[Op-Ed] Plásticos y Salud: Expertos Exponen la Amenaza Invisible
Health advocates push for action on chemicals, plastics
Setting plastic on fire is NOT recycling!
Right now, the plastics industry is trying to rebrand “plastics incineration” as so-called “advanced recycling.” Here’s the problem: burning plastic doesn’t make it just go away. It turns our plastic pollution problem into an air pollution problem.
¿Reciclaje avanzado o simplemente quemar plástico?
La industria del plástico está tratando cambiar el nombre de la incineración de plástico al “reciclaje avanzado”. Pero esta publicidad engañosa no cambia lo que es: la quema de plásticos.
¡Prender fuego al plástico NO es reciclar!
En este momento, la industria del plástico está tratando de cambiar el nombre de “incineración de plásticos” al llamado “reciclaje avanzado”. Aquí está el problema: quemar plástico no hace que desaparezca simplemente. Convierte nuestro problema de contaminación plástica en un problema de …
Moms Annual Summit on Plastics: A Health Crisis in Plain Sight
Moms Clean Air Force hosted our annual summit, A Health Crisis in Plain Sight: How plastics are poisoning our air, food, and bodies—and what we can do to protect our children’s future on April 3, 2025. This summit explored the latest research …
The Truth Behind the Plastics Industry’s Greenwashing
Burning plastics is not recycling. But the plastics industry is trying to convince us that it is because it wants to operate plastics incinerators without pollution controls. Communities across the country aren’t falling for it—and they’re fighting back. Residents of Follansbee (WV), …
Advanced Recycling or Just Burning Plastic?
The plastics industry is trying to give plastic incineration a makeover by calling it “advanced recycling.” But greenwashing the name doesn’t change what it is: burning plastic. When plastic is burned, it releases huge amounts of toxic chemicals that pollute our air …
Burning plastics is NOT recycling
But the plastics industry is trying to convince us that it is because it wants to operate plastics incinerators without pollution controls. Communities across the country aren’t falling for it—and they’re fighting back. Residents of Follansbee (WV), Youngstown (OH), Columbia (MD), Eloy …
Moms Tell Congress Access to Clean Air Is Non-negotiable
Join us in demanding that the government do its job to protect children from dirty air.