Dear John,

We are kicking off "No (Plastic) Straw November" with a FREE screening of Straws film available to our members only, to watch and share with your networks for the next 48 hours. Please use code “PPC.” If you’re interested in bringing Straws film to your community, learn more here. Plastic straws can be a gateway to understanding the problem of single-use plastic.

If you haven’t heard already, we are celebrating 10 years of Plastic Pollution Coalition! Will you chip in $10 toward our goal of raising $10,000 by October 31? We thank you for your voice in this movement.

With gratitude,

Jackie

Jackie Nuñez
Program Manager
Plastic Pollution Coalition

Photo: Sorting plastics in Isfahan, Iran by Sayed Ali Dormiani Bozorg and via Waste Aid. 

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

• Winners of the 2019 Photo Competition “The Wonders of Waste”
  The twelve winning photos have been compiled into the 2020 Waste Aid calendar which is available to pre-order now.
  
  

• Watch Straws Film for Free
  Straws film is now available for home viewing! Gather your family & friends and share “one of the 5 documentaries to make you rethink single-use plastic.” Narrated by PPC notable Tim Robbins and featuring PPC members, the film is “both an educational resource and a call to action.” Use code "PPC" to watch. (For Public Screenings & Schools, learn more here about licenses.)
  
  

• Rwanda Bans All Single-Use Plastics
  Last week Rwanda became the first country in East Africa to issue a complete ban on all single-use plastics.
  
  

• Watch Cafeteria Culture’s 'Microplastic Madness'
  The film is an inspiring and optimistic take on the local and global plastic pollution public health crisis as told through a refreshing urban youth point of view. 
  
  

• GAIA Launches Zero Waste Cities
  GAIA has launched a new website on the Zero Waste Revolution. Learn how your city can go Zero Waste. Plus, read the new factsheet on chemical recycling. 
  
  

• NEW 5 Gyres Report
  According to a new report by 5 Gyres, 7 trillion tiny pieces of plastic wash into the San Francisco Bay every year.
  
  

• 20M for Plastic Pollution Projects
  The Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund announces 20 million for projects to reduce plastic pollution outside Norway. 
  
  

• Greenpeace Promotes the Reuse Revolution
  Greenpeace is calling all Reuse Revolutionaries! Submit your stories.
  
  

• Less Plastic UK Releases Plastic Game Changer
  The new book is an inspirational, practical guide for professionals who want to tackle the plastic pandemic by reducing plastic in their organizations.
  
  

• Winners of the Bow Seat Creative Advocacy Competition
  Congratulations Team Marine and Plastic Free MV!
  
  

• Tune in to ‘The Indisposable’ Podcast by UPSTREAM Solutions
  Each episode features interviews with champions of the movement to end plastic pollution.
  
  

• Watch ‘Break the Plastic Obsession’ with Alana Attai
  The free online series helps businesses take a stand for the environment. 
  
  

• Good Houskeeping and Made Safe Host Raise the Green Bar 
  PPC members including Mafe Safe, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, Kyra Sedgwick, Lauren Singer, and Shelby O'Neil spoke at the conference. 

Read the latest news from our blog. 

• Top 5 Tips for a Plastic-Free Halloween
  
  

• Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row
  
  

• ReThink Plastic Translation Project Begins
  
  

• Formosa Plastics Agrees to Pay $50 Million Settlement for Polluting Texas Waterways

Check out our Press Room and contact Emily DiFrisco, Director of Communications, with press and media requests.

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

• Coca-Cola Named Most Polluting Brand in Global Audit of Plastic Waste
  The Intercept
  
  

• Jane Fonda Accepts BAFTA Award While Being Arrested
  Variety
  
  

• 5 Ways To Be Eco-Friendly & Sustainable at University
  Earth911
  
  

• New Bill Introduced in NYC To Stop Restaurants from Giving Out Plastic Utensils
  One Green Planet
  
  

• Tiny Bottle Ban Coming to California Hotels and Motels
  Bloomberg Environment
  
  

• Plastic Tea Bags Release Billions of Particles
  Food Packaging Forum

• LOLIWARE Ships First LOLISTRAWS
  LOLIWARE’s Straw, The Straw of the Future, looks, feels and acts like plastic, but is made from 100% food grade materials, using seaweed technology to replace single-use plastics. 
  
  

• Check Out These Slippers by Clear Waters Footwear
  These slippers stop plastic pollution! Learn more on Kickstarter.
  

The Plastic Pollution Coalition staff is on the move! Connect with us at these events.

• Nov. 5-8 - Web Summit - Lisbon, Portugal 
  Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO
  
  

• Nov. 6 - Bay Area, CA Coalition Speaker Lunch
  Eva Holman and Carolyn Box, co-founders of the Goods Holding Company, speakers
  Sandra Curtis, Director of Innovative Projects
  
  

• Nov. 8-10 - The Ethical Assembly - Lisbon, Portugal
  Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO
  
  

• Nov. 6-8 - Nonprofit Software Development Summit - Oakland, CA
  Roshani Kothari, Technology & Digital Operations Director
  
  

• Nov. 14-17 - Youth Mundus - Rome, Italy
  Jackie Nuñez, Program Manager 
  PPC Youth Ambassadors Hannah Testa, Lilly Platt, and more
  
  

• Nov. 18 - Washington, DC Coalition Speaker Lunch
  Dan Xie, Political Director at Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), speaker
  Julia Cohen, Co-Founder and Managing Director
  
  

• Nov. 21-22 - MIT Water Summit - Boston, MA
  Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO