SIGN NOW: Demand an end to single-use plastic production and pollution now!

Plastics are decimating our oceans and our planet.

•   Every minute, a single garbage truck’s worth of plastic is washed into the ocean.
•   Experts believe there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050.
•   36% of plastic is produced for packaging, including single-use water bottles, containers, and bags.
•   Massive plastic factories are spewing toxic petrochemical pollution into the environment and harming nearby communities. 
•   Tiny toxic microplastics are already in our food, air, and water supply. 
•   98% of single-use plastics are made from fossil fuels, driving the climate crisis and polluting communities for throw-away goods.
•   Less than 6% of plastics are recycled annually in the United States.
•   Plastics are non-biodegradable, so they don’t naturally decompose — and they’re slowly accumulating and taking over the Earth.

The Biden administration must step up and hold Big Plastic and Big Oil accountable for their environmental destruction before the PLASTIC APOCALYPSE destroys life on Earth as we know it. Take bold action against single-use plastic production and pollution today!

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Dear President Biden,

The world faces an indisputable plastic pollution crisis. 99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels, and fracked gas is fueling an unprecedented boom in plastic production. Plastic is an environmental nightmare at every step of its life cycle.

Plastic production fuels the climate crisis by increasing greenhouse gas emissions and harming local communities with toxic air and water pollution.

Plastic pollutes and kills wildlife. It fills our rivers and oceans, chokes out wildlife, threatens public health, permeates our drinking water, and persists in the environment for centuries.

The solution to plastic pollution is clear: Reduce the amount of unnecessary plastic produced. We can transform our extractive, throwaway economy into a regenerative, inclusive one that’s good for our country and creates U.S. jobs.

President Biden: we urge you to take the eight crucial actions outlined in the Presidential Plastics Action Plan, supported by more than 550 organizations. These actions will immediately set the nation on a pathway to a plastic-pollution-free future while longer-term measures, which require action at all levels of government and society, are developed.

Plastic pollution kills. We urge you to be a champion for communities, wildlife, and our future generations.

President Biden: be a #PlasticFreePresident.

Sincerely,

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