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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April and May 2023.

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2022.

Join Bennington College and Beyond Plastics on eds, May 11 at 7 PM ET via Zoom for a Global Look at Plastic In The Ocean with Dr. Kara Lavender Law, Research Professor of Oceanography at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, MA.

As the world shifts from fossil fuel based energy and transportation, plastics are the petrochemical industry's Plan B, with more plastics infrastructure being built every year. Plastic and the climate crisis go hand in hand: global warming emissions from U.S. plastics will surpass emissions from coal in the U.S. by 2030.

UAlbany School of Public Health’s Dr. Erin Bell will interview Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator about her work in environmental advocacy and discussing the impact of plastics’ production and disposal and the role it plays in climate change and environmental equity.

Join Beyond Plastics for a free virtual briefing by The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Mathematics on their recent report, Reckoning With The U.S. Role In Global Ocean Plastic Waste.

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2021.

Join Beyond Plastics and our allies across the country in calling on Congress to Break Free From Plastic on Weds, May 26th.

In honor of Women’s Health Month in May, Beyond Plastics will host a conversation on the effects of plastics on human health and reproduction.

Join former EPA regional administrator and founder of Beyond Plastics, Judith Enck, and Omega CEO and founder of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Robert "Skip" Backus for a conversation about how can we face the challenge of building public awareness and action on plastic pollution.

Join Judith Enck for a discussion on environmentalism in the region today; hosted by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April & May 2021.

Join this free virtual rally to learn more about the relationship between plastics and climate change. We will also learn about the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act and why this comprehensive legislation is the chance we've been hoping for to #BreakFreeFromPlastic.

Join us in working to end plastic pollution and NYC and beyond. RSVP for our virtual organizing meeting on Feb 11th at 6 PM ET.

A talk with Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics to hear about how single-use plastic is harming our environment and what you can do about it.

Join Beyond Plastics President, Judith Enck and Mohonk Consultations for an online discussion of the global waste crisis.