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Subject Single-use plastics were on their way out – then the pandemic hit
Date August 11, 2022 3:07 PM
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John,

While Americans and the global economy suffered through the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one sector thrived: the plastics industry.

After several years of trying to fend off a public backlash against plastic for its negative impact on ecosystems and because it’s produced by fossil fuels, the pandemic provided the industry with an opening to change the narrative so that it would stop being thought of as the product that kills millions of animals every year.

Now, Big Plastic is on a public relations high, confident the industry’s pre-pandemic reversal of fortune has been halted. Their lobbyists are pushing back against single-use plastic bans in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa – and they’re winning .

John, Big Plastic may think they have the advantage, but our SEEC Members continue to fight to end our dependence on plastics and the fossil fuels they’re made from. Can you pitch in right now with a donation to support their efforts? [[link removed]]

DONATE [[link removed]]According to a recent expose in The Guardian, Big Plastic fears nothing more than legislation and regulations that ban single-use plastics.

The industry is notorious for making voluntary promises to reduce its carbon footprint and then doing nothing to achieve those commitments. Big Plastic doesn’t have a gameplan to lessen its impact on the environment, which is why it is so fearful of government action.

But that hasn’t lessened the resolve of our SEEC Members. SEEC Vice Chair Alan Lowenthal is leading the charge with his Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act that would phase out unnecessary single-use plastic products and reform our broken waste and recycling collection system, all while holding Big Plastic accountable for their pollution.

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may have provided the plastics industry with a sense of respite over the past two years, John — but the harsh environmental reality remains the same. Our planet cannot sustain an infinite growth of plastics.

We must stop Big Plastic and the fossil fuel industry before it’s too late. Our SEEC Members are working around the clock to protect our environment from the scourge of wasteful plastic. Can you donate today to help re-elect them in November? [[link removed]]

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