Friend,
Thank you for your ongoing monthly support of PIRG. Because of you, we were able to lead the charge in California to pass the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, breaking new ground in the fight against plastic pollution and setting the stage for more states to follow suit.
But we still have more work to do. It feels like every time we go shopping, we end up bringing home a big pile of plastic packaging along with whatever we actually needed.
Retailers including Costco, Amazon and Whole Foods have an important role to play in combating the plastic pollution crisis. More than 28% of all the garbage in America is packaging -- that adds up to millions of tons of material that is typically thrown out after a product is purchased or used.[1]
We're working to convince retailers such as Costco to reduce their use of plastic packaging -- but we need your help.
Will you make a special, one-time donation to PIRG's September Drive to help keep our campaign to combat plastic pollution going strong? When you give before midnight, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $10,000 nationwide.
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We know what it takes to win tangible change to create cleaner, healthier communities. Our network has helped 30 states introduce legislation that would ban at least one kind of single-use plastic.
Now, we need your help to keep the momentum going and call for companies to change, as well as states.
It's become business as usual that we pay for the pollution and waste that companies create. Enough is enough -- it's time to hold plastic producers, wasteful retailers, and other polluters responsible.
You can help make it happen -- and double your impact -- by making your special one-time, matched donation, up to $10,000 nationwide, before midnight tonight.
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Thank you,
Faye Park
President
1. "Trash in America," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, September 30, 2021.
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