Rebecca Altman

Photograph by Emily Belz

About The Author

Rebecca Altman is a writer, environmental sociologist, and a research affiliate at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Her work explores the social history of plastics, petrochemicals, and environmental legacy.

Books by Rebecca Altman

The Song of Styrene
By Rebecca Altman
A personal history of plastics, written by a plastic-maker’s daughter turned environmental sociologist who, for the past decade, has searched for the origin story of plastic and how it is inextricably bound to her own
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