Climate Change
This special report from Habitable and Plastic Pollution Coalition reveals how the built environment is full of toxic plastic, making wildfires worse—and how there is opportunity to build back better, with sustainable materials.
The report presents key findings about the links between plastics and wildfires, focusing on the case study of the January 2025 wildfires that burned through Los Angeles, California—an example of our increasingly plastic cities. It seeks to inform leaders in architecture, building, design, engineering, and policy spaces about how communities at risk of and/or affected by wildfires can build and rebuild better with safer, plastic-free materials.
READ HABITABLE’S NEW REPORT