John—
Every week, more than 92,000 tons of plastic waste ends up in our oceans.
Marine wildlife like humpback whales and sea turtles are suffering. We can reduce the flow of deadly plastics into our oceans, but we need your help to advance and expand programs and initiatives that will keep plastics out of our oceans.
This week, we’re raising $92,000 to fund our efforts to protect wildlife and fight threats like ocean plastics. Will you give $30 today?
One of the largest ways we’re fighting to keep plastics out of our oceans is through our RecycleMania program. An educational program and competition across 300 colleges in the U.S. and Canada, RecycleMania led to 5.1 million students and staff recycling 69.8 million pounds of waste and prevent the release of 99,254 of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the last year.
RecycleMania is the only competition of its kind, helping colleges and universities to reduce waste, improve recycling, and implement strategies to work toward zero waste on campus.
We need your help to grow and expand programs like RecycleMania that help stem the tide of plastics into our oceans.
Will you pitch in to help fund innovative programs that will teach future generations how to responsibly coexist with wildlife? Every dollar you donate today will help us fund new and exciting programs that help wildlife thrive.
If we cannot slow the flow of plastics into the ocean, the World Economic Forum predicts that the weight of plastics in the ocean will be greater than fish by 2050.
That’s why the entire National Wildlife Federation and its affiliate family is behind the fight to reduce plastics pollution. Our affiliates have unanimously passed resolutions calling on state and local governments to encourage the reduction of single-use plastics through new laws or other actions.
Even small actions can make a difference. We’re also lowering our own plastics footprint by phasing out our plastic membership cards and reducing the amount of packaging in our store items.
We’re going to need bright minds to solve big problems. Will you please chip in any amount that you can to help fund programs like this that will help wildlife?
