New Report: Vinyl Chloride Accidents Have Happened Once Every Five Days Since 2010
A new report released by Beyond Plastics and Earthjustice details the significant extent to which people are exposed to vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen. Incidents in which vinyl chloride was illegally released into the environment or a workplace, often exposing people to this dangerous toxin, have occurred every five days since 2010, highlighting the harm companies pose to people and the environment due to lack of oversight.
Hidden Cost of Plastics: New Study Shows Single-Use Plastics Worse for Health Than Previously Known
Advocates and leading medical doctors held a virtual news conference to highlight new research in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that microplastics are linked to increased heart attacks and strokes, in addition to the many previously known negative impacts of single-use plastics to everyday New Yorkers’ health. The group highlighted the out-of-control expansion of single-use plastic and called on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
One of the 11 Constructed Chemical Recycling Facilities in the United States Shuts Down
Oregon Regenyx Facility Closes, Further Exposing Industry’s Deceptive Claim That Chemical Recycling Is a Solution to Plastic Pollution
New York Is Not Disposable: 300+ Advocates, Environmental Leaders, and Lawmakers Rally at New York State Capitol to Fight Plastic Pollution
Senate Environmental Chair Pete Harckham, Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, and more rally for Bigger Better Bottle Bill and Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act
Legislation to Curb Plastic Pollution Gains Momentum; Passes Environmental Conservation Committee and Secures Majority of Assembly and Senate Support
The New York State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee voted to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act — just days after the bill secured a majority of co-sponsors in both the assembly and the Senate.
City of Youngstown, Ohio, Adopts Moratorium on Pyrolysis and Gasification of Tires, Plastic, and Electronic Waste
Threats to Environmental Justice and Human Health Should Prevent Construction of SOBE Pyrolysis Facility
22 Albany County Legislators Proclaim Support for State Waste Reduction Bills
County Legislators Call on the State to Adopt the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill
U.S. EPA Takes First Step in Potentially Banning Vinyl Chloride
Beyond Plastics Calls for Urgency in the Federal Process on Vinyl Chloride, a Known Human Carcinogen
Community Groups Announce Opposition to Plastics Pyrolysis Plant as Proposed in Follansbee, West Virginia
Groups Vow to Fight for the Health of the Community for as Long as It Takes
Environmental Leaders Deliver 5,869 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Vinyl Chloride Ban
Vinyl Chloride Designated a Human Carcinogen 50 Years Ago, Still in Children’s Toys, Drinking-Water Pipes via PVC Plastic
EPA Must Go One Step Further in Replacing Lead Service Lines & Advise Against Using PVC Plastic Pipes
Beyond Plastics calls on US EPA Administrator Michael Regan to advise local governments NOT to replace lead service lines with PVC plastic pipes that contain chemical additives — some toxic and many untested for toxicity — that can leach into our drinking water.
Beyond Plastics Praises NY State Attorney General Letitia James For Launching Major Plastic Pollution Lawsuit Against PepsiCo
Statement by Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former US EPA Regional Administrator on New York Attorney General James’ unprecedented and much needed lawsuit that will hold PepsiCo accountable for its plastic pollution.
New Report Debunks Chemical Recycling’s False Promises to Manage Plastic Waste, Investigates All 11 U.S. Facilities
Today, Beyond Plastics and IPEN (the International Pollutants Elimination Network) — two leading organizations committed to addressing plastic pollution — released “Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception,” a critical examination of the technology’s long history of failure and the threats it poses to the environment, human health, and environmental justice.
Leading Businesses Join Environmentalists in Support of Passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act at Albany Legislative Hearing
While in Albany to attend a major legislative hearing on packaging reduction legislation, 12 companies, representing industry leaders in innovative solutions to end the scourge of single-use plastic packaging, are joining forces with environmentalists calling on the New York State legislature to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.
New Documentary Recounts Devastating Impacts of Vinyl Chloride in East Palestine, Ohio
Environmentalists Call on the U.S. EPA to Begin the Process of Banning Vinyl Chloride, a Known Human Carcinogen
Plastics Industry Association Attempts Another PR Campaign to Spin Failed Recycling System
Beyond Plastics Calls for Reduction in Plastic Production, Urges Public Not to Fall for More Misinformation From Plastics Producers
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.