New York- we have an opportunity to pass one of the boldest plastic-waste reduction bills in the country: the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act! Last week with your help, the bill passed in the Senate, and now it needs to pass in the Assembly! In this lunch hour Climate Action Party, you’ll learn about what's at stake with this landmark legislation directly from Alexis Goldsmith, the National Organizing Director for Beyond Plastic. And, you'll hear from two community leaders about their work to bring together faith communities to end plastic pollution.

We have an opportunity to help pass one of the boldest plastic-waste reduction bills in the country: the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act .

In this lunch hour Climate Action Party, you’ll learn directly from a panel of experts, including Consumer Reports and Oceana. You’ll also be invited to play a critical role in passing this bill by reaching out during the course of the hour to your state officials, using the free Climate Action Now app.

Recent studies have found small fragments of plastics known as  microplastics in the human brain and heart arteries. These studies have also shown a link between the presence of microplastics and adverse health outcomes. How do these tiny bits of plastic enter our bodies and make their way into our brains and our hearts? And what happens when they lodge there?

Join Beyond Plastics, Physicians for Social Responsibility - NYS, and Environmental Advocates of New York for a free educational webinar on these questions with Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, a physician scientist whose work has helped transform global perceptions and understanding of the impact of environmental risk factors on cardiovascular disease and Marcus Garcia, PharmD, RPh, University of New Mexico Medical School, co-authors of two ground-breaking recent studies on the presence of microplastics in the human heart and brain.

We hope you will join Beyond Plastics for a virtual conversation about the intersection of art and activism. On May 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. ET, three wonderful artists, advocates, and friends of Beyond Plastics -- Anne-Katrin Spiess, Christy Rupp, and Tracy Penn -- will share their thoughts about art as a powerful tool for change. 

Join us on Weds, May 7 at the NY State Capitol in Albany to urge your state legislators to put people over plastic by passing the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill. Together, these critical bills will address the crisis of planet-warming, ocean-polluting, landfill-clogging, human health-harming single-use plastics by reducing them at the source while saving taxpayers money and providing support for recycling and reuse efforts.

Join Beyond Plastics for a free, virtual, 2-part grassroots organizing training to learn practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.

Ultra-processed foods and plastics threaten human health and the environment in numerous ways – alone and in synergy- as outlined in the recently published paper “A toxic relationship: Ultra-processed foods & plastics.”

Join the Interfaith Public Health Network and Beyond Plastics as we bring together some of that paper’s authors, other experts in science and public policy, and faith leaders to discuss the nature of the problem and offer concrete actions we can take to protect people and planet.

Join leading activist organizations Beyond Plastics, NYCD16/15 Indivisible, and many others for a free screening of the award-winning documentary Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, followed by a call to action to pass the New York State Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.

Free screening and panel discussion of Plastic People co-hosted by Beyond Plastics and Columbia County Reduces Waste—Bring Your Own

Please join Beyond Plastics on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 for an inspiring virtual fundraising gala to support our work to end plastic pollution with special guest, the amazing singer-songwriter, and environmental advocate, Natalie Merchant!

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public from February through the beginning of April, 2025.

Join the New York is Not Disposable coalition in Albany and urge state legislators to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, the strongest state bill in the nation to address planet-warming single-use plastics by reducing them at the source.

In Sept 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a game changing lawsuit against ExxonMobil, the largest producer of single-use plastic polymers, for its role in deceiving the public about plastic recycling. Join us and AG Bonta for a free educational webinar to learn more about this groundbreaking lawsuit.

We are excited to announce our inaugural Alumni Appreciation Day for graduates of Judith Enck's Beyond Plastic Pollution Class offered through Bennington College.

Join Plastic Pollution Coalition and Beyond Plastics for a discussion with key allies and policy experts about recommendations and priorities for the next U.S. Administration, to protect people and the planet. These actions will be critical not only for the U.S. but for the world—since the U.S. is the world’s top plastic polluting country.

Join Beyond Plastics’ Interfaith Communities Coordinator, Rev. Kathryn Beilke in person at Siena College or via livestream for a symposium on sustainability and integral ecology October 10-11.

Join Beyond Plastics and expert speakers from Just Zero, Gannon University, and the Descendants Project for a free webinar on proposed policies for the next U.S. president to reduce plastic pollution.

Support Beyond Plastics this Earth Gives Day, Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives, but their consequences are far-reaching including disrupting hormones to polluting our oceans and the food we eat from it. To protect ourselves and our families, we need to grab onto a few key ways we can reduce plastic in our lives.

Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH, Health Policy Director at Beyond Plastics, will delve into the science behind plastic pollution, the health implications, and the environmental impacts.

Join us for a free screening of the eye-opening and inspiring documentary film Plastic People at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on September 17

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2024.

Join Beyond Plastics, Journalist Sharon Lerner, and former 3M scientist Kris Hansen for a free webinar on “Forever Chemicals” in all our blood and how it relates to plastics.

Join PEER, Beyond Plastics, and Oceana to uncover the global threats posed by plastic pollution and its health hazards.

Join Climate Action Now, Beyond Plastics, Mothers Out Front, Sure We Can, and our co-sponsors to learn about this critical legislation and TAKE ACTION to pass strong packaging reduction. Register here for a hour-long action on Wednesday, May 22 at 12pm ET.

Join Climate Action Now, Beyond Plastics, Mothers Out Front, Sure We Can, and our co-sponsors to learn about this critical legislation and TAKE ACTION to pass strong packaging reduction. Register here for a hour-long action on Wednesday, May 22 at 12pm ET.

Please join us at Van der Donck Park for a news conference in Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins' district, urging her to support, not weaken, and pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.

Please join us in Albany on Tuesday, May 14 to let your state legislators know you want them to pass packaging reduction this year!