Add your name to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group's (U.S. PIRG) petition calling on Costco to eliminate needless plastic packaging.

Costco received an “F” for its failure to reduce single-use plastic packaging in stores, according to a new report from As You Sow.¹

Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. But Costco’s plastic bags, lids and bottles are unnecessarily contributing to the amount of plastic pollution piling up in landfills and littering our streets and waterways.

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group is calling on Costco to commit to reducing its single-use plastic packaging, and we need your help.

Plastic pollution isn’t just unsightly. It’s also unhealthy. Plastic pollution seeps into the water we drink and the seafood we eat. Certain chemicals found in plastic can disrupt endocrine systems, interfere with brain development, and cause cancer and birth defects.²

It’s time for us to move beyond plastic by stopping the use of plastics we truly don’t need. Plastic packaging is a great example of this. It’s used for only a moment, and viable alternatives exist.

Costco can play an important role in the reduction of plastic waste. By taking unnecessary plastic packaging off its shelves, it will reduce the amount of plastic in our environment. Costco will also set an important example for others in the industry to follow.

Add your name. Join the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in urging Costco to move beyond plastic today.

References:
1. “2021 Corporate Plastic Pollution Scorecard,” As You Sow, September 29, 2021.
2. Elizabeth Royte, “We Know Plastic Is Harming Marine Life. What About Us?,” National Geographic, June 2018.

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