U.S. PIRG September Drive

John,

We won't keep falling for it.

To help cut waste, plastic producers have long printed "recyclable" labels on their products and encouraged us to toss packaging into the blue bin -- but it turns out that only a tiny fraction of that plastic is ever recycled.1

Plastic pollution is piling up. Enough plastic gets thrown in the trash every 16 hours to fill the country's largest football stadium to the brim.2

It's clear that we can't recycle our way out of this problem. The real solution is that we have to make and use less plastic and hold plastic producers accountable for their wasteful practices.

Will you help make it possible, John?

Your donation to our September Drive before the deadline on Sept. 30 will go twice as far to fight plastic waste: Generous donors are matching every gift dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 nationwide.

Make your MATCHED September Drive gift today to help build a future beyond plastic.

When you see the recycling symbol on a package, you probably think it'll end up being recycled. But there's a 90% change that piece of plastic will end up in a landfill or incinerator, or as litter. Less than 10% of plastics are recycled.3 Plastic manufacturers have used misleading labels for decades to promote recycling as the key solution to our plastic pollution problem. If recycling alone can't solve plastic waste, what can? At PIRG, we're championing real solutions like getting rid of wasteful plastic packaging, holding plastic producers accountable for their waste, and calling for truthful recycling labels. Together, we can build a future beyond plastic. Donate today and your gift will be matched up to $10,000 nationwide! Donate

PIRG has decades of experience tackling problems like plastic waste -- and winning.

Together, we've already made some important progress. Our national network has helped win restrictions on some of the worst forms of single-use plastic in states across the country. We even helped convince Amazon to phase out wasteful plastic air pillows from its US shipments.4

The plastic pollution problem is big, but giving up on solving it isn't an option.

To build a healthier, less wasteful future, we need supporters like you to help us keep driving effective, common-sense solutions to the big problems facing our country.

Will you support our work with a donation before the September 30 deadline?

Thank you,

Faye Park
President

1. Saabira Chaudhuri, "Your 'widely recyclable' plastic yogurt tub is rarely recycled," The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2022.
2. "Trash in America," PIRG, September 28, 2021.
3.Laura Parker, "A whopping 91 percent of plastic isn't recycled," National Geographic, December 20, 2018.
4. "Amazon announces its largest reduction in plastic packaging in North America to date," Amazon, June 20, 2024.

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 toxic pesticides 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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