
Working together to “break up” with plastic pollution
We need policy and corporate actors to work together to curb our plastics problem.
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.
We need policy and corporate actors to work together to curb our plastics problem.
Plastic is in our electronics, our homes, and our food. It’s also increasingly warming our climate. We can’t let it fly under the radar.
Plastic is in our electronics, our homes, and our food. It’s also increasingly warming our climate. We can’t let it fly under the radar.
Grocery stores like Whole Foods have a major part to play in the fight against plastic pollution.
“Environment Georgia applauds the decision by Mayor Miller to reject Brightmark’s proposal and to prioritize a healthy, sustainable future for Macon. This was the right decision for the health and wellbeing of Macon residents and for the planet. No community deserves to breathe polluted air and drink polluted water. And no company should be propping up an untested technology that endangers public health and perpetuates the global climate and plastic pollution crises.”
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