Rebecca Altman, PhD
@rebecca-altman.bsky.social
Currently writing An Intimate History of Plastics (Scribner, Spring 2027)
Brown Institute for Environment and Society
Words in Orion | The Atlantic | Science 📚
Chatty re: env history of plastic & #creativenonfiction
https://rebecca-altman.com
Brown Institute for Environment and Society
Words in Orion | The Atlantic | Science 📚
Chatty re: env history of plastic & #creativenonfiction
https://rebecca-altman.com
Ooooh! Bookmarking to read ASAP!!! 💥💥💥
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ooooh! Bookmarking to read ASAP!!! 💥💥💥
Hi Carl — what comes to mind for me is Alice Mah’s work on circularity, this one in particular — direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Future-Proofing Capitalism: The Paradox of the Circular Economy for Plastics
Abstract. The marine plastics crisis sparked a wave of corporate interest in the circular economy, a sustainable business model that aims to eliminate waste in industrial systems through recycling, re...
direct.mit.edu
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hi Carl — what comes to mind for me is Alice Mah’s work on circularity, this one in particular — direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
She finished it! 📕
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
She finished it! 📕
Ohhhhhhh!!!!
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ohhhhhhh!!!!
I feel like @katieulrich.bsky.social and @cassienewland.bsky.social would have much to talk about (if you don’t already know one another.) #environmentalhistory of bioplastics 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I feel like @katieulrich.bsky.social and @cassienewland.bsky.social would have much to talk about (if you don’t already know one another.) #environmentalhistory of bioplastics 🌱
There are also these delightful parenthetical asides that make you chuckle while reading dense chemical names and chemical explanations of how polymers and elastomers work! Brava @cassienewland.bsky.social!
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There are also these delightful parenthetical asides that make you chuckle while reading dense chemical names and chemical explanations of how polymers and elastomers work! Brava @cassienewland.bsky.social!
Friends in plastics-academia-land, this is a great condensed chapter to assign in plastics’ early history — 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Friends in plastics-academia-land, this is a great condensed chapter to assign in plastics’ early history — 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this day, salve — thank you 🎁
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this day, salve — thank you 🎁