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April 30, 2021
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100,000 Petitioners Call for Biden to Act on Plastic Pollution, Production
Presidential Plastics Action Plan Coalition to Submit Petitions Monday in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO— Members of the national coalition behind the Presidential Plastics Action Plan will gather outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s San Francisco office on Monday to deliver speeches and more than 100,000 petitions calling for President Biden and his administration to adopt the plan.
The coalition of some 600 community and conservation groups developed the plan last year and delivered it to the administration in December. It calls for Biden to take eight executive actions to combat the plastic pollution crisis, including a ban on new plastic production facilities, using federal purchasing power to curb single-use plastics, tightening up regulation of the petrochemical industry, ending fossil fuel subsidies and protecting vulnerable communities from pollution.