Take the Plastics Pledge

There is a section of the Pacific Ocean twice the size of the continental United States called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Within it, 100 million tons of plastic swirl in a vortex of currents. There is so much plastic in the water that it outnumbers zooplankton by six to one!

This plastic ends up in the stomachs of marine birds and animals. In fact, one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die globally each year due to ingestion of or entanglement in plastics.

Plastic is forever, with virtually every piece of petroleum based plastic ever made still in existence. That's why it's so critical to our oceans and beaches that we dramatically reduce our use of plastics, especially single-use plastics, starting today.

You can make a difference for our world's oceans, waves and beaches -- pledge to rise above plastics today.

I commit to do my part to rise above plastics and protect the world's oceans, waves and beaches from plastic pollution. I will do this by:

- Using reusable bottles for my water and other drinks. By using just one reusable bottle, I will keep 167 single-use plastic bottles from entering the environment.

- Using cloth bags for groceries and other purchases. For each reusable bag I use, I will save approximately 400 plastics from being used.

- Recycling the plastic bags and bottles I already have. For every thirteen plastic bags I don't use, I will save enough petroleum to drive a car one mile.
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    • This petition has a goal of 5000 signatures
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    Number Date Name How will you Rise Above ...
    3802 Mon Apr 15 15:26:53 EDT 2013 Anonymous I will start using canteens and refilling them with water that way I won’t be caring and using plastic water bottles, and every bottle of water I see on the ground I will pick it up and take it to go get More....
    3801 Mon Apr 15 15:26:53 EDT 2013 fernando Covarrubias I will start using canteens and refilling them with water that way I won’t be caring and using plastic water bottles, and every bottle of water I see on the ground I will pick it up and take it to go get More....
    3800 Fri Apr 12 15:54:50 EDT 2013 Anonymous Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
    3799 Thu Apr 11 21:40:12 EDT 2013 David Proctor
    3798 Thu Apr 11 19:47:04 EDT 2013 A CUSTER
    3797 Thu Apr 11 19:28:15 EDT 2013 Daniel Meisel I am going to kayak down our towns flooded creek and pick up the plastic crap. I can see plastic bottles, bags, cups, and debris EVERYWHERE! It makes me think if its like this everywhere you go...this More....
    3796 Thu Apr 11 11:46:33 EDT 2013 Holly Stuczynski
    3795 Wed Apr 10 21:49:33 EDT 2013 Fernando Guimaraens
    3794 Wed Apr 10 14:28:50 EDT 2013 Chris Smith
    3793 Sat Mar 30 21:56:11 EDT 2013 Taneil Evans
    3792 Sat Mar 30 11:37:23 EDT 2013 Kaylee Stephenson
    3791 Fri Mar 29 10:55:47 EDT 2013 Mathias Ricking I use as much glass as possible.
    3790 Thu Mar 28 23:41:33 EDT 2013 Lisa Rachel Frank
    3789 Tue Mar 26 23:05:38 EDT 2013 MICHAEL HERNANDEZ
    3788 Sun Mar 24 18:28:53 EDT 2013 Brandy Listerman
    3787 Sun Mar 24 14:13:59 EDT 2013 Anonymous recycle, reuse, lessen my personal impact.
    3786 Sun Mar 24 09:18:35 EDT 2013 Christina Scott
    3785 Fri Mar 22 16:24:21 EDT 2013 gl jackson
    3784 Wed Mar 20 01:13:23 EDT 2013 Leilah Wightman
    3783 Fri Mar 15 19:24:15 EDT 2013 Frida Simms
    3782 Fri Mar 15 12:36:46 EDT 2013 Marie Mueller
    3781 Thu Mar 14 21:45:56 EDT 2013 Shelly Ericksen
    3780 Thu Mar 14 20:43:50 EDT 2013 Marlene Black Recycling and picking up shit that thoughtless dicks toss with reckless disregard!
    3779 Wed Mar 13 21:22:36 EDT 2013 Ann Dennison I will continue to look for alternatives for the few remaining items I buy (milk, yoghurt, margarine, cheese), and will continue to refuse all possible plastics.
    3778 Wed Mar 13 15:12:46 EDT 2013 Reynard Loki
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