Break Free From Plastic

This bill sets forth requirements and incentives to reduce the production of a variety of products and materials, including plastics, and increase efforts to collect, recycle, or compost products and materials.

S.984 - Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

WHEREAS, the United States produces more plastics than any nation on Earth.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abd0288

WHEREAS, at least 90 percent of all plastics produced since 1950 are still in the environment and have not been recycled.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1510

WHEREAS, the world has produced over 8.3 billion tons of plastic since 1950.

https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/#:~:text=Researchers%20estimate%20that%20more%20than,landfill%20or%20the%20natural%20environment

WHEREAS, single use plastics breakdown and become micro plastics, which are a health hazard to all living beings.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/plastic-planet-how-tiny-plastic-particles-are-polluting-our-soil

WHEREAS, plastics are killing the wildlife in the oceans and poisoning the planet.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27188-6.pdf?proof=tr

NOW, THEREFORE, we the citizens of the planet Petition the Congress of the United States to immediately pass S.984 - Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021.