Single-use plastic is a triple threat. It impacts human health, the environment, and the climate crisis, all at massive scales. The fossil fuel industry intends to increase plastic production by 300% by 2050. We have to act now to control production and reduce single-use plastic at the household and community levels.
Citizens Concerned About Plastic Pollution (CCAPP) is a local self-organized group that works to raise awareness about the dangers of single-use plastic and what we can do about it. We are active in Woodstock, Saugerties, and Hurley, and we are excited to be expanding into Kingston.
CCAPP is undertaking several actions:
* We are tabling at farmers markets and other venues and giving presentations to community groups..
* We are promoting the Tiffin Takeout Project, an initiative to get restaurants to encourage customers to bring their own reusable containers for takeout orders. (This was successfully piloted by Climate Action in New Paltz.)
* We are petitioning food markets to reduce plastic packaging and provide alternatives to products packaged in plastic.
* We are working with Ulster County officials to raise awareness and improve implementation of the Skip the Straw Law already on the books.
We’re formally affiliated with Beyond Plastics, well-known activist Judith Enck’s organization with national scope that focuses on legislation and other actions.
We hope that our new member and Kingston volunteer Marie Miller will be joined by other Kingston residents who want to get involved in these and other initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate single-use plastic packaging. Grassroots efforts are very effective in campaigns like this. Please let us know by emailing info@ccapp.earth for more information on how you can make a difference and Marie will contact you.
