Advocacy in Action: Addressing Corporate Responsibility for Plastic Pollution
After learning about the harmful impacts of plastic pollution and completing a plastic brand audit of the trash they cleaned up in their watersheds, students wrote purposeful and persuasive letters urging corporations to take responsibility for the plastic they produce. “PepsiCo is the most common polluter at our school,” shared Zihan, a student at Montalvin Manor K-8 School in Richmond. “I want companies to know that kids care about the problem of plastic pollution, and we want change,” shared Elias. By integrating a new Plastic Brand Audit Action Project into our Watershed Education Programs, KIDS for the BAY is taking this one step further by empowering students to investigate the sources of plastic pollution and hold those responsible for producing it accountable.
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