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.

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.

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

Join Climate Action Now, the leaders of Beyond Plastics, our co-sponsors, concerned citizens plus special guests from across the state to learn about this critical legislation and TAKE ACTION to pass strong packaging reduction..

The negative impacts of plastic on human health are increasingly visible and increasingly costly. This March, the New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study detecting micro- and nanoplastics in the carotid artery plaque of 58% of patients, and found that it measurably increased the risk of heart attack, stroke, and all-cause mortality in those patients. What does this mean for us? Join Beyond Plastics for a conversation with Philip J. Landrigan, M.D. on Plastics and Your Health.

Join Beyond Plastics affiliate Zero Waste Ithaca for a free webinar on the true costs of artificial turf featuring a panel of six experts on this topic.

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

Join Beyond Plastics on Thursday March 7, 2024 for an inspiring virtual gala to support our work to end plastic pollution with special guest, Jane Fonda, the award-winning actor, producer, author, and environmental advocate.

Please join us in Albany on Tuesday, February 27 to let your state legislators know you want them to pass packaging reduction ASAP this year!

On November 15, 2023 New York Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo for misleading the public about its goals to eliminate single-use plastic, and for endangering the environment. Please join us from 7-8pm ET on Tuesday, February 20 for a conversation with Lemuel Srlovic, Chief of the Environmental Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office, about the details and significance of the suit.

The New York Waste Reduction Coalition is hosting a virtual advocacy days online to advance the Bigger Better Bottle Bill and the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act on Thursday, January 18.

Join us for a discussion on the dangers posed by the chemical vinyl chloride and its toll on the health of individuals and communities. The toxic properties of vinyl chloride are well known, and in 1974 the EPA banned the chemical as an aerosol propellant, but it has taken no regulatory action since then – until now. This fall, the agency is considering adding vinyl chloride to its list of chemicals to reassess for a ban or restriction due to toxicity.

Beyond Plastics is raffling off an amazing hand-made sea turtle quilt created by Trish Ross, a very generous and talented supporter. Please buy a ticket (or two, or ten, or twenty!) to help support our work to end plastic pollution everywhere. We will hold the drawing on Friday, December 1 and notify our winner via email.

Learn more about the findings of the eye-opening report, “Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception,” and join our free webinar on Tuesday, November 28 at 7 p.m. ET with report author Lee Bell of IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network) and report contributors Judith Enck and Jennifer Congdon of Beyond Plastics. They'll also talk about the reality on the ground at the 11 existing chemical recycling facilities in the United States, answer questions from attendees, and more.

Join Beyond Plastics and our friends at The YEARS Project, Unity Council, and OnlyOne for a free virtual screening of the short, eye-opening new documentary film, Small Town Explosion: What Really Happened in East Palestine? followed by a Zoom Q&A on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 PM ET with the filmmaker, Maya Lily, our Appalachia Director, Jess Conard, and Hilary Flint of Unity Council that will be moderated by Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics president and former US EPA regional administrator.