Plastic—it’s all around us.
It’s in our homes, our offices, our vehicles, our yards, our playgrounds. We use it to package food, bottle products, bag produce, make dinnerware and utensils, make toys….
Plastics have undoubtedly helped us to manufacture, package and ship goods more easily, for less money, and in some cases more safely than ever before.
But plastics pose a significant threat to our planet as well.
Part of the problem is plastic itself. The very qualities that make it an adaptable and durable product to use, also make plastic an environmental nightmare. You see, plastics do not biodegrade. Instead they photodegrade – breaking down under exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays, into smaller and smaller pieces.
Bottom line: with the exception of the small amount that has been incinerated, virtually every piece of plastic that was ever made still exists in some shape or form.
RAP’s Mission
To reduce the impacts of plastics in the marine environment by raising awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution and by advocating for a reduction of single-use plastics and the recycling of all plastics.
Take the Plastics Pledge
You can make a difference for our world’s oceans, waves and beaches — pledge to rise above plastics today.
Check out the link below and pledge to rise above plastics:
http://action.surfrider.org/t/5253/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=316
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We want to work with you on this. Did you know that ECOBAGS brand started in NYC (washington heights to be exact) in 1989 with a mission to replace single use bags with reusable cloth (textiles are recyclable) bags. The only cloth bags available back then were library bags and they were too small for shopping…and they were cloth! So, we started on our company and the campaign to “clean up the planet one bag at a time.” Let’s work together.