A new report gave Costco an "F" for its reliance on single-use plastic packaging. Tell Costco: It's time to move beyond plastic packaging. |
Dear Friend,
Costco received an "F" for its failure to reduce single-use plastic packaging in stores, according to a new report from As You Sow.1
Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. But Costco's plastic bags, lids and bottles are unnecessarily contributing to the amount of plastic pollution piling up in landfills and littering our streets and waterways.
We're calling on Costco to commit to reducing its single-use plastic packaging, and we need your help, Friend. Will you help us show Costco that there's widespread support for moving beyond plastic?
Add your name to our petition calling on Costco to eliminate needless plastic packaging.
Plastic pollution isn't just unsightly. It's also unhealthy. Plastic pollution seeps into the water we drink and the seafood we eat. Certain chemicals found in plastic can disrupt endocrine systems, interfere with brain development, and cause cancer and birth defects.2
It's time for us to move beyond plastic by stopping the use of plastics we truly don't need. Plastic packaging is a great example of this. It's used for only a moment, and viable alternatives exist.
Costco can play an important role in the reduction of plastic waste. By taking unnecessary plastic packaging off its shelves, it will reduce the amount of plastic in our environment. Costco will also set an important example for others in the industry to follow.
Join us in urging Costco to move beyond plastic today.
Thank you for all you do,
Faye Park
President
1. "2021 Corporate Plastic Pollution Scorecard," As You Sow, September 29, 2021.
2. Elizabeth Royte, "We Know Plastic Is Harming Marine Life. What About Us?," National Geographic, June 2018.
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