This 5-part series mentioned in Chapter 10 of the book, won the 2007 Pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting. This series discusses the Pacific Garbage Patch and examines the crisis in the world's oceans.

Web site published by the Chico Bag company discussed in Chapter 10 of the book. Promotes the reusable bag movement.

CBS news article related to how plastics in the ocean are harming marine and bird life - this issue is also addressed in Chapter 5 of the book.

Article from the Atlantic about the global environmental impacts of consumption and trash.

Economist article on landfills and waste management.

From the How Stuff Works site

Great Article from The Atlantic - July/August 2015 issue

Atlantic article that discusses new ways to dispose of food waste that will help create a new form of sustainable energy and fight climate change.

This site from NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) provides a variety of information and multimedia related to solving the debris problems plaguing our oceans.

Link to the San Francisco resource recovery company. Includes information about the Artist in Residence Program discussed in Chapter 9 of the book.

New Jersey upcycling and recycling company discussed in Chapter 10 that "collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products."

A CNN report about the Puente Hills Landfill discussed in Chapter 1 of the book.

Website for the MIT Trash Track project discussed in Chapter 7 of the book.

Website and blog of Bea Johnson, discussed in Chapter 12 of the book whose family of four produces almost no waste.