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Pamela L. Geller
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Just an archaeologist thinking about the common sense of small, plastic things forgotten... #plasticarchaeology
Art & Climate Panel on 8 Nov 2025 at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Plasticized foil bag
PepsiCo's subsidiary
Beach cleanup remains

#packaging #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Lay’s #PepsiCo Provenience: 25.77586° N, 80.13053° W [Miami Beach, FL – Lummus Park]
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Miami Children's Environmental Congress, 10-11 April 2025...so happy to have been invited to participate in this
great event!
April 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM

23 billion
thrown away annually.
Something is rotten.

#toothbrush #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Oral-B
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.91895° N, 77.03195° W [Washington, DC - Adams Morgan]
March 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Floss pick discarded
Photosynthesis hindered
Microplastic soil

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #plackers #perrigo #ranir
Photo credit: Isabelle Sandnas
Provenience: 25°43'15"N 80°16'36"W [University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida]
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Chthulucene
Man, pavement, river, sea, fish
An entanglement

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92330° N, 77.04935° W [Washington, DC - Washington Memorial Bridge]
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
5th grade beach clean up
Plastic paraphernalia
Today’s PSA

#vape #syringe #condomwrapper #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #raz #trojan
Provenience: 25.77363° N, 80.13087° W [Miami Beach, FL - South Beach]
February 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pink giraffe flosser
Kid tested, parent approved
Nylon and PP

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92430° N, 77.05198° W [Washington, DC - Woodley Park]
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reposted by Pamela L. Geller
🛑 Observers struggled to follow #PlasticsTreaty talks in Busan due to closed-door meetings.

📨 We sent an open letter urging the INC Bureau to uphold observer rights and boost transparency. 👇
Open letter to INC Bureau regarding observer participation at INC 5.2 - Ikhapp
Letter sent to INC Bureau on behalf of the Scientists’ Coalition calling for protections and assurances for observer participation at INC 5.2, dated 11th February 2025.
ikhapp.org
February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Pamela L. Geller
Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a ‘ridiculous situation’ On Monday, Donald Trump took aim at a “ridiculous situation” that directly affects his daily life: paper straws. He signed an…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM