Environmental Leaders Deliver 27,570 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Ban on Vinyl Chloride
Leaders from Beyond Plastics, Beyond Petrochemicals, River Valley Organizing, Hip Hop Caucus, Moms Clean Air Force, Plastic Free Future, Greenpeace USA, and others, delivered 27,570 petition signatures to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., calling for a ban on vinyl chloride. The groups then met with Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator in the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Over 400 New Yorkers Call on State Officials to Better Enforce the State’s Plastic Bag Ban and Bottle Bill
New York City residents and environmental groups rallied at the office of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 2 offices in Queens asking for better enforcement of two key state waste reduction laws: the Bag Waste Reduction Law and the Bottle Bill.
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
The National Advertising Review Board Slams the American Beverage Association for Its Deceptive ‘Every Bottle Back’ Campaign
Beyond Plastics Released a Video Highlighting These False Claims Last Year
The True Cost of Plastics: New Video Documents East Palestine Residents’ Experiences After Toxic Train Derailment
Beyond Plastics released The True Cost of Plastic, an on the ground video revealing the stories of East Palestine, Ohio, residents in the aftermath of the disastrous Feb. 3, 2023 train derailment.
Beyond Plastics Releases Guide for Meals on Wheels Programs to Switch to Reusable Dishes
Meals on Wheels programs deliver vital services to millions of older adults and adults with disabilities every day by providing nutritious meals and consistent human interaction. A new guide called Choose to Reuse from Beyond Plastics will help meal delivery services transition to serving home-delivered meals in reusable dishes rather than costly and environmentally damaging single-use packaging. The free guide offers practical advice, tools, resources, and case studies and is available at https://www.beyondplastics.org/meals-on-wheels.
Major Packaging Reduction Bills Introduced in New York
New York’s mountains of toxic packaging waste would shrink if the state adopts two new bills that would reduce packaging, improve recycling, and reduce litter.
New Report Reveals that U.S. Plastics Recycling Rate Has Fallen to 5%-6%
The Last Beach Clean Up and Beyond Plastics released a new report “The Real Truth About the U.S. Plastics Recycling Rate,” which documented a recycling rate of just 5 to 6% for post-consumer plastic waste in the U.S. for 2021.
Prominent Research Professor of Oceanography to Speak at Bennington College
Dr. Kara Lavender Law, Research Professor of Oceanography at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, MA will give a virtual lecture “A Global Look at Plastic in the Ocean” on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 PM ET.
Beyond Plastics’ Response to the American Chemistry Council’s Poll of NYS Voters’ Views on So-Called “Advanced Recycling”
Beyond Plastics’ response to the American Chemistry Council’s release of its poll of New York State voters’ views on so-called “advanced recycling”.
Beyond Plastics Responds to Coca-Cola & Bill Nye’s Greenwashing Plastics Recycling Video with a New Video Setting the Record Straight
Coca-Cola enlisted Bill Nye, the Science Sellout Guy to create a video designed to mislead the public about plastics recycling. In response, Beyond Plastics released a new claymation video of its own to set the record straight.
160+ Environmental and Community Organizations, Recycling Businesses Call on NYS Assembly and Senate To Reject Flawed Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation in State Budget
A coalition of more than 160 environmental and community organizations and recycling businesses are calling on the NYS Assembly and Senate to reject Extended Producer Responsibility proposals in the state budget.
Gov. Murphy Signs Recycled Content for Plastics Bill Into Law
NJ Governor Phil Murphy has signed the Recycled Content Bill into law! This will make New Jersey the East Coast leader and help reduce virgin plastic use.
NJ Bill To Increase Post-Consumer Recycled Content for Plastics Passes!
The Recycled Content Bill will make New Jersey the East Coast leader and help reduce virgin plastic use.
REPORT: Plastics To Outpace Coal In Driving Climate Change
Beyond Plastics’new report: The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change provides a groundbreaking analysis of the U.S. plastics industry’s significant, yet rarely acknowledged contributions to the climate crisis.
“Recycle” By Mail Is A Major Climate Fail
New fact sheet exposes the hidden climate and other environmental impacts of mail-back “recycling” schemes for poorly designed plastic items and packaging.
National Parks Should Go Plastic-Free
Beyond Plastics joins PEER and GreenLatinos in urging the reversal of a Trump admin. action that prevents our National Parks from banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles.
Global Coalition Calls on Amazon to Shift to Plastic-Free, Reusable Packaging As It Has In India
A group of 120+ organizations from around the globe is calling on Amazon to shift away from single-use plastic packaging to lighten its negative impact on the climate crisis, ocean pollution and more.
250+ Organizations Urge Pres. Biden & Congress to Invest $1.3 Billion in Stimulus and Funding Bills to Address the Plastic Pollution Crisis and its Environmental Justice Impacts
250+ Organizations Have Issued a New Report Urging President Biden and Congress to Invest $1.3 Billion in Congressional Stimulus and Funding Bills to Address the Plastic Pollution Crisis and its Environmental Justice Impacts
Beyond Plastics’ Statement on the Events of January 6, 2021
There is no mistaking that what happened in the United States Capitol on January 6th was intended to impose an extreme, anti-democratic ideology over the results of a legitimate democratic election. It was years in the making and it will take years of hard work to address.