We
already know the Earth is drowning in
plastic. It's clogging our landfills, streams,
beaches, and seas. In another 7 years, plastic will
outnumber fish in our oceans.
Despite this,
corporations are currently producing more
plastic than ever before.
A
new report finds that humans are creating more and more
single-use plastic products — and plastic waste — than
at any point in history. Since we haven't been
able to increase our recycling capabilities,
most plastic products end up in the trash.
Plastic
comes from fossil fuel-based petrochemicals, so
it's directly tied to pollution and climate change. This
also means oil companies have a
huge investment in producing more and more plastic
products. It keeps their dirty energy
businesses in production, and it's a sneaky way to keep
feeding us ever more fossil fuels.
Around
20 corporations are responsible for creating most of the
world's new single-use plastic products. At the top of
the list are the giant oil companies Exxon Mobil
and Sinopec.
We
need to create stricter bans across the globe, and
demand serious legal enforcement to keep dirty energy
companies from polluting our Earth even
further!
Sign the petition to
save our Earth from ever-increasing plastic waste
now!
