John,

Is that plastic container recyclable?

It can already be hard enough to figure out which items go in which bin. But now plastic companies want the Federal Trade Commission to allow them to slap a chasing arrows recycling symbol even on products that are virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills.1

When it comes to recycling, we deserve transparency. That's why we're working to convince the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce accurate recycling labels.

Will you tell the FTC to require accurate labeling on plastic products today?

From the streets we travel on to the oceans we swim in, plastic pollution continues to pile up.

That's partly because the plastics industry has spent decades convincing us that it's OK to keep making plastic, claiming that it can be easily recycled.2

The result is that people think their plastic bottles, bags and other packaging are being recycled. But the sad reality is that less than 10% of plastic is ever actually recycled.3

Where does the other 90% of that plastic end up? In landfills and incinerators, in parks and waterways, or piled up on the side of the road.

That's why we need honest labeling that reflects where this plastic actually ends up. Tell the FTC: Don't let companies mislead us about plastic recycling.

Thank you for taking action,

Faye Park
President

1. Lisa Song, "When Is "Recyclable" Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means," ProPublica, August 15, 2024.
2. Lisa Song, "When Is "Recyclable" Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means," ProPublica, August 15, 2024.
3. Michael Copley, "Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic-makers used recycling as a fig leaf," National Public Radio, February 15, 2024.

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