Friend, there are just a few hours left in our End of Year Drive, and we aren't quite at our goal. But I know we can get there with your help, and go into the year ahead with the resources we need to keep our campaigns going strong.
Every year, the United States produces a staggering 42 million metric tons of plastic waste.1 That plastic piles up in landfills, in our rivers and oceans, and tiny plastic particles even end up in the air we breathe.
Even worse, 99% of all plastic is made from fossil fuels -- and by 2050, the plastics industry will generate as much greenhouse gas pollution as 615 coal-fired power plants.2
Moving our country beyond plastic is ambitious -- but the stakes are high, and we're up against intense opposition. That's where you come in -- we can't do this without your help. Are you with us?
Thank you for standing with us,
- Faye
1. Oliver Milman, "'Deluge of plastic waste': US is world's biggest plastic polluter," The Guardian, December 1, 2021.
2. Sandra Laville, "Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns," The Guardian, May 15, 2019.
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From: U.S. PIRG <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2022
Subject: We're ready to move beyond plastic in 2023. Are you with us?
To: Friend <[email protected]>
Friend,
The United States is the world's largest plastic polluter: Every year, we produce a staggering 42 million metric tons of plastic waste.1
PIRG is working to fix that -- and we need your help.
For decades, supporters like you have fueled our work to find practical solutions to real problems.That's why generous donors are matching gifts to PIRG dollar for dollar, until midnight on Dec. 31, up to $50,000 nationwide.
You can double your impact by making your year-end gift now.
If you've tried to go shopping without bringing home a pile of unnecessary plastic packaging, or if you've bought something online this holiday season, you know that it's just about impossible to avoid plastic waste.
And here's the thing: Just 20 companies are responsible for producing over half of all single-use plastic in the world.2
It's time for companies to take responsibility for the waste that their products are designed to become, and for retailers to get rid of unnecessary plastic packaging. It's time to move beyond plastic.
With your help, here's how we're going to get it done:
- Working to ban some of the worst single-use plastics at the state level, and to hold companies responsible for the waste their products are designed to become. Just this year, we helped lead the charge by passing a producer responsibility law in Colorado, and an important truth in recycling law in California. Donate now >>
- Calling on major retailers, including Whole Foods, Costco and Amazon, to get rid of unnecessary single-use plastic packaging. Earlier this year, we helped convince Coca-Cola to commit to an important first step in reducing its plastic waste.3 Donate now >>
- Building support for federal action to tackle the plastic waste crisis, including the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. After PIRG and our allies mobilized activists to send tens of thousands of messages to decision makers, the Biden administration committed to important first steps to phase single-use plastic out of our national parks.4 Donate now >>
We're standing up to powerful interests, but we need your support to make it possible. We don't accept a penny from corporations; our work is fueled by grassroots supporters like you.
We're ready to move beyond plastic in 2023. Are you with us? Double your impact -- up to $50,000 nationwide -- by making your matched donation before the year is over.
Thank you for making it all possible,
Faye Park
President
1. Oliver Milman, "'Deluge of plastic waste': US is world's biggest plastic polluter," The Guardian, December 1, 2021.
2. Sandra Laville, "Twenty firms produce 55% of world's plastic waste, report reveals," The Guardian, May 17, 2021.
3. "Consumer, environmental advocates welcome Coca-Cola's Commitment to Reuse," U.S. PIRG, February 10, 2022.
4. "Biden administration commits to removing single-use plastic from national parks," U.S. PIRG, July 20, 2022.
Your donation will power our dedicated staff of organizers, policy experts and attorneys who drive all of our campaigns in the public interest, from banning Roundup and moving us beyond plastic, to saving our antibiotics and being your consumer watchdog, to protecting our environment and our democracy. None of our work would be possible without the support of people just like you.
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