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MUST-WATCH NEW MOVIE:
The Plastic Detox
This eye-opening new documentary is one you must see!
Click here to stream it on Netflix
and scroll down for more ways to engage including joining our
free educational webinar with the filmmaker
and several of its stars on May 7, as well as our detailed
toolkit to help you host a screening of the film
in your community this spring. Let’s get started!
COME TO A FREE WEBINAR ON MAY 7TH
Have questions? Want more information?
Please join us on Thursday, May 7 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT for a free educational webinar to explore plastics’ impact on reproductive health with the film’s award-winning director, Louie Psihoyos, Eric and Julie Isaac, one of the couples featured in the film, Shanna Swan, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists, and our president, Judith Enck.
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HOST A COMMUNITY SCREENING OF
THE PLASTIC DETOX
We invite you to join forces with Beyond Plastics and our partners at OPS (the filmmakers!) to raise awareness of the plastic health crisis and advance effective solutions to address it by hosting a free community screening of the eye-opening new Netflix documentary film,
The Plastic Detox
. We’ve created
a thorough toolkit and lots of resources
to help you plan an event that is as well-attended as it is deeply impactful.
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🚨Stop the EPA’s Sneak Attack on the Clean Air Act!
Unfortunately, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sneakily slipped a concerning provision into its
draft rule on air curtain incinerators
that would significantly deregulate most of America’s “chemical recycling” facilities
, by removing pyrolysis units from the Clean Air Act’s protections. 😡
Hurry!
We only have until Monday, May 4 to submit public comments
to the agency on their proposed rule. Please take a minute right now to submit your comment to try to stop this harmful change that will result in more air pollution, poorer health, and environmental injustice.
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WE WROTE A BOOK!
Get your copy today.
“The Problem with Plastic: How to Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late” was just released by The New Press on December 2, 2025.
Learn more and order your copy today!
BOOK TOUR EVENTS
Mon, 4/20/26 at 7:30 PM ET | Talk with Judith Enck & Susan Arbetter at the NYS Writers Institute at SUNY Albany
Weds, 4/22/26 at 5:30PM CT | Talk with Adam Mahoney at T-Bones Cafe in Hattiesburg, MS
Sat, 4/25/26 at 2:00 PM | Talk with Judith Enck & Jen Metzger at the Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties, NY
Weds, 6/17/26 at 7:00 PM | Talk with Judith Enck and David Abel at the Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA
Thurs, 10/1/26 at 5:00 PM | Talk with Judith Enck and Karenna Gore at Union Theological Seminary in NYC
The chemical industry is attempting to gut the Toxic Substances Control Act, the premier federal law that allows the EPA to regulate and limit hazardous chemicals. Protect your health, your family’s health and our environment by urging your members of Congress to reject these efforts.
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ASK A SCIENTIST 🔬
Plastics are complicated—feedstocks, chemical additives, chemical reactions, recycling facilities, technical considerations, health impacts, new technologies, marketing claims, and more. Our Science Director, Trisha Vaidyanathan Ph.D.’s monthly
“Ask a Scientist” column
explores these complexities in plain English.
Pssst! Do you have a question about the science of plastics?
Submit it here
Apr 13, 2026
Why Do We Need to Take Extra Precautions to Protect Children?
Apr 13, 2026
Children are uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures for a number of reasons. Find out what they are and why it’s critical to take extra precautions to protect their development and health.
Apr 13, 2026
Mar 9, 2026
Why Does Black Plastic Pose a Bigger Risk Than Other Colors?
Mar 9, 2026
Why do scientists specifically suggest getting rid of BLACK plastic utensils and items in your kitchen? Find out why black colored plastics pose a bigger risk than other colored plastics, in general.
Mar 9, 2026
Feb 11, 2026
Does Plastic Impact Our Hearts?
Feb 11, 2026
Some microplastics are tiny enough to pass through the lungs or gut and enter the bloodstream, where they can travel throughout the body and accumulate around the heart. An 2024 study in the
New England Journal of Medicine
provided the first evidence in humans that directly linked microplastics to heart damage. Learn more
Feb 11, 2026
VIEW ALL ASK A SCIENTIST COLUMNS
VIEW ALL ASK A SCIENTIST COLUMNS
GET THE FACTS
Plastic Toys: A Potential Risk to Children’s Health and the Environment
Recycled Plastic in Food and Beverage Packaging
“Recycle” By Mail Is Not the Solution You Think It Is
Bottle Caps Should Be ATTACHED To Reduce Plastic Pollution and Litter
Plastics Have Infiltrated the Human Brain
Plastics in Building Materials & Products
Detergent Pods & Sheets Made with PVA Are PLASTIC
Reduce Your Exposure to Microplastics
Why Black Plastic Is Bad News
Single-Use Plastic Straws
Single-Use Plastic Bottles
Microplastic Pollution In Tea
Synthetic Turf is HAZARDOUS
Plastics and Human Health
Microwave + Plastic = BAD Idea
Cheese Packaged in Plastic May Expose You to Harmful Chemicals
Vinyl Chloride: A Toxic Chemical That Threatens Human Health
Petrochemical Companies are Pushing Chemical Recycling
The Problems with Expanded Polystyrene (a.k.a. EPS or Plastic Foam)
Single-Use Plastic Bags
VIEW ALL FACT SHEETS
VIEW ALL FACT SHEETS
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Do you own a refill store?
The work that you are doing to reduce plastic packaging and promote zero waste is so inspiring to us that we’ve started the Beyond Plastics Refill Club.
Become a member today to join us in advocacy for reuse and refill while enjoying a host of benefits at each level of Gold, Silver and Bronze membership.
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FROM THE GRASSROOTS
😄 Embracing Radical Optimism at Our Regional Conference in Philly 🫱🏼‍🫲🏿
📣Creating Change by Passing Local Resolutions📑
🐝Garden State Leads the Nation With Strongest “Skip the Stuff” Law🍴
📖 “The Problem With Plastic” Hits the Road! 🛣️
💝2025 Wrapped: a BIG Year for the Beyond Plastics Network 📈
🔦Raising Visibility of Plastic-Free Alternatives in NYC🪟
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VIEW MORE GRASSROOTS UPDATES
Are you part of a faith-based community? Would you like to either start or deepen your work on reducing plastic pollution? Get involved with our growing community of faith-based organizations working to end plastic pollution and take advantage of our resources.
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PUBLICATIONS
Oct 7, 2025
REPORT: Follow the Money: The David vs. Goliath Battle to Pass the New York Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749, S1464)
Oct 7, 2025
Oct 7, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
BOOK: The Problem with Plastics: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
REPORT: Projected Economic Benefits of the New York Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
Aug 15, 2024
REPORT | Vinyl Chloride: The Poison That Makes The Plastic
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024
Jul 11, 2024
REPORT: Demystifying Compostable and Biodegradable Plastics
Jul 11, 2024
Jul 11, 2024
Oct 31, 2023
REPORT | Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
REPORT: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
Nov 25, 2022
Holiday Alert: PVC Gift Cards Are On The Naughty List
Nov 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
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VIEW MORE PUBLICATIONS
Plastics Recycling Is A Big, Fat, LIE
We created this super short claymation video in response to Coca-Cola’s outrageous animated greenwashing video using Bill Nye the Science Guy to try to convince people that plastics recycling is the answer. Reduce, reuse and refill are the only real solutions to the growing plastic pollution crisis.
WATCH & SHARE >>
MEDIA CENTER
Apr 2, 2026
EPA Proposes Regulating Microplastics in Drinking Water
Apr 2, 2026
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took the first step in designating microplastics as a priority drinking water contaminant group, adding them to the draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6).
Read More →
Apr 2, 2026
Mar 31, 2026
EPA Visitor Logs Reveal Parade of Plastics and Chemical Companies Prior to Agency Proposed Rollbacks
Mar 31, 2026
Official U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visitor logs reviewed by Beyond Plastics show that 16 representatives of the plastics and fossil fuel industries — from such companies as ExxonMobil, Dow, LyondellBasell, and SABIC, as well as three representatives from the Plastics Industry Association — visited EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., over a two-day period on February 10 and 11, 2026. The visits come as the Trump administration has moved to weaken federal environmental rules, raising questions about corporate access to — and influence over — the nation's top environmental regulator.
Read More →
Mar 31, 2026
Feb 9, 2026
300+ Rally With State Lawmakers and Environmental Justice Advocates: End Plastic Pollution Now
Feb 9, 2026
February is Black History Month, and today, more than 250 grassroots advocates joined state legislators in calling out the environmental injustices posed by landfills and incinerators in communities of color. They gathered at a news conference at the state Capitol and urged the New York state Assembly to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA - S1464 Harckham/A1749 Glick).
Read More →
Feb 9, 2026
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EVENTS
Apr 25, 2026
Talk with Judith Enck & Ulster County Executive, Jen Metzger at the Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties, NY
Apr 25, 2026
Apr 25, 2026
May 7, 2026
The Plastic Detox: A Free Educational Webinar on the New Documentary Film
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
May 11, 2026
People Over Plastic Rally + Advocacy Day in Albany
May 11, 2026
May 11, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
Talk with Judith Enck & David Abel at The Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
Jul
25
Jul 25, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026
Summer Grassroots Organizing Training (Free & Virtual)
Jul 25, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026
Jul 25, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026
Oct
Oct 1, 2026
Talk with Judith Enck & Karenna Gore at Union Theological Seminary in NYC
Oct 1, 2026
Oct 1, 2026
BECOME A VOLUNTEER LEADER
Start or join a Beyond Plastics Local Group to make meaningful change in your town, city, county or state.
We’re working with volunteers to help meal delivery programs across the country switch from damaging, single-use disposable plastics to reusable meal delivery trays that save money and protect our environment.
TAKE ACTION
Stop EPA’s Sneak Attack on the Clean Air Act, Our Health & The Environment
Congress: Protect Our Health from Toxic Chemicals in Plastics
Tell Leading Fashion Brands: STOP Making Kids' Clothes From Plastic
Tell Trader Joe’s to Protect Consumers from Toxic Chemicals
STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING
Judith Enck: With Trump’s tariffs in play, it’s the perfect opportunity for a national bottle bill
Microplastics Found in Human Ovary Follicular Fluid for the First Time
Maryland should hold ExxonMobil responsible for plastic recycling lies | Guest Commentary
Opinion: California Exxon lawsuit is exposing the truth about plastics and what we can recycle
Ask NYT Climate: How Can I Slash Halloween Waste?
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