skyrocketed. The United Nations dedicated their Environment Day to #BeatPlasticPollution<\/a>, and National Geographic magazine put the issue on the cover and launched the #PlanetOrPlastic<\/a> campaign. Here are my picks from the huge amount of reporting this year – fresh and insightful articles, podcasts and fact-checks that truly stood out.
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ENGLISH<\/strong><\/p>\n

“How Plastic Is a Function of Colonialism”<\/a>
\nBy Max Liboiron in Teen Vogue
\nDecember 21, 2018<\/p>\n

The plastic backlash<\/a>: what’s behind our sudden rage \u2013 and will it make a difference?
\nBy Stephen Buranyi in the Guardian
\nNovember 13, 2018 <\/p>\n

Why the world\u2019s recycling system stopped working<\/a>
\nBy Leslie Hook, John Reed, David Blood (data), Ryn Jirenuwat in Financial Times
\nOctober 25, 2018
\nRecommended by Johanna Romberg<\/p>\n

Plasticphobia<\/a>: Could the war on plastic have unintended consequences for the environment?
\nBy Sarah Swadling (Producer) and Tom Heap (Host) on BBC4
\nOctober 24, 2018<\/p>\n

American Beauties<\/a> – How plastic bags came to rule our lives, and why we can\u2019t quit them
\nBy Rebecca Altman in Topic
\nAugust 2018<\/p>\n

Disposable America<\/a> and The First Straw<\/a>
\nBy Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic and 99% invisible with Roman Mars
\nJune 21, 2018 \/ September 4, 2018
\nRecommended by Rebecca Altman<\/p>\n

“Stop Talking Trash about Marine Litter<\/a> – Debunking the Myths about Plastic Debris in our Ocean”
\nBy the team at Grid Arendal
\nJune 2018<\/p>\n

Eight Million<\/a> – A podcast series on China’s role in tackling the ocean plastics challenge
\nBy Marcy Trent Long and team at Sustainable Asia
\nMarch-May, 2018<\/p>\n

GERMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plastikm\u00fcll: F\u00fcr immer Dein<\/a> [Plastic waste: Forever yours]
\nBy Dirk Asendorpf, Fritz Habeku\u00df, Paul Middelhoff, Robert Pausch, Mathias Peer und Petra Pinzler
\nApril 18, 2018 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2018, media attention on plastic pollution skyrocketed. The United Nations dedicated their Environment Day to #BeatPlasticPollution, and National Geographic magazine put the issue on the cover and launched the #PlanetOrPlastic campaign. Here are my picks from the huge amount of reporting this year – fresh and insightful articles, podcasts and fact-checks that truly stood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anjakrieger.com\/plastisphere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}