September 1, 2026

When plastic companies write the lesson plans

When plastic companies write the lesson plans
When plastic companies write the lesson plans

🌍✨ When plastic companies write the lesson plans

Why we’re watching: This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology.

But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school curricula: plastics. 💚

A new report from the nonprofit Plastic Pollution Coalition documents the many ways the plastics industry has been inserting its agenda into classrooms across the U.S.

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  • 📌 Key signal: This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects:…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Grist.