Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
More than 1,800 groups have endorsed the #BreakFreeFromPlastic Pollution Act as the most important set of policy solutions needed to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.
Why is this legislation so important?
Our world is drowning in plastic, and the U.S. produces the most plastic waste per capita of any country.
Plastic is toxic.
144 chemicals or chemical groups known to be hazardous to human health are actively used in toxic plastics.
Plastic fuels climate change.
99% of plastic is created from fossil fuels, and if plastic production grows as currently planned, by 2030 these emissions could reach the equivalent of 295 new 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants.
Plastic is an environmental justice issue.
Petrochemical companies disproportionately harm people of color and low-income communities by producing and disposing of plastic waste in their neighborhoods.
Plastic pollution harms or kills thousands of marine mammals and sea turtles in U.S. waters, 88% of which are listed as endangered or threatened.
Our recycling system is broken and we cannot recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis. Only 8% of plastic waste in the United States is sorted for recycling.
Tell your representatives to support this historic bill today.
bit.ly/3lp31sR
More than 1,800 groups have endorsed the #BreakFreeFromPlastic Pollution Act as the most important set of policy solutions needed to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.
Why is this legislation so important?
Our world is drowning in plastic, and the U.S. produces the most plastic waste per capita of any country.
Plastic is toxic.
144 chemicals or chemical groups known to be hazardous to human health are actively used in toxic plastics.
Plastic fuels climate change.
99% of plastic is created from fossil fuels, and if plastic production grows as currently planned, by 2030 these emissions could reach the equivalent of 295 new 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants.
Plastic is an environmental justice issue.
Petrochemical companies disproportionately harm people of color and low-income communities by producing and disposing of plastic waste in their neighborhoods.
Plastic pollution harms or kills thousands of marine mammals and sea turtles in U.S. waters, 88% of which are listed as endangered or threatened.
Our recycling system is broken and we cannot recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis. Only 8% of plastic waste in the United States is sorted for recycling.
Tell your representatives to support this historic bill today.
bit.ly/3lp31sR
