Free Screening of Plastic People at Upstate Films
Join us for a free screening of the eye-opening and inspiring documentary film Plastic People at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on September 17
Plastic Perils: Understanding the Impact on Your Health, the Environment, and What You Can Do About It
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.
Earth Gives Day
Support Beyond Plastics this Earth Gives Day, Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Proposed Priorities for the Next U.S. President to Reduce Plastic Pollution
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.
Earth's Cry, Humanity's Call: A Symposium on Integral Ecology
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.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Class Alumni Appreciation Webinar
We are excited to announce our inaugural Alumni Appreciation Day for graduates of Judith Enck's Beyond Plastic Pollution Class offered through Bennington College.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
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.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Fall
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2024.
3M’S Decades-Long Attempt to Cover-Up the “Forever Chemicals” in All Our Blood
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.
Plastics Revealed: Health Risks, Environmental Impacts, and the Path to Solutions
Join PEER, Beyond Plastics, and Oceana to uncover the global threats posed by plastic pollution and its health hazards.
Climate Action Party: End Plastic Pollution
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 the News Conference to Urge Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to Put People Over Plastic
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.
Climate Action Party: End Plastic Pollution
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.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
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.
New York is Not Disposable In-Person Rally & Advocacy Day
Please join us in Albany on Tuesday, May 14 to let your state legislators know you want them to pass packaging reduction this year!
Climate Action Party: End Plastic Pollution
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..
Webinar: Plastics and Your Health
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.
The True Costs of Artificial Turf: Experts Discuss Cornell University’s New “PFAS-Free” Project
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.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Spring 2024
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April and May 2024.
Beyond Plastics & Jane Fonda Virtual Gala
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.
New York is Not Disposable In-Person Advocacy Day
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!
Webinar: How NY is Holding Pepsi Accountable for Its Plastic Pollution - & Your State Can, Too
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.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
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.
New York is Not Disposable Virtual Advocacy Day
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.
Vinyl Chloride and the EPA: The Urgent Case for Action
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.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
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.
Virtual Raffle: Enter To Win A Custom Quilt & Support Beyond Plastics
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.
Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception
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.
Virtual Screening + Q&A of Small Town Explosion: What Really Happened in East Palestine?
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.
Plastic Pollution and Climate Change - What You Can Do About It
Join Beyond Plastics and Third Act for a free, in-person event on plastic pollution and climate change with an emphasis on what you can do to be part of the solution to these intertwined problems. Speakers include Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and Michael Richardson, TH!RD ACT Upstate New York's facilitator.
The Perils of Plastic Pollution & What You Can Do To Help
Join Beyond Plastics and the Bennington Garden Club for a talk by Judith Enck on The Perils of Plastic Pollution with an emphasis on what you can do to be part of the solution.
Endocrine Disruptors in Plastics: State Policy Options
Join us on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 7pm ET on Zoom for a conversation about endocrine disruptors with Peter Meyers, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, New York State Senator Pete Harckham, Chair of the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, and Megan Wolff, Ph.D., MPH, Policy Director at Beyond Plastics
Recycling Lies and Plastic Problems: What Can We REALLY Do About Plastic?
Join Beyond Plastics president Judith Enck at an in-person event on Sunday, October 1 at the Southern Vermont Arts Center at 2:00 PM. The event will feature Eve Schaub, the humorist author of Year of No Garbage: Recycling Lies, Plastic Problems, and One Woman's Trashy Journey to Zero Waste, climate author and advocate, Bill McKibben, and Joe Donahue, the host of WAMC / Northeast Public Radio's Round Table.
Plastics vs Public Health: Moving from Personal Responsibility to Corporate Accountability
Join Island Press for a conversation with Kristina Marusic, author of A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention and Matt Simon, author of A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies for a discussion on plastics and public health. Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and Bennington College professor and former EPA regional administrator, will moderate and add her powerful perspective.
NYC March to End Fossil Fuels
Join Beyond Plastics at the March to End Fossil Fuels on Sept. 17 in NYC . The United Nations is calling on world leaders to take real steps to lead us off fossil fuels to protect people and the planet. This September, the UN Climate Ambition Summit in New York will gather world leaders to commit to phasing out fossil fuels and thousands of people will take to the streets of New York to demand President Biden take bold action to #End Fossil Fuels.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
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.