Today, we understand plastic pollution as a crisis with deep, intersecting impacts. As a result, concerns continue to rise. And people desperately want to see bold action that addresses this worsening crisis.
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Bottle Bills are the best recycling programs for beverage containers. In fact, states with Bottle Bill programs collect and recycle beverage containers at far higher rates than states without these programs. If we are going to push for any recycling program, it needs to be this one.
What is a Bottle Bill? Read More
Allowing one of the leading plastic polluters to sponsor COP27 undermines the very objectives of the event. If the United Nations is serious about solving our climate crisis, they should cut all ties with corporate polluters.
Leading U.S. Environmental Groups Call on COP to Kick Out Coke Read More
Most plastic was never designed to be recyclable, and it will never be recycled. We can’t keep trying to manage plastic waste. We need to look for solutions that hold polluters accountable and shut off the plastic production pipeline.
The Plastic Pollution Problem – We Can’t Recycle Our Way Out of It Read More
Deceptively named false solutions like “advanced recycling,” “chemical recycling,” and “molecular recycling” are nothing more than a magic act. Fossil fuel giants use smoke-and-mirrors to pretend that they’ve somehow made single-use plastics “sustainable.” But in reality, “advanced recycling” is just a different way to burn plastic.
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