Do you ever shop at Albertsons, Safeway, ACME, Jewel-Osco, or Shaws?
These stores and others are owned by Albertsons Companies LLC, the nation's second-largest grocery chain.1 If Albertsons follows the lead of Krogers (the nation's largest chain) and bans single-use plastic, we could keep billions of bags out of our oceans.
Most of the plastic produced in the United States is made from natural gas.2 The continued proliferation of disposable plastic bags, straws, and soda bottles creates an incentive to tear up our landscapes with dirty and dangerous fracking operations -- all to create products made to last forever, but be used only once.
The good news?
Retailers have a huge opportunity to help eliminate plastic waste. If Albertsons took action, based on sales, they could eliminate an estimated 3 billion bags per year.
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| How many of the 3 billion bags end up here? |
Albertsons says they still carry plastic bags because they offer recycling as
an option, but only 9 percent of plastics are ever recycled.3 Instead, most of
this waste ends up in our backyards, oceans, and even our beer!4
Will you tell Albertsons CEO Robert G. Miller that, as customers, we want them to be a part of the solution?
We know that companies can do this. Just a few weeks ago Kroger -- the only U.S. grocery chain larger than Albertsons -- committed to phasing out bags and other single-use plastics as a part of their zero-waste commitment. If we can get the two largest grocery chains in the United States to eliminate the wasteful distribution of single-use plastics, we can create a domino effect across the market.
Plastic pollution is a problem we cannot ignore; giant plastic islands are floating around our oceans, acting as a trap for fish and sea animals. And our plastic use is growing so rapidly it's estimated that, by weight, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050.5
If we work together, we can reduce fracking AND stop plastic waste from suffocating our waterways, wildlife, and environment.
Will you speak up?
- The SierraRise team
Will you tell Albertsons CEO Robert G. Miller that, as customers, we want them to be a part of the solution?
We know that companies can do this. Just a few weeks ago Kroger -- the only U.S. grocery chain larger than Albertsons -- committed to phasing out bags and other single-use plastics as a part of their zero-waste commitment. If we can get the two largest grocery chains in the United States to eliminate the wasteful distribution of single-use plastics, we can create a domino effect across the market.
Plastic pollution is a problem we cannot ignore; giant plastic islands are floating around our oceans, acting as a trap for fish and sea animals. And our plastic use is growing so rapidly it's estimated that, by weight, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050.5
If we work together, we can reduce fracking AND stop plastic waste from suffocating our waterways, wildlife, and environment.
Will you speak up?
- The SierraRise team
References
1. "Albertsons, About Us," accessed September 20, 2018, Albertsons.
2. Thomas Kevin Swift, et al., "The Rising Competitive Advantage of U.S. Plastics," May 2015, American Chemistry Council.
3. Laura Parker, "A Whopping 91% of Plastic Isn't Recycled," July 19, 2017, National Geographic.
4. Mary Kosuth, et al., "Anthropogenic Contamination of Tap Water, Beer, and Sea Salt," April 11, 2018, PLOS ONE.
5. "The New Plastic Economy," January 2016, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
1. "Albertsons, About Us," accessed September 20, 2018, Albertsons.
2. Thomas Kevin Swift, et al., "The Rising Competitive Advantage of U.S. Plastics," May 2015, American Chemistry Council.
3. Laura Parker, "A Whopping 91% of Plastic Isn't Recycled," July 19, 2017, National Geographic.
4. Mary Kosuth, et al., "Anthropogenic Contamination of Tap Water, Beer, and Sea Salt," April 11, 2018, PLOS ONE.
5. "The New Plastic Economy," January 2016, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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- Friends of the Earth Action
- Climate Hawks Vote
- Greenpeace USA
- Plastic Pollution Coalition
- Climate Hawks Vote
- Greenpeace USA
- Plastic Pollution Coalition
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