
From Wisconsin to Capetown: The first International Plastic Pellet Count
In May, Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and our partners organized the first International Plastic Pellet Count.
To spare birds, fish and other wildlife from the harm caused by plastic pollution, we’re raising our voices for a world with less single-use plastic products.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, or the headlines about whales washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic. With so much plastic pollution floating in the ocean, it’s too easy for wildlife to mistake it for food — and too often, they pay the price with their lives. The good news is that more people, communities, states and companies are moving away from the single-use plastics we don’t even need. Because after all, nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years.
In May, Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and our partners organized the first International Plastic Pellet Count.
Join us to discuss how to use less plastic, how we can properly recycle the plastics we do have, and how we can move beyond a plastic world in the future.
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