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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1h

Watch their report and then join our 11/12 webinar on Toxic Chemicals in Plastic with @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social and @amizota.bsky.social to learn more.

www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...

WEBINAR: Toxic Chemicals in Plastics — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

Join Beyond Plastics and Ami Zota, ScD of Columbia University and Ryan Babadi, PhD of Toxic-Free Future for a free educational webinar about the toxic chemicals in plastics. Learn which toxic chemical...

www.beyondplastics.org

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1h

As we navigate a world impregnated by plastic, @cnn.com explores how many and which toxic chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis with help from our friends at @toxicsfree.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/c...

What chemicals are we exposed to daily? three CNN reporters did an experiment to find out | CNN

As we navigate a world increasingly made of plastic, how many chemicals are we really being exposed to? Across three continents, CNN reporters Bill Weir, Laura Paddison and Jessie Yeung used chemical-...

www.cnn.com

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1d

“This book covers all bases. It is historic and current, it is technical and easy-to-read, it is 'big-picture' and a detailed, practical, how-to-do guide. . . It is a must for decision-makers and anyone who cares about life on this planet we call home.” Ramón J. Cruz, former pres. of @sierraclub.org

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1d

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2 🗓️

Pre-order your copy right now: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with...

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1d

🏷️ @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 1d

📊 Our new report exposes the 4-to-1 lobbying advantage industry giants used to block #NewYork's Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. But 73% of New Yorkers support it. Who will #Albany lawmakers listen to? ➡️ bit.ly/prria-lobbying

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 3d

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2 🗓️

Pre-order your copy right now: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with...

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 5d

We can achieve a world without plastic pollution, but we need to build a bigger, more powerful grassroots movement to do it.

How can you help? Register for the free, upcoming Beyond Plastics Grassroots Advocacy Training.

www.beyondplastics.org/trainings

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 5d

Welcome to Beyond Plastics Refill Club Gold Member, Refill Mercantile in sunny California! Thank you for helping folks on the journey to live a #LowWaste life. We are so excited to grow the #Reuse movement with you 🙌

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 5d

“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place—or not to bother” —Jane Goodall

Thank you for bothering, Jane.

CRED: @amykmtl.bsky.social on X

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 6d

#ToxicPlastic #PoisonPlastic

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 6d

Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.

www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...

WEBINAR: Toxic Chemicals in Plastics — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

Join Beyond Plastics and Ami Zota, ScD of Columbia University and Ryan Babadi, PhD of Toxic-Free Future for a free educational webinar about the toxic chemicals in plastics. Learn which toxic chemical...

www.beyondplastics.org

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome to Beyond Plastics Refill Club Gold Member, For Their Future! They're proving change is possible in their community of Norwalk, OH, by offering alternatives to #SingleUsePlastic products and packaging.

We applaud you, and look forward to advocating for #Reuse and #Refill policies together!

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 8d

“‘The Problem with Plastic’ exposes the harms of plastic and the plastic industry worldwide. From beginning to end, it outlines how plastics came into our lives and have been hurting us ever since.” —Sharon Lavigne (pictured left), executive director of RISE St. James Louisiana

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 8d

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2 🗓️

Pre-order your copy right now: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with...

🏷️ @adamlmahoney.bsky.social

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 11d

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 11d

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2 🗓️

Pre-order your copy right now: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with...

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 11d

With Jo Banner, co-founder of @descendantsproject.bsky.social in Cancer Alley, Louisiana 💪

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 11d

It's time for @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, NYS Assembly Majority, and BPHAC to pass the packaging reduction act to reduce waste AND combat climate change.

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 11d

Huge thank you to Assemblymember Harvey Epstein for urging state lawmakers to take bold action to meet NYS's climate goals. @climateweeknyc.bsky.social

www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

#ClimateWeekNYC #PeopleOverPlastic #ToxicPlastic #ZeroWaste #PlanetOverPlastic #PlasticPollutes

Opinion: New York is ready for single-use plastic waste reduction

Cutting down on the production of single-use plastics will save taxpayer dollars, reduce pollution and protect our environment all at once.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 12d

We can achieve a world without plastic pollution, but we need to build a bigger, more powerful grassroots movement to do it.

How can you help? Register for the free, upcoming Beyond Plastics Grassroots Advocacy Training.

www.beyondplastics.org/trainings

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 12d

California @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov says his state will keep filing lawsuits over deregulatory actions on federal environmental rules and oil companies’ deception around plastic recycling. @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, it's time to follow “suit!”

www.reuters.com/world/califo...

California looking at more Trump, plastics lawsuits, Attorney General Bonta says

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Wednesday his state would continue to sue the Trump administration's aggressive deregulatory actions on environmental rules, and was also looking at more lawsuits connected to deception around plastics recycling.

www.reuters.com

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 12d

Resynergi's proposed pyrolysis facility in #Sonoma County, CA is facing strong local opposition. So-called “chemical recycling,” like pyrolysis, pollutes communities without actually recycling anything.

www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/09/19/r...

Resynergi may need county waste permit as city investigates use permit

Sonoma County’s Environmental Health Division sent Resynergi a letter, dated Sept. 16, saying the operation isn’t a recycling center, so it needs to get from the county a solid waste fa…

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/09/19/resynergi-told-to-get-county-waste-permit-as-city-investigates-use-permit/"

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 13d

#ToxicPlastic #PoisonPlastic

Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 13d

Join Beyond Plastics' Science Director, @trishavv.bsky.social,
@amizota.bsky.social of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.

www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...

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