Beyond Plastics

CORRECTION: Please use this link 👉 beyondplastics.org/starbucks-cups

Starbucks claims its single-use plastic cups (made of No. 5 polypropylene plastic) are now "widely recyclable." ♻️🥤 But are they❓ 👉Read Beyond Plastics' new report to find out: beyondplastics.org/starbucks

Assemblymember @LegMJShimsky plays Plastectomy!, correctly identifying microplastics in the brain, carotid arteries, lungs, liver, kidneys, bloodstream, testicles, and bone marrow.  Thank you for supporting The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a), which will reduce single-use plastic and ban some of the most toxic chemicals in packaging.  Let's get this passed ASAP

The momentum against plastic pollution is building up! 🌍 We’re excited to announce a new group joining our network. Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture

This event is free and open to all but please RSVP in advance: beyondplastics.org/events/brookli… 🏷️ @enckj, @davabel, @thenewpress, @booksmithtweets

Beantown area peeps, please join our president Judith Enck at the Brookline Booksmith in MA on Weds, June 17 for a free talk about our new book “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.” We hope to see you there and then.

The momentum against plastic pollution is building up! 🌍 We’re excited to announce a new group joining our network. Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture

New York State Nurses Association Supports The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (Assembly Bill A1749-A, Senate Bill 1464-A)! "Research tells us that microplastic and plastic chemical exposure is associated with dementia, heart disease, stroke, infertility, cancers of the breast, endometrium, ovaries, and prostate, early onset puberty and early menopause, autoimmune diseases, and premature death. According to data published by Endocrine Society, the negative health impacts from plastic is costing Americans $250 billion in healthcare costs each year. New laws, like this one, will protect health and save tax dollars. The NYS Nurses Association supports the Glick/Harckham bill." - New York State Nurses Association Memorandum of Support: Assembly Bill A1749-A, Senate Bill 1464-A, “The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act”

"A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores." beyondplastics.org/press-releases…

New Yorkers could save hundreds of millions each year by cutting packaging waste and reducing trash disposal costs. PRRIA would lower costs, protect public health, and help address the affordability crisis. It’s time to pass this landmark bill! midhudsonnews.com/2026/05/20/har…

Our final meeting of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee! Thank you @SenatorHarckham for leading a robust environmental agenda this session, including the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA). ♻️🌎

Our current waste system is not working. We need to pass PRRIA to save taxpayers $1B annually, remove toxic chemicals and improve recycling.

US Group Says Starbucks Plastic Cups Marked Recyclable End up in Trash usnews.com/news/world/art…

Starbucks claims its single-use #plastic cups (made of No. 5 polypropylene) are now “widely recyclable.”♻️🥤 But are they❓ @PlasticsBeyond #investigation tracked 36 #Starbucks #cups from in-store #recycling bins — #ZERO reached a recycling facility. beyondplastics.org/starbucks-cups

The momentum against plastic pollution is building up! 🌍 We’re excited to announce a new group joining our network. Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture

We are very close to passing the strongest plastic reduction bill in the US, which means that the lobbyists for the plastics, chemical, and packaging industries are fighting extra hard to prevent the bill from passing. We need everyone to call their Assemblymember and urge them to put people over plastic. Call (844) 311-4414 right now to be connected directly to your Assemblymember's office, and urge them to vote yes on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a)!

"New York’s solid waste and pollution crisis demands action now. Excess packaging is driving up costs for taxpayers, overwhelming municipalities, and exposing New Yorkers to toxic chemicals. The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act is a real solution. New Yorkers deserve relief from the burden of paying for toxic packaging they have no control over. PRRIA must pass this year.” - Assemblymember Deborah Glick Momentum is building! Please keep up the pressure - call (844) 311-4414 right now to be connected directly to your Assemblymember's office, and urge them to vote yes on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a)!

New York Assemblymember @votejgr aced the Plastectomy game at the NYS Capitol. Please call (844) 311-4414 right now to be connected directly to your Assemblymember's office, and urge them to vote yes on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a)!

Thank you to our fantastic speakers at Friday's press conference: Greg Anderson, New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner; Justin Sanchez, New York City Council Member and Chair of the Sanitation Committee; Harvey Epstein, New York City Council Member; Grace Lee, New York State Assemblymember; Brian Kavanagh, New York State Senator; Chris Alexander, NAACP New York State Conference Executive Director; and Eric Goldstein, Natural Resources Defence Council Senior Attorney and New York City Environment Director. We stood at South Street Seaport's Pier 17, alongside the East River where barges haul away city trash. Since the closure of the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island in 2001, city taxpayers have spent billions of dollars exporting waste outside the city. Last year, taxpayers spent approximately half a billion dollars trucking New York City waste to landfills in the Finger Lakes; a trash incinerator in an environmental justice community in Newark, New Jersey; and to other states. 30% of this waste is single-use packaging. But by reducing the amount of waste and requiring large companies — rather than taxpayers — to be financially responsible for waste disposal, this one bill will save New York City taxpayers $380 million every year. Please call (844) 311-4414 right now to be connected directly to your Assemblymember's office, and urge them to vote yes on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a)!

Read more from @guardian about our newest report regarding Starbucks' deceptive recycling claims: theguardian.com/business/2026/…

"If you attach a GPS tracker to a 'widely recyclable' plastic Starbucks cup and drop it in an in-store recycling bin, you might expect it to end up in a recycling plant, but environmental watchdog organization Beyond Plastics says that’s not the case."