The DoD is under fire for a new memo revealing it will provide clean drinking water only to communities polluted by the toxic “forever chemicals” at levels much higher than new federal limits. ewg.life/3MzhqkS

How can countries create a Plastics Treaty that protects their people’s health? Check out IPEN’s Troubling Toxics brief outlining approaches to establish criteria for a negative list of chemicals to eliminate from plastics. stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/portfolio…

📉 Data proves again #BANSWORK to stop plastic pollution What DOESN’T WORK: plastic recycling Plastic ♻️ creates massive microplastics discharged to waterways or applied to farm land in sewage biosolids ⁦Beyond Plastics⁩ ⁦Plastic Pollutes⁩ france24.com/en/live-news/2…

The second edition of our friend, Judith Weis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University book, "Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know" is out from Oxford Academic Check it out! global.oup.com/academic/produ… Judith Enck

What can the next U.S. President do to reduce plastic pollution and protect Americans? Join us, Jo Banner of the Descendants Project, Dr. Sherri Mason of Gannon University, and Kevin Budris of Just Zero on Tues, 10/1 at 7PM ET for a free webinar. Register: bit.ly/presidential-p…

We are excited to share that our Local Groups & Affiliates program is now 150 organizations strong across 40 states! Beyond Plastics launched this program in February 2022 with the goal of building a stronger, more vibrant grassroots movement to tackle plastic pollution here in

We're proud to participate in EarthGives Day (coming soon on Oct. 1!) for the first time this year. Join our health policy director, Dr. Megan Wolff's Power Hour on 9/24 at 8 PM ET via Zoom to learn more about plastics' impact on our health and planet. Register:

THIS IS A MUST-READ! Big thanks to NRDC 🌎🏡 and Veena Singla for this helpful primer on the wildly misleading "mass balance" schemes for plastic recycling that are being aggressively pushed by the oil/gas/petrochem/plastics industry. nrdc.org/bio/renee-shar… Judith Enck Jenny Gitlitz

We LOVE this The Boston Globe story about this group of awesome retired women who clean trash out of ponds on the Cape. 🚽We really want to be friends with you Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage! bostonglobe.com/2024/08/12/met… PlasticFreeMass

Good piece from Matthew Campbell : Thailand Is Tired of the Noxious Fumes From Recycling Your Trash - The plastic industry says recycling is the solution to reducing waste. But in Thailand, where much of the world’s trash ends up, it’s created a new set of problems.

Over the summer we had these incredible group join our grassroots movement to #endplasticpollution 🌱 We applaud them in commitmenting to #breakfreefromplastic. We are looking forward to working with you! 💙