Victory! New state laws will reduce pollution from plastic foam and packaging
Oregon and Washington are taking the kind of concrete steps we need to achieve zero waste.
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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Advocates & organizers call on Amazon to cut back on plastic packaging
More than 52,000 Americans to FTC: Crack down on misleading recyclability claims
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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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RELEASE: Call for Amazon to eliminate plastic packaging ahead of annual meeting
Advocates, organizers demonstrate need to cut back on plastic usage
Plastics Reduction Bill Passes Washington Legislature, Heads to Gov. Inslee for Signature
House Bill 1085 will increase access to refillable bottle options, require hotels to eliminate single-use plastics for personal care products, and reduce pollution from foam-filled floats and docks.
The sooner we get single-use plastics out of our national parks, the better
The Interior Department can move faster on removing single-use plastic products from our national parks.
This Week in Olympia: The Rose and Thorn of Plastic Advocacy
Plastic reduction bills see different outcomes at the end of a legislative cutoff week.
Two priority zero waste policies advance in the legislature
The WRAP Act and the Fair Repair Act passed out of a key committee on Thursday.