Voice your Support for Plastic-Free 305

Miami Waterkeeper is pleased to support this initiative from our friends at Debris-Free Oceans.

The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners will vote on whether to create a “Plastic Free 305” program on Wednesday, December 1. YOU can help make this happen! Support Resolution 212677 directing the Miami-Dade County Mayor to create “Plastic Free 305,” a volunteer certification program that would recognize and support businesses eliminating single-use plastics from their operations. This initiative would pave the way for a resilient and healthy South Florida by reducing the use, disposal, and pollution of millions of single-use plastics in Florida’s most populous county.

Miami-Dade needs this NOW because:
• Humans consume a credit card worth of plastic every single week and nanoplastics leach from our gut to our cardiovascular systems.
• Greenhouse gases are emitted when plastics are produced, disposed of, and even when they break apart in the environment.
• Despite cleanups and waste management efforts, 2-3 trucks worth of plastic enters our ocean every minute.
• Florida is home to the MOST impacts to marine life caused by plastics in the entire US.

Miami-Dade County is poised to be a leader in demonstrating how community-based solutions involving local governments, businesses, and nonprofits can solve local problems and have a global impact; the world is watching us as we navigate the challenges of water quality and climate change at ground zero. Accordingly, we urge you to support Resolution 212677 directing our Miami-Dade County Mayor to create the “Plastic Free 305” program.

Let the Board of County Commissioners and Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava know that you support the creation of “Plastic Free 305!” Enter your information and push the “send email” button at the bottom of this page. Feel free to edit the message to make it your own.

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