EPA’s latest attempt to derail clean air protections has taken shape—and it’s horrific. Administrator Zeldin is proposing to exempt so-called “advanced recycling” plastics incinerators from Clean Air Act pollution-control requirements.
If this proposal is finalized, these combustors will be allowed to smother communities with unlimited amounts of dangerous toxic chemicals, like dioxins, lead, mercury, and other potent carcinogens. Moms are demanding that Zeldin and EPA keep vital pollution protections in place for plastics incinerators.
Tell EPA: Our Families Need Strong Protections From Plastics Incinerators
This exemption for plastics incinerators would be a dream come true for the plastics industry, offering a cheap way to make waste vanish from sight and helping to justify their plans to triple plastics production by 2050.
Allowing plastics incinerators to operate without pollution controls would endanger the health of all people—and especially the babies and children who live, play, and go to day care and school in neighborhoods near these hazardous facilities. Because plastics are made from extremely toxic chemicals, burning them creates pollution that can increase the risk of cancers, birth defects, reproductive system damage, developmental issues, cardiovascular problems, respiratory impairment, and neurological problems.
EPA’s proposal is unconscionable.
Moms have stood up and taken action against Zeldin’s dangerous rollbacks again and again for more than a year—and this proposal will be no exception. Join Moms in demanding that EPA protect our communities from toxic “advanced recycling” plastics incinerator pollution.
Tell EPA: Our Families Need Strong Protections From Plastics Incinerators