Speaking & Media
Speaking
Ocean conservation, environmental policy, science-policy careers, and science communication.
Plastics policies including extended producer responsibility, microplastics, chemical recycling, and ocean plastic pollution.
Topics
Speaking venues have included Congress, state legislatures, international negotiations, national conferences, podcasts, TV broadcasts, and universities.
Venues
Featured Media
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Meet the woman forcing companies to cut their plastic production
Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023.
The Ocean Conservancy’s Anja Brandon is helping legislation such as California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act become law. -
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Energy Switch on PBS
Episode #501 on PBS' Energy Switch: Plastic Recycling. Plastic is cheap, lightweight, strong, and versatile, so we use it in millions of products. But there are challenges with disposal and recycling, meaning plastic is increasingly in our ocean, our water, our food, even our bodies. We’ll talk about all this and plastic’s energy and emissions footprints.
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Tackling Plastic Pollution From the White House to Your House
Instagram Live from the White House with Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality Brenda Mallory where we discussed the plastic pollution crisis, actions being taken at the federal level to phase out single-use plastics, and policy changes needed at every level of government to tackle this crisis.
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California Requires Plastics Makers to Foot the Bill for Recycling
“We know that to solve our plastic pollution crisis, we need to make less plastic and reuse more of the plastic we do have,” said Anja Brandon, a policy analyst at the Ocean Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit group, and a contributor to the text of the bill. “This is the first bill in the country to tackle both issues.”
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From the Lab Bench to the Halls of Congress
Recently, she was the primary policy staffer assigned to Senator Merkley’s introduction of the Break Free From Plastics Pollution Act—a bill that she says is heavily influenced by science... For Brandon, the legislation could not have come at a better time. She has been working to reduce plastic pollution ever since she took a class trip to the Seattle Aquarium about 15 years ago.
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Television Interview - Scripps News. Addressing the planet's ocean plastics problem.
Television Interview - Business Insider. You're Being Lied To About Ocean Plastic.
Axios. California to ban all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
Grist. The US says it now supports a more ambitious plastics treaty. Industry groups are furious.
Forbes. Proposed New Legislation Aims To Bid Farewell To Plastic Foam Foodware.
Inside Climate News. A Battle Over Plastic Recycling Claims Heats Up in California Over ‘Truth in Labeling’ Law.
Fast Company. What would it take to ditch single-use plastic?
Environmental Health News. Groups push Biden administration to take leadership role at upcoming plastic treaty talks.
The Business Times. Negotiations on global plastic treaty to resume in Canada.
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Opinion in The New York Times. Making Plastics Truly Recyclable.
Opinion in Washington Post. We need to get more plastic into the blue bins. The question is how.
Washington Post. One solution to the plastic crisis may lie in bugs' bellies.
Television interview - Fox Weather. World producing record amount of single-use plastic, report says.
Salon. How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Forbes. Banning Five Key Products Essential For Waste-Free Beaches, Study Finds.
Politico. Red states see green in recycling.
Podcast - Plastics News Radio. Anja Brandon | Ocean Conservancy.
Waste Dive. EPA calls for greater EJ focus in new plastics pollution prevention strategy.
Earth911. Demystifying Chemical Recycling: An Emerging Solution or a New Set of Challenges?
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Vox. The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of.
National Geographic. California’s sweeping new plastics law could be a game changer.
AP. California bill would reduce single-use plastic products 25%.
Science. World’s nations start to hammer out first global treaty on plastic pollution.
Television Interview - Fox Weather. California governor signs new law that aims to end ocean plastic pollution.
Guardian. Congressional Democrats have a new plan to combat plastic pollution.
Podcast - Earth911. The Ocean Conservancy’s Dr. Anja Malawi Brandon on Plastic Progress.
Inside Climate News. California Attorney General Investigates the Oil and Gas Industry’s Role in Plastic Pollution, Subpoenas Exxon.
Plastic News. Environmentalists nab win on chemical recycling in federal budget.
Grist. Congressional Democrats have a new plan to combat plastic pollution.
Select Media Mentions
“The bridge between science and action is built with clear communication, strategic thinking, and unwavering dedication. Our ocean’s health depends on our ability to translate complex data into impactful solutions.”