Dear Friend,

Big Plastic is capitalizing on pandemic-induced fear to maximize its profits.

The Plastic Industry Association is claiming that single-use plastic bags are
safer than reusable bags. This is a shameless attempt by Big Plastic to continue
to pollute our oceans and choke marine wildlife -- just to increase its profits.
If Big Plastic truly had people’s best interest at heart, it wouldn’t exploit a
pandemic to further its agenda.

The Association asked the Trump Administration to make a statement supporting
single-use plastics over reusable materials. This would pressure cities and
states that have banned plastic bags or charge small fees for plastic to roll
back their restrictions. We need your help to stop that from happening!

Tell the Department of Health and Human Services: Don’t support single-use
plastics!
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Big Plastic is using fear-mongering tactics to get its products back in stores.
The truth is reusable bags aren’t more likely to transmit the coronavirus than
money or hands.

Single-use plastic bags may be contaminated during manufacturing, transporting,
or handling. They are not a risk-free alternative. In addition to potentially
spreading the coronavirus, these bags are proven to be harmful for the
environment.

The Department of Health and Human Services has a duty to support information
backed by science -- not big corporation propaganda. And the fact is our oceans
and climate can’t survive much more plastic pollution.

Fight for our oceans: Resist single-use plastic ban reversals!
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Every minute, the equivalent of an entire garbage truck of plastic is dumped
into our oceans. It’s choking sea turtles and driving blue whales closer to
extinction. And plastic breaks down into micro-particles that never go away --
poisoning our aquatic systems forever.

We can’t let questionable science put our oceans and climate at risk. That’s why
it’s up to you to stand up and demand single-use plastics are not integrated
back into daily life.

States like Massachusetts and New Hampshire have already begun reversing
single-use plastic bans. You must act fast. Big Plastic is lobbying hard to
reverse the hard work of environmentalists like you, Friend. But together, we can fight back for our planet.

Send a message to the Department of Health and Human Services: Demand they stand
against plastic pollution!
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Standing with you,
Lukas Ross,
Senior policy analyst,
Friends of the Earth

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