Your Signature is Needed: Plastic is invading our oceans and communities

CRITICAL PLASTIC ALERT: Plastic is taking over our oceans, lands, and even our BODIES. [Take action NOW to save our planet from the plastic apocalypse! >>]( This is URGENT, Friend — plastic is invading our one and only Earth. From overwhelming plastic debris in our oceanic ecosystems to microplastics in the air that we breathe, we are experiencing a PLASTIC APOCALYPSE. Plastic is nonbiodegradable, meaning that it does not go away. With plastic production increasing with time, we may never escape the consequences of its pollution and production. Big Oil and Big Polluters continue to produce plastic to keep their greedy pockets full. Meanwhile, their massive plastic factories are spewing toxic petrochemical pollution into the environment and harming nearby residents — who are overwhelmingly low-income communities and communities of color. [We know that environmentalists like YOU will not stand for corporate greed. If 1 out of 4 people reading this email signs the petition to demand immediate federal plastic solutions, we could cease the destruction of our planet by plastics. Act Now >>]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Did you know that less than 6% of plastics are recycled annually in the United States? That means over 94% of plastics end up sitting in landfills and polluting our communities and oceans. This toxic debris is contaminating water sources and oceans, seeping into our soil, and can even be found in our food supply. It goes beyond plastic itself, Friend — there have been countless incidents of petrochemical megacorporations disposing of plastic waste improperly, resulting in irreparable devastation. In Texas, mega-polluter Formosa Plastics illegally released BILLIONS of plastic pellets into local waterways for years. In 2016, one of their plants in Vietnam released toxins in the sea, devastating more than 4 MILLION Vietnamese residents by contaminating their marine food supply and destroying their economy! The damages and impacts are clear Friend — if we do not hold Big Oil, Big Plastics, and their dirty polluter friends accountable, plastic could DESTROY life on Earth as we know it. [Please, take less than 60 seconds right now to sign the petition before our 11:59pm deadline TONIGHT!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Thank you for standing against Big Plastics, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2021, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]