Beyond Plastics
@beyondplastics.bsky.social
Working to end plastic pollution everywhere. Find us at www.BeyondPlastics.org or https://bit.ly/m/beyond-plastics
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🚨📘Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress.bsky.social and yesterday it was chosen as an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction Books of December! 🎆Learn more and get your copy at bit.ly/problem-with... to help protect yourself & the planet from plastic pollution. 🌎
Even stuffed dogs support #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Even stuffed dogs support #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
🚨UPCOMING EVENT ALERT🚨
Attention, Californians! Come on over to Arvida Book Co. in Tustin at 2:00PM on Dec. 28 to learn about our new book “The Problem with Plastic” from Beyond Plastics Southern California Director Susan Keefe.
www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...
🏷️ @thenewpress.bsky.social
Attention, Californians! Come on over to Arvida Book Co. in Tustin at 2:00PM on Dec. 28 to learn about our new book “The Problem with Plastic” from Beyond Plastics Southern California Director Susan Keefe.
www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...
🏷️ @thenewpress.bsky.social
Sun, 12/28/25 at 2:00 PM PT | Join Susan Keefe at Arvida Book Co. in Tustin, CA — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
Join Susan Keefe, Southern CA Director of Beyond Plastics at the Arvida Book Co. in Tustin, CA on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM PT to learn more about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic”.
www.beyondplastics.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨UPCOMING EVENT ALERT🚨
Attention, Californians! Come on over to Arvida Book Co. in Tustin at 2:00PM on Dec. 28 to learn about our new book “The Problem with Plastic” from Beyond Plastics Southern California Director Susan Keefe.
www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...
🏷️ @thenewpress.bsky.social
Attention, Californians! Come on over to Arvida Book Co. in Tustin at 2:00PM on Dec. 28 to learn about our new book “The Problem with Plastic” from Beyond Plastics Southern California Director Susan Keefe.
www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...
🏷️ @thenewpress.bsky.social
Double dogs doubling down on #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Double dogs doubling down on #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Now is the time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck, our founder and president, this February!
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Register here: bit.ly/bennington-class
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Register here: bit.ly/bennington-class
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Now is the time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck, our founder and president, this February!
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Register here: bit.ly/bennington-class
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Register here: bit.ly/bennington-class
Pepper here supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pepper here supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Looking for something fun and free to do in Rhinebeck, NY this winter? Join Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck on Jan. 22 at 6:00PM at Oblong Books for a conversation about our new book “The Problem with Plastic,” which is newly released by The New Press.
Thursday, 1/22/26 at 6:00 PM | Judith Enck at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
Join Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics for a conversation about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves & Our Planet Before It’s Too Late” at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY.…
www.beyondplastics.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Looking for something fun and free to do in Rhinebeck, NY this winter? Join Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck on Jan. 22 at 6:00PM at Oblong Books for a conversation about our new book “The Problem with Plastic,” which is newly released by The New Press.
How could you say no to that face? Time for #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How could you say no to that face? Time for #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Who better to talk books with than a librarian? Join Beyond Plastics Policy Director Johnathan Berard in conversation with former RI State Librarian Megan Hamlin-Black to learn about Beyond Plastics’ new book “The Problem with Plastic” at Riffraff in Providence, RI, at 7:00PM.
Weds, 1/21/26 at 7:00 PM | Book Talk with Johnathan Berard and Megan Hamlin-Black at Riffraff in Providence, RI — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
Join Johnathan Berard, Policy Director of Beyond Plastics in conversation with Megan Hamlin-Black to learn about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic” at Riffraff Bookstore in Providence, RI.
www.beyondplastics.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who better to talk books with than a librarian? Join Beyond Plastics Policy Director Johnathan Berard in conversation with former RI State Librarian Megan Hamlin-Black to learn about Beyond Plastics’ new book “The Problem with Plastic” at Riffraff in Providence, RI, at 7:00PM.
It's time to stand up (or… curl up) for #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's time to stand up (or… curl up) for #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Is your flight home for the holidays delayed? Here's some witty banter to keep you entertained in the meantime: Beyond Plastics' Judith Enck being interviewed by the hilarious @adamconover.net.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
Your Body is Filled with Plastic, with Judith Enck
Plastic is everywhere. Over the past century, we’ve stuffed our landfills, lined the bottom of the ocean floor, and even managed to get microscopic particles floating through our blood and bodies.…
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Is your flight home for the holidays delayed? Here's some witty banter to keep you entertained in the meantime: Beyond Plastics' Judith Enck being interviewed by the hilarious @adamconover.net.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
So true, buddy, #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
So true, buddy, #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Sending you an ocean of thanks for all you do to help keep our oceans free of plastic and full of fish. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and a wonderful new year. Thanks to @deadder.bsky.social for allowing us to use his fantastic cartoon.
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Sending you an ocean of thanks for all you do to help keep our oceans free of plastic and full of fish. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and a wonderful new year. Thanks to @deadder.bsky.social for allowing us to use his fantastic cartoon.
More smiling faces in support of #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More smiling faces in support of #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
It's that time of year, and you may be wondering, can I recycle wrapping paper? Trisha Vaidyanathan, Beyond Plastics Science Director, has answers for you as you ponder how to make your way through the holiday season with a minimum of waste and environmental impact.
Can I Recycle Wrapping Paper? — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
With the holidays approaching, you may be wondering if you can recycle used wrapping paper. Find out!
www.beyondplastics.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's that time of year, and you may be wondering, can I recycle wrapping paper? Trisha Vaidyanathan, Beyond Plastics Science Director, has answers for you as you ponder how to make your way through the holiday season with a minimum of waste and environmental impact.
Moose supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Moose supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Send Heastie a letter: bit.ly/4pV2ZJl
Reposted by Beyond Plastics
250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
toxicfreefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
All this pup wants for the holidays is for PRRIA to be passed, #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pets from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All this pup wants for the holidays is for PRRIA to be passed, #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pets from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
“Health care has grown dependent on plastic . . . It’s time that we considered our use of this ubiquitous material and whether we are causing harm to our communities by using it.”
www.acepnow.com/article/opin...
www.acepnow.com/article/opin...
Opinion: Physicians Must Reduce Plastic Waste - ACEP Now
Health care relies heavily on single-use plastics, creating massive waste. Discover how emergency physicians can switch to sustainable, safer alternatives.
www.acepnow.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Health care has grown dependent on plastic . . . It’s time that we considered our use of this ubiquitous material and whether we are causing harm to our communities by using it.”
www.acepnow.com/article/opin...
www.acepnow.com/article/opin...
Now is the time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck, our founder and president, this February!
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Now is the time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck, our founder and president, this February!
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
Her popular, seven-week, virtual class is taught on Zoom and offered through @benningtoncollege.bsky.social.
These pet owners and lovers support #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
These pet owners and lovers support #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pups from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
@washingtonpost.com has created an interactive walkthrough of the plastics (and the 16,000 chemicals involved in their creation) we interact with in our everyday lives and how they affect our health.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@washingtonpost.com has created an interactive walkthrough of the plastics (and the 16,000 chemicals involved in their creation) we interact with in our everyday lives and how they affect our health.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Judith Enck was interviewed by Amy Goodman with @democracynow.org about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Judith Enck was interviewed by Amy Goodman with @democracynow.org about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
In 1950, the world produced just two million tons of plastic. It now produces over 450 million tons per year. Plastic production is projected to double between 2019 and 2039.
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In 1950, the world produced just two million tons of plastic. It now produces over 450 million tons per year. Plastic production is projected to double between 2019 and 2039.
This lovely pup supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pets from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This lovely pup supports #PupsForPRRIA! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, protect our pets from plastics and bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) up for a vote ASAP! #PeopleOverPlastic
Plastics simply do not go away, and neither will the plastic pollution crisis unless we do something about it. Follow the link below to watch @adamconover.net talk about ending plastic pollution with Judith Enck, author of the new book “The Problem with Plastic.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
Your Body is Filled with Plastic, with Judith Enck
Plastic is everywhere. Over the past century, we’ve stuffed our landfills, lined the bottom of the ocean floor, and even managed to get microscopic particles floating through our blood and bodies.…
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Plastics simply do not go away, and neither will the plastic pollution crisis unless we do something about it. Follow the link below to watch @adamconover.net talk about ending plastic pollution with Judith Enck, author of the new book “The Problem with Plastic.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBs...