48 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Agency to Reject Using Public Subsidies to Produce Single-Use Plastics
The Company Is Seeking $600K to Produce Single-Use Plastic Packaging and Utensils
Beyond Plastics Announces Two Key New Hires
East Palestine Community Advocate Jess Conard Named First Appalachia Director, Nyah Estevez Joins as Community Organizer.
Roundup of Plastic-Free July Events Organized by Local Beyond Plastics Groups Across the Nation
Local Community Leaders Strengthen Grassroots Movement to Reduce Production, Use, and Disposal of Plastic to Help Stop the Health and Environmental Damages Caused by Plastic Production Facilities in Environmental Justice Communities.
Environmental Leaders Deliver 27,570 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Ban on Vinyl Chloride
Leaders from Beyond Plastics, Beyond Petrochemicals, River Valley Organizing, Hip Hop Caucus, Moms Clean Air Force, Plastic Free Future, Greenpeace USA, and others, delivered 27,570 petition signatures to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., calling for a ban on vinyl chloride. The groups then met with Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator in the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Over 400 New Yorkers Call on State Officials to Better Enforce the State’s Plastic Bag Ban and Bottle Bill
New York City residents and environmental groups rallied at the office of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 2 offices in Queens asking for better enforcement of two key state waste reduction laws: the Bag Waste Reduction Law and the Bottle Bill.
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
As NYers Struggle to Breathe, Enviro Groups Call on NYS Leg to Pass Key Climate Bills Now!
While climate-driven wildfires burn Canada and make air quality across NYS "very unhealthy," will lawmakers stand with the dirty fossil fuel companies at fault, or New Yorkers?
Environmental Leaders Deliver More Than 18,000 Signatures To Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ District Office
Call For Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to Pass The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act and Bigger Better Bottle Bill
Environmental Leaders Deliver More Than 13,000 Signatures To Legislative Leaders At the State Capitol
Call on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to Pass Strong Packaging Reduction Bill and Reject Toxic “Chemical Recycling” Ploy Pushed by Chemical Companies
Rally in Albany Calls on the New York Legislature to Pass Packaging Reduction Bill and Bigger Better Bottle Bill This Year
New York state legislators and 58 environmental organizations joined Beyond Plastics and NYPIRG for a jam-packed Rally and Advocacy Day to say, “New York Is Not Disposable.” The events included a rally in Albany, where notables — including Emmy- and Tony-award-winning actress Blythe Danner and National Poetry Slam champion Melissa Lozada-Oliva — joined state legislators to call for the passage of two bills that would greatly reduce plastic pollution statewide: the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill.
New Report Raises Questions About Safety of Using PVC Plastic Pipes for Drinking Water
In a report released today, Beyond Plastics warns of the human health risks of polyvinyl chloride plastic, recommending state and local officials avoid using the material for their communities’ water pipes. The Biden administration and Congress is providing $15 billion to municipalities that need to replace toxic lead service lines, yet the EPA has not offered guidance around what piping materials should be used to prevent homes from swapping one problematic material for another.
Beyond Plastics Names New Senior Advisor and Communications Director
Organization Continues to Expand, Add Leadership as Two New Seasoned Professionals Join Judith Enck’s Team to Combat Plastic
The National Advertising Review Board Slams the American Beverage Association for Its Deceptive ‘Every Bottle Back’ Campaign
Beyond Plastics Released a Video Highlighting These False Claims Last Year
The True Cost of Plastics: New Video Documents East Palestine Residents’ Experiences After Toxic Train Derailment
Beyond Plastics released The True Cost of Plastic, an on the ground video revealing the stories of East Palestine, Ohio, residents in the aftermath of the disastrous Feb. 3, 2023 train derailment.
Beyond Plastics and Hip Hop Caucus Call on EPA to Ban Vinyl Chloride
Today, on the same day that the U.S. Senate is holding a hearing on the toxic train disaster in Ohio, Beyond Plastics and the Hip Hop Caucus launched a petition urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen used almost exclusively to make polyvinyl chloride plastic, also known as PVC plastic or vinyl.
Beyond Plastics Launches New Policy Resource Center to Advance Solutions to Plastic Pollution
Beyond Plastics issues new Model Packaging Reduction and Recycling policy.
117 Organizations Urge New York Lawmakers to Reject Plastic Burning
117 NYS organizations are urging the New York State Legislature to reject state legislation that promotes the burning of plastics, also known as “chemical recycling.”
HOLIDAY ALERT: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Plastic Gift Cards Are On The Naughty List
As we enter the thick of the holiday giving season, Beyond Plastics has released a new fact sheet detailing the many reasons why brands and retailers should stop producing and selling gift cards made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.
Leading U.S. Environmental Groups Call on COP to Kick Out Coke
Today the U.S. environmental groups Just-Zero and Beyond Plastics called on the United Nations Climate Change Conference to kick Coke out as a sponsor of COP27. The United Nation’s annual climate conference, known as COP, will be held from November 6 to November 18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This is the 27th United Nations climate conference, but the first time Coca Cola, one of the world’s top plastic polluters, is a corporate sponsor.
New Beyond Plastics Guide Helps Dry Cleaners Reduce the Use of Plastic
A new guide from Beyond Plastics offers dry cleaners the information they need to ditch plastic in their operations. The free guide offers practical guidance, including recommendations for reusable garment bags, guidance for calculating potential savings, suggestions for shop front signage, printed items, website and social media messaging, green business listing websites, and more.