Thank you for your interest! We’re delighted that you’re considering becoming a bigger part of the growing grassroots movement dedicated to ending plastic pollution by affiliating your existing organization with Beyond Plastics. Please note that while we applaud businesses that are taking the lead to reduce plastics, unfortunately, we have to limit our Affiliates limited to non-profit organizations. If you are the proprietor of a business, we highly recommend joining Upstream's Reuse Solutions Network, which provides resources and connections for companies advancing reuse across the U.S.

Here’s how you can affiliate in two easy steps:

STEP 1. FEEL OUT THE FIT

Read our foundational document closely and make sure you feel that you can work within our framework. Do you see any conflicts with your own mission statement, organizational principles, or overall vision? If needed, review our step-by-step manual on how to become a Beyond Plastics affiliate (haga clic aquí para descargar en Español) to get you more details about what this entails and how it works. Ready to affiliate? Go to Step 2!

STEP 2. MAKE IT OFFICIAL - ADD YOUR ORGANIZATION TO THE MAP!

Now comes the exciting part! Fill out this form to add your organization to our national directory. We’ll use the information you share with us to add your organization to our searchable map and help people in your area find you and get involved in your efforts to reduce plastic pollution. We will also follow up with your official Beyond Plastics Affiliate logo, add you to our Local Groups & Affiliates communication platforms and more!

OPTIONAL: TAKE THE ONLINE TRAININGS

It is not required to affiliate but you, or anyone else at your organization, is invited to attend our free grassroots training. Each of the two sessions is roughly two hours long and designed to help give you a solid background on the intricacies of plastic pollution issues and the basics of our approach to grassroots organizing. We offer these trainings on a quarterly basis - click here for the dates and times of the upcoming trainings.

KICK THINGS OFF WITH A LOCAL CAMPAIGN!

If you aren’t currently running a plastic pollution reduction campaign, browse through our priority campaigns to find one would be a good project for your organization to take on. Don’t forget to make use of the organizing tools listed below too!

CHECK OUT OUR STAFF PICKS

We’ve curated some of our staff favorites below. Spend some time cozying up to these sources and use them to spark discussion and raise awareness within your organization. 

• The Story of Plastic documentary film

• PBS Frontline’s Plastic Wars 

• Plastic Atlas: Facts and Figures About the World of Synthetic Polymers, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

• The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change, Beyond Plastics, October 2021

• Rebecca Altman’s article in the Atlantic, “How Bad Are Plastics, Really?”, January 2021

• Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel

• Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fueling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It by Alice Mah

•  Thicker Than Water, The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis by Erica Cirino  

• David Sayer’s plastics wiki, an amazing assemblage of easy-to browse information on all aspects of the plastic pollution crisis

• Judith Enck’s seven-week online course, Beyond Plastic Pollution, at Bennington College - offered in both the fall and spring semesters and open to people of all ages everywhere. If you’re interested in attending but cannot get in right now, please fill out this form to add your name to the waiting list.