BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC
​POLLUTION ACT
​(BFFPPA)
​Youth Teach-in

TAKE ACTION! 
Tell your Member of Congress and US Senators to support
the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
Then please share this letter/petition!

Let's work together to get this groundbreaking bill passed!
Youth + community leaders and teachers,
sign up to access this free
 teach-in presentation ->
**presentation includes the: plastic pollution problem, 
the BFFPPA bill highlights.
and "Take Action" ideas (with speaker notes resources)
​

Find out why we need this bill passed now:
PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEM ->

Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act 
(teach-in slides include:)

▶︎ Lead your own Teach-in to educate others on the BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION ACT
​(Ask your school administration, teachers, and clubs if you can schedule a Teach-in)
▶︎Call your US Member of Congress
and US Senators 
​Organize a group and ask to have a meeting!​
Find your Member of Congress (US Representative) and US Senators here ->
▶︎Take a lead on CREATIVE ADVOCACY! Ideas included in the Teach-in slides.

quick action link:
▶︎ Urge your Member of Congress and US Senators
to support the
BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION ACT now!
​

Sign up to access
​the free Teach-in slide presentation ->​

Learn more about 
​the PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEM ->
​

Inspire others to take #plasticfree, zero waste action!​
 Host a screening
of our award winning movie,
MICROPLASTIC MADNESS ->
(a perfect intro for your Teach-in)

​The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021 will tackle the exploding crisis of plastic pollution and transform waste and recycling management in the United States.
(from BreakFreeFromPlastic.org )
This legislation seeks to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis by:

• Shifting the responsibility for waste management and recycling to the manufacturers of packaging, containers, and food-service products by requiring these producers to design, manage, and finance the programs.
• Prohibiting plastic waste from being shipped to developing countries. 
• Expanding the definition of toxic chemicals and prohibiting such toxic chemicals from being included in products covered by the legislation. 
• Launching a nationwide beverage container refund program to bolster recycling rates.
• Banning single-use plastic carryout bags and placing a fee on the distribution of the remaining carryout bags, which is successful at the state level. 
• Banning certain single-use plastic products that are not recyclable.
• Establishing minimum recycled content requirements for beverage containers, packaging, and food-service products. 
• Channeling huge investments in U.S. domestic recycling and composting infrastructure. 
• Protecting state and local governments that enact more stringent standards. 
• Putting a moratorium on new and expanding plastic production facilities and infrastructure projects until the EPA updates and/or creates vital environmental and health regulations to protect low-resourced and marginalized communities. 
• Requiring EPA with the Academies of Science to conduct a comprehensive study on the environment and cumulative public health impacts of incinerators and so-called “chemical recycling” facilities. 

• Requiring language access for limited English proficient communities impacted by plastic pollution can receive the information they need in the language they better understand.

Too much work to organize a teach-in?
Share our teach-in video! 
(recorded March 8, 2021, NYC Department of Education, Youth Climate Summit)

​More plastic free / zero waste
actions you can take today!

Read and share with your Member of Congress: 
Congressional Stimulus and Funding Bills:
​Recommendations to Reduce Plastic Pollution,
​from BreakFreeFromPlastic.org, 
"the global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution."

Cafeteria Culture is proud to be a Core Member of the
BreakFreeFromPlastic.org movement