Dear John,

Plastic food packaging is ubiquitous in grocery stores.

From plastic-wrapped vegetables to plastic water bottles, single-use plastic seems to pack nearly every shelf. This is resulting in a deluge of waste.

Plastic packaging makes up nearly a quarter of all plastic waste sent to landfills nationwide.1 In order to curb this waste and protect our environment, we're calling on Walmart, America's largest grocer, to phase out plastic packaging.2 And we need your help, John.

Sign onto our petition calling on Walmart to commit to reducing its plastic waste.

Nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years. But that's exactly what single-use plastic packaging does.

Every day, the plastic packaging that is brought home from grocery stores is thrown away. From there, the plastic waste ends up clogging landfills and littering the environment. With so much pollution in our environment, it's easy for wildlife to choke or become entangled in plastic.

Walmart can make a difference on this issue. As America's largest grocer, Walmart can have a large nationwide impact by reducing its plastic waste. It can also set a positive example for others in the industry to follow.

Walmart has already committed to eliminating unnecessary plastic packaging, but it hasn't set a timeline or released plans of how it will accomplish this pledge.3 By adding your name today, John, you can help urge Walmart to take the necessary next steps to put wildlife over waste.

Add your name to urge Walmart to put wildlife over waste.

Thank you for all you do,

Ellen Montgomery

1. Alejandra Borunda, "Grocery stores are packed with plastic. Some are changing.," National Geographic, April 22, 2019.
2. Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis, "The most popular grocery stores in the U.S.," Axios, April 20, 2023.
3. "Sustainable Packaging Goals," Walmart Sustainability Hub, last accessed August 7, 2023.