Dear John,

Our new Healthy Pregnancy Guide by MADE SAFE and Plastic Pollution Coalition will launch June 2, and you can sign up now for your free copy. This new resource will be your indispensable guide for how to take meaningful steps toward better health—for people and the planet. 

MADE SAFE and Plastic Pollution Coalition have combined our expertise and cited more than 200 scientific sources in our newest guide. As an older mother, I recommend this essential resource for anyone who is pregnant, trying to conceive, or thinking about expanding their families.

Plus, read below for even more resources from our Coalition members and ways you can take action to stop plastic pollution. 

We wish you good health and resilience, 

Julia Cohen, MPH
Managing Director
Plastic Pollution Coalition

Sign the Essential Worker Bill of Rights Petition
Plastic Pollution Coalition joins 20+ organizations calling on the U.S. to protect essential worker’s health. Add your name »

Stop Plastic Polluters
Sign the petition to stop corporate plastic polluters from exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic to continue polluting. Sign now » 

Watch The Story of Plastic Film
Grassroots groups, educators, and passionate individuals can host a free, virtual screening to share The Story of Plastic with their community. Or, individuals can join a virtual screening being organized in their region. Watch now »

Here's a roundup of the latest news and updates from Coalition Members. We want to hear from you! Please send us your updates.

Explore 'Single-Use Plastics Explained'
A new resource by Lexicon and Plastic Pollution Coalition explores the health and environmental impacts of single-use plastic. Featuring a diversity of Plastic Pollution Coalition members and voices, this resource illustrates everything you need to know about single-use plastic in an easy-to-read Q&A format. Explore now » 

Watch: Citizen Science by the African Waste Academy
Tune in to the webinar series unpacking the value of citizen science. Email to save your spot » 

Tune In: COVID-19 and Reusables
Join the Ecology Center for a live web stream, to discuss the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on the future of reusables. Register » 

Report: Packaging Plastics in the Circular Economy
Read the new report on Packaging Plastics in the Circular Economy by the European Academies Science Advisory Council. Read more » 

U.S. Grassroots Accelerator for Women Environmental Leaders
Nominate a leader from your network by June 8. Learn more » 

Toxic TVs: Best Buy’s Step in the Right Direction Should Go Further
Did you know television makers put toxic flame retardant chemicals in televisions sold at retailers like Best Buy and Amazon? Read the latest from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. Learn more »

CDC Consultant Speaks to UPSTREAM on Reusables
Dr. Ben Locwin speaks to PPC member UPSTREAM about the new CDC guidelines for restaurants, the real risk factors in eating out, and implications for the reusables movement. Watch now » 

ATTN: YOUTH, Make a Video on COVID and the Climate Crisis
Earth Guardians invites you to make a video on COVID-19 and the climate crisis and invite your friends to take the challenge. Learn more »

To see a full list of our more than 1,200 member organizations and businesses, please visit the Coalition page. Not a member yet? Join now.

Read the latest news from our blog.

• Sign Up for the Healthy Pregnancy Guide
  
  
• Plastic Pollution Coalition Hosts Short Films + Q&A For Students And Teachers
  
  
• Pandemic Crisis, Systemic Decline: Report Warns Oil, Gas and Plastic Industries are an Unfillable Sinkhole for Recovery Funds
  

Check out our Press Room.

We’re building a database of Media Experts from our Coalition. If you would like to be listed please, send us an email.

Single-Use Plastics Are Not Safer
Earth Island Institute

Hoovering the Ocean: Plastic Pollution Threatens Marine Life, Humans and Ecosystems. Enter FRED, a Future Vacuum of the Seas
The Washington Post

Big Plastic Asks Congress for a $1 Billion Dollar Coronavirus Bailout
The Intercept

Microplastic Pollution in Oceans Vastly Underestimated
The Guardian

Reduce Plastic Pollution to Preserve All Marine Life
Daily Cal

Pollution: Birds 'Ingesting Hundreds of Bits of Plastic a Day'
BBC

Hygiene Will Drive Long-Term Growth In Reusable Packaging Due To Virus
The Shelby Report

Connect with us at these online events. You can also connect with us on LinkedIn by visiting our Team page.

June 5 and 8: 2nd Fashinnovation Worldwide Talks 2020
Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Susan Rockefeller, Musings
Jackie Savitz, Oceana

June 7: Blue Water Summit
Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Jackie Nuñez, Founder of The Last Plastic Straw and Program Manager
Heather White, HW Strategies, PPC Executive Advisory Board Member
Dr. Wallace Nichols, Author of Blue Mind, PPC Advisor
Hannah Testa, Hannah4Change, PPC Youth Ambassador
Fabien Cousteau, Explorer, PPC Notable
Kate Nelson, Plastic Free Mermaid, PPC Notable
Deia Schlosberg, Filmmaker, The Story of Plastic 

June 9: Plastic and Climate Change Collide - The Youth Movement Responds
Moderator: Hannah Testa, Hannah4Change, PPC Youth Ambassador
Tabatha Knundson, Surfrider
Sithara Menon, PIRGs
Lilly Platt, Lilly's Plastic Pick Up, Ocean Hero/PPC Youth Ambassador

DOUBLE Your Gift & STOP Plastic Polluters
When you donate from now until May 31, your gift will be doubled up to $50,000. Big Plastic is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to discredit reusables, roll back plastic bag bans, and to promote even more polluting plastic. But we remain unswerving in our work to reduce single-use plastics—specifically for non-medical use that may become a vehicle of virus transmission and cause worsening global plastic pollution. Thank you for standing with us, and supporting our work!

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