John, there are just a few hours left until our End of Year Drive ends and we ring in the new year.
It's not too late: Until midnight tonight -- your gift will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling your impact up to $50,000 nationwide. Donate now.
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2023 was a big year in the campaign to move beyond plastic. We won important commitments from Amazon and Costco, and a third of all Americans now live in a state with a ban on at least one of the worst kinds of single-use plastic.
But the United States is still generating a flood of plastic waste -- enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys football stadium every 16 hours.[1]
We know it doesn't have to be this way.
That's why PIRG is campaigning for legislation that will ban the worst forms of polluting plastic. We're taking on the corporations that produce and sell the single-use packaging that clogs our landfills.
And with you by our side, we can do even more.
For decades, our work has been fueled by grassroots supporters. It's how we've been able to stand up to powerful interests and win lasting results for future generations.
Make your matched gift now to help us win a less wasteful and more sustainable future in the year ahead.
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Thank you for making our work possible,
Faye Park
President
1. "Beyond Plastic," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, last accessed December 11, 2023.
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Date: Sun, December 31, 2023
Subject: Do we have this right?
To: John xxxxxx <
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John,
PIRG's End of Year Drive ends at midnight. Will you take a moment to review the information we have on file?
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For Review: Membership Record
Name: John xxxxxx
U.S. PIRG Member Record: 136-5536966
End of Year Drive Donor: NOT YET
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Eligible for Matching Gift?: YES!
End of Year Drive Status
Goal: $100,000
Deadline: Midnight, December 31, 2023
Current Progress: 68% to goal
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You see, we don't take a penny from corporations. For decades, grassroots supporters like you have fueled our work to tackle concrete problems and find practical solutions to real problems.
Take our campaign to move our country beyond plastic:
We're facing a veritable tidal wave of plastic waste, and the United States is a big contributor to the problem. Every year, our country generates a jaw-dropping 35 million tons of plastic.[1]
What does that actually mean? That's enough plastic to fill the Dallas Cowboys football stadium to the brim roughly every 16 hours.[2]
All of that plastic takes centuries to break down. In the meantime, it ends up in our air and water -- and even our food -- as microplastics. These tiny plastic particles have even been found in our lungs and blood.[3]
That would be bad enough on its own, but making new plastic is also incredibly resource-intensive: 99% of all plastic is made from fossil fuels -- and by 2050, the plastics industry will generate as much greenhouse gas pollution as 615 coal-fired power plants.[4]
Until midnight tonight, generous donors are matching gifts to PIRG, up to $50,000 nationwide. Double your impact and help fuel our work in the year ahead by making your donation now.
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This is a big problem with a simple solution: We need to move beyond plastic.
That may sound too ambitious, or too good to be true, but we know our goals hold water. How? Because with the support of people like you who put the planet over plastic, we've already made a big difference:
After PIRG and our national coalition sent 138,000 petition signatures to Amazon, it announced plans to phase out padded plastic shipping envelopes in favor of recyclable alternatives.[5]
One in three Americans now live in a state with a ban on at least one of the worst kinds of single-use plastics.[6]
We delivered over 80,000 petitions to Costco -- and now the company has committed to initial steps to cut its plastic packaging waste.[7]
But we're up against the powerful plastics industry, and it's going to take resources to deploy the research, education and action to win.
Will you be a champion for the public interest? Make your matched year-end donation now.
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Thank you for making our work possible,
Faye Park
President
P.S. If you've already made a contribution to our drive, thank you for your support! Our system may still be processing your recent gift.
1. "National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes and Recycling," Environmental Protection Agency, last accessed December 11, 2023.
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2. "Beyond Plastic," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, last accessed December 11, 2023.
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3. Damian Carrington, "Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time," The Guardian, April 6, 2022.
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4. Sandra Laville, "Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns," The Guardian, May 15, 2019.
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5. "Statement: Amazon to phase out single-use plastic padded shipping bags," PIRG, July 19, 2023.
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6. "Reducing plastic waste in the states," PIRG, July 26, 2022.
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7. "Costco makes new commitments to reduce plastic use," PIRG, October 12, 2023.
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Your donation will power our dedicated staff of organizers, policy experts and attorneys who drive all of our campaigns in the public interest, from banning Roundup and moving us beyond plastic, to saving our antibiotics and being your consumer watchdog, to protecting our environment and our democracy. None of our work would be possible without the support of people just like you.
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