Hi John,

On our food's way to our plates, it's often encased in plastic. Plastic packaging accounts for 40% of the plastic made worldwide -- and most of it is used once and then thrown away.1

But there is no 'away.' We're stuck with every piece of plastic for centuries.

Companies should reduce plastic packaging and address this growing problem. Sysco is America's largest food distributor, and could have a big impact on how much plastic is surrounding our food.2

Call on Sysco to cut down on plastic packaging.

Sysco delivers food to places like restaurants, universities, hospitals and hotels. And whether the food is delivered to the cafeteria kitchen or to a gourmet chef, too often, it comes with piles of unnecessary plastic packaging.

How many bites of our food were wrapped in wasteful plastic before they reached our plates?

Single-use plastic is flooding our planet, and packaging is a big part of the problem.3 And if that plastic packaging makes its way into our oceans, it can be a major killer of wildlife including sea turtles, dolphins and whales.4

We're confident that Sysco can figure out how to deliver delicious ingredients without so much plastic. We just need Sysco to make a strong commitment to phase out wasteful plastic throughout its supply chain.

Tell Sysco: Deliver our food without unnecessary single-use plastic packaging.

When you or I buy our own groceries, we can try our best to buy foods with less plastic packaging. But we can have an even farther reaching impact when we band together to convince big businesses to consider their plastic footprint and do something about it.

By adding your name to our petition, you're teaming up with thousands of people to call for concrete action to put wildlife over waste.

And together, our voices are powerful. It's how we helped convince retail giant Amazon to phase out its plastic air pillows by the end of this year.5 And it's how we'll keep convincing more and more companies to do the right thing for our planet and move away from wasteful single-use plastic.

Join the movement for plastic-free packaging: Add your name today.

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

1. Laura Parker, "Fast facts about plastic pollution," National Geographic, December 20, 2018.
2. "The Top 16 Food Distributors in the USA (2024)," Gourmet Pro, June 22, 2024.
3. "Everything you need to know about plastic pollution," UN Environment Programme, April 25, 2023.
4. Graham Readfearn, "Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds," December 13, 2020.
5. "Amazon announces its largest reduction in plastic packaging in North America to date," Amazon, June 20, 2024.