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The Plastic Recycling Scam - with Dr. Veena Singla

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

The plastic industry is desperately trying to convince us that they can recycle plastic. Too bad it doesn't work.


This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the link between plastic food containers and heart disease, how climate change is threatening drinking water, and how RFK’s promise to regulate hazardous chemicals by getting rid of corporate influence will sit with the corporate cronies President Trump has selected to staff the EPA. Then Columbia University’s Dr. Veena Singla talks about her career studying the various methods being used by the plastic industry to try to make their products seem sustainable. 


The Plastic Recycling Scam with Dr. Veena Singla

Links from the Interview

Dr. Singla's page at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition: https://sustainablepackaging.org/people/veena-singla/

The Burning Truth Behind Chemical Recycling (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGDCCgELMk


Links from the News Eating from plastic containers may increase the risk of heart disease: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/plastic-food-containers-heart-failure

Climate change is putting drinking water a risk: https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-drinking-water





Pipelines Filled with Trouble - with Justin Nobel

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Highly toxic and radioactive fracking waste is being transported through makeshift pipelines with no government oversight. What could go wrong?

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about petrochemical plants dumping toxins in the nearby water, how Cambodian brick factories burning plastic clothes for fuel are making workers sick, and how wildfires in California are creating toxic air and debris from burning plastic structures, furnishings and personal items. Then investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks about the secret network of unregulated pipelines in fracking country carrying highly toxic and radioactive waste to unknown destinations. 


Green Street - Justin Nobel podcast

Links from the Interview


Links from the News

Petrochemical plants pour millions of pounds of pollutants into water: https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-plants-send-pollutants-into-waterways-2670496106.html

Cambodian brick kilns powered by synthetic clothing scraps: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68102771






Toxic Turf - with Amy Griffin

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

A soccer coach talks about young soccer goalies who developed lymphoma after playing for years on artificial turf.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the continuing presence of lead in many consumer products including spices, the city of Paris replacing parking spots with trees to improve the quality of life and address climate concerns, and President Trump’s troubling plan to re-start the Keystone XL pipeline project. Then former soccer star and coach Amy Griffin talks about artificial turf fields, their negative impact on young athletes, including alarming increases in cancer, and her growing list of young athletes who have been affected. 


Green Street Amy Griffin podcast


Links from the Interview:

The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is helping Amy Griffin to push back against artificial turf fields: https://peer.org/amy-griffin-amys-list-and-toxic-turf-2/


Links from the News

Lead poisoning is a problem for everyone, especially some ethnic communities: https://www.pureearth.org/global-lead-program/lead-poisoning/



President-elect Trump plans to re-open the Keystone XL pipeline project: https://www.ehn.org/trump-plans-to-revive-keystone-xl-2669999072.html

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