Frequently asked questions about recycling plastics
We get a lot of questions about recycling, especially recycling plastics.
Beyond plastic
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.
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Bipartisan support for reducing plastic pollution
Greenwashing plastic solutions
Amazon announces the end of its plastic padded shipping bags
One & Done: Eliminating Single Use Plastics
Join us for One & Done: Eliminating Single Use Plastics on September 28th for the final webinar in our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? series.
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Reducing plastic waste in the states
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Did You Know?
Scientists have found plastic fragments in 44% of all seabird species, 43% of all marine mammal species and 100% of sea turtle species.
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The label says ‘widely recyclable.’ Is it true?
If a form of plastic isn't accepted by most community recycling programs, how can the plastics industry still claim it's “widely recyclable”?
Our plans for moving beyond plastic in 2023
This year we can reduce plastic waste by winning more bans on single-use plastics and convincing companies such as Amazon and Whole Foods to cut plastic packaging.
General Assembly update: Plastic bills in committee
A couple plastic bills are coming up tomorrow in Virginia's Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources committee. One we support, one we oppose.
Sysco, the world’s largest food distributor, should stop using harmful single-use plastic
Sysco delivers wholesale food to a wide variety of businesses including restaurants, hotels and hospitals — but in the process, its use of plastic packaging is contributing to the plastic pollution crisis that kills 1 million marine animals every year.
General Assembly Update: Week One
The 2023 Virginia General Assembly kicked off in Richmond last Wednesday, and we are excited to fight for our environment, win real solutions to our most pressing issues and defend the historic progress we have made.