John, this might shock you: Planet-wide, we've consumed nearly as many resources in the last six years as we did in the entire 20th century.1

And far too many of those resources ultimately end up as pollution, including growing piles of plastic waste.

In the United States alone, we throw away enough plastic to fill up the country's largest football stadium every 16 hours.2

We're working to phase out the most wasteful plastics, hold polluters accountable, and keep plastic producers from misleading us by labeling products "recyclable" when they're all but guaranteed to become trash or litter.

It won't be easy, but we have decades of experience taking on tough campaigns, and winning real results.

That's why generous donors are matching gifts, dollar for dollar, until midnight tonight -- up to $50,000 nationwide.

Make your End of Year Drive gift now and double your impact to help move our country beyond plastic in the new year.

Thank you for making it all possible,

Faye Park
President


1. "The Circularity Gap Report 2024," Circle Economy Foundation, last accessed December 20, 2025.
2. "Beyond Plastic," PIRG, last accessed December 20, 2025.

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From: U.S. PIRG <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Subject: Please review: PIRG Member Record for John xxxxxx
To: John xxxxxx <[email protected]>

John,

The new year is just around the corner-- but our records show that we haven't received an end-of-year donation from you. Will you make your matched year-end donation right now?

Here's why your support matters so much:

We have a serious plastic waste problem. The United States generates 35 million tons of plastic waste annually. That makes us the world's single largest plastic polluter.1

This is such a massive problem that it can feel hopeless -- it's going to take creative solutions and hard work to turn the tide on plastic waste.

That's where PIRG comes in.

We've helped lead the charge to move beyond plastic, and we're already making progress:

• One company at a time: After our national network and allies delivered more than 138,000 petitions calling on the company to reduce plastic packaging, Amazon has taken some important first steps, including committing to phase out plastic air pillows in all North American shipments.2

• By cracking down on plastic pellets: We're campaigning to prohibit the dumping of plastic pellets, often called nurdles, into our nation's waterways.

• At the state level: More than a third of Americans now live in a state with restrictions on at least one kind of plastic.3

Powered by supporters like you, PIRG has been proving the cynics wrong for decades -- by tackling concrete problems, finding practical solutions, bringing people together from all walks of life, and working to get real results.

When you give to PIRG, you're fueling the dedicated efforts of a network with a decades-long track record of success addressing some of our nation's most pressing issues.

That's why generous donors are matching year-end gifts dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 nationwide, until midnight tonight.

Will you be a champion for the public interest? Make your matched year-end donation now.

Thank you for being a part of our team,

Faye Park
President

P.S. If you've already made a contribution to our End of Year Drive, thank you for your support! Our system may still be processing your recent gift.

1. Oliver Milman, "'Deluge of plastic waste': US is world's biggest plastic polluter," The Guardian, December 1, 2021.
2. "STATEMENT: Amazon announces 'largest reduction in plastic packaging' in North America," PIRG, June 20, 2024.
3. "Reducing plastic waste in the states," PIRG, last accessed December 18, 2025.

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