Plastic Pollutes

Plastic Pollution Coalition is a non-partisan coalition of individuals and institutions committed to eliminating plastic pollution worldwide.

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Is reuse your love language? Check out our guide to reduce your plastic, one step at a time. https://t.co/kVCwGgosGy

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💡Did you know that every plastic item you’ve ever used in your lifetime is still in existence in some form on the planet? And it will still be here long after you’re gone—including your childhood toothbrush.

🔥 Even when incinerated, plastic doesn't completely go away, releasing microplastics and nanoplastics into the air. Read more about the problem of plastic here: https://t.co/RXcsfLIdEG

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🐳 Every second breath we take comes from the ocean. But, microplastics put the health of the ocean, and all of us in jeopardy. ⁠
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🌊 An estimated 170 trillion plastic particles now pollute the world’s seas. That’s more than the stars in our galaxy. ⁠
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🪼 They’re harming wildlife, and disrupting climate regulation and the ocean’s dynamic balance that has developed over millennia. ⁠
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📘 Learn how microplastics are changing the oceans in our blog: https://t.co/HgQoj37m4f

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Microplastics, nanoplastics, and you. Read our blog to find out what you can do to protect yourself. #PlasticFree #PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollutes

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These plastic-free principles never get old! Do you reuse, repair, and reduce your plastic use when you can? #PlasticFree #PlasticPollutes

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🎟️You can purchase tickets for the online premiere of The Cigarette Surfboard (Sept 15-27) HERE: https://t.co/SsvFkKQJfO

🏄 A portion of ticket sales will be donated to help counter plastic pollution.

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👉 As you may have learned this month during Plastic Free July, the plastics crisis isn’t just a problem that lives in the oceans. It expands across every industry, every ecosystem, our food systems, the clothing we wear, the products we put on our skin—and the air we breathe. It’s especially harmful to those living on the front lines of the petrochemical and plastics industries.

Here’s a bombshell: plastic recycling won’t solve it either. It requires true systemic change.

These films attempt to cover just how pervasive plastics and chemical pollution are—and show the solutions, too. 🎥 Here are some of our top plastic-related film picks. Let us know yours in the comments!

#PlasticPollutes #BestDocumentaries #FlipTheScriptOnPlastics

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Out of the 77 total samples collected from Texas coastal waters, can you guess how many of those were contaminated with plastic particles? 🔎 #PlasticPollutes
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🍬🛒 Plastic is wrapped around nearly every aisle of our grocery stores. While we can all make small changes, keeping our food safe shouldn't be the public's responsibility.

📣Tell federal and state lawmakers to get toxic plastic off our food.

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Major milestone alert: the Beyond Plastics Network now has 200 Local Groups and Affiliates nationwide! 🎉

Launched in 2022, the Beyond Plastics Network provides local groups with training, tools, and a national platform to organize around shared goals: reducing single-use plastic, holding corporations accountable for their pollution and false recycling claims, and advancing local and state legislation like the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act in New York State.

Thank you to every one of our Local Groups and Affiliates who made this milestone possible. We're grateful to be in community with you as we work together to end plastic pollution.

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🐬 We are all connected. Even Earth’s largest and least understood habitat, the deep sea, has been infiltrated by tiny pieces of plastic. Microplastics carry toxic chemicals like PCBs and PFAS throughout the ocean, threatening life from surface to seafloor and undermining the ocean’s ability to regulate our planet.

😔 They can also exacerbate harmful algal blooms, alter water currents, and raise local water temperatures. The harms of microplastics on the world’s oceans, wildlife, and humans continue to be revealed through a growing body of research.

🪸 Let’s work to end plastic pollution, embrace reusable and regenerative materials, and push for systemic change—so that we can have a healthy planet for all.

#PlasticPollutes #SaveTheSeas #PlasticFree #SylviaEarle #OceanConservation

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Do you get excited about your glass jar collection? 😊 Let us know how you reuse them in the comments. 🫙 #Reuse #PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollutes

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Earth Island Institute, on behalf of Plastic Pollution Coalition and Californians Against Waste (CAW), filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California today to defend California’s landmark “Truth in Environmental Labeling” Law (SB 343). ⁠
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On March 17, 2026, major industry groups representing packaging manufacturers filed suit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta to challenge SB 343 (California League of Food Producers et al. v. Bonta). ⁠
🔗⁠ Learn more about the latest developments in our press release: https://t.co/Va8h3PzwBl
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Plastic pollution in the seas can make its way to your dinner table, by way of salt. In a new study, scientists found salt highly contaminated with microplastics.🧂🌊 #PlasticPollutes
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We partnered with Microplastics Researcher Dana Zhaxylykova to bring you some plastic-Free tips on the go!🕺 #PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollutes

📷 : Dana Zhaxylykova

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Today’s wildfires are growing in destructiveness and intensity, fueled by a growing wildland–urban interface, a warming climate, and widespread use of plastics in our built environment. 🔥

🔗 Learn how to protect yourself: https://t.co/GMCHlp0P6B

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Fires + plastic = a toxic combination. 😷 🔥⁠
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Plastic-heavy buildings and furnishings burn faster and more dangerously than wood, stone, or metal, putting firefighters at greater risk and releasing toxic chemicals like dioxins and phthalates into smoke.⁠
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👉️ Even after the flames are out, ash and chemicals can persist for years. Wildfire runoff can release toxic chemicals into the environment and even contaminate our water supply.⁠
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🔗 Get the full rundown in our report here: https://t.co/gYXf4NGhg8
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Anas Seko (@anas_seko229) calls on cultural traditions to create a plastic-free future and uses photography to shed light on plastic pollution.

For Plastic Free July, we interviewed Anas to learn more about his latest piece, what drives his work, and what he hopes its impact will be on the wider world.

🔗 Read the interview: https://t.co/o5PfQVNQTb

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