Author: Megan Quinn
A new draft strategy from the U.S. EPA calls for numerous plastic pollution reduction measures, including ones meant to align collection, recycling and composting with environmental justice efforts. The draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, an extension of the EPA’s National Recycling Strategy released in 2021, calls for reducing pollution during plastic production, improving end-of-life plastic management and preventing plastic trash and microplastics from entering the environment.