A crisis out of control.
The unchecked production of plastics is fueling climate change, destabilizing economies, and exposing us to chemicals associated with cancer, infertility, and Alzheimer’s disease. While US leaders have pledged to address plastic pollution, they have yet to deliver the decisive action we urgently need.
As we enter the final scheduled round of global plastics treaty negotiations, we have an opportunity to end this crisis once and for all. This is the moment for US leaders to step up and lead.
As a global leader and the world’s largest plastic producer, the US has a responsibility to listen to the demands of the communities in the US and around the world and help deliver a plastics treaty that tackles plastic pollution, starting at its source.
It’s time for US leadership.
Without robust US leadership, the Administration risks failing us all, but especially the Black, Brown, Indigenous, and rural working-class communities who live on the toxic front lines of US plastic production.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s time to deliver an ambitious treaty.
We need an ambitious plastics treaty.
Cap and phase down primary plastic polymer production by establishing a global target and implementing mandatory country-specific pathways to meet this goal.
Ban hazardous chemicals used in plastics that are linked to cancers, infertility, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and more.
Limit emissions
and toxic releases across the entire plastics supply chain — from the extraction of fossil fuels for feedstock to product disposal.
Reduce plastic use,
limit its applications, and fund research into safe, non-toxic alternatives.
Prioritize a just transition
to a non-toxic, circular economy based on zero-waste principles, including reduction, non-plastic reuse, and refill alternatives.
Mandate labeling
to ensure consumer awareness of the health impacts of exposure to plastic-related chemicals.
Hold Big Plastics accountable
for their impacts on human health, human rights, the economy, and the environment.
Establish a dedicated multilateral fund
governed by a future Conference of the Parties (COP)-appointed party, sourced from public and private funds and a fee on plastic production, modelled after the Montreal Protocol’s fund structure.