Hi Friends on the CDP list,

I’m forwarding this petition from PEER, GreenLatinos, and Beyond Plastics. The petition requests a rulemaking to ban single use water bottles in national parks within a year and reduce plastic waste by 75% by 2026. This would bring the parks back in line with a 2011 Obama goal and further the Biden Administration’s environmental justice goals.

The petition is for individual sign-on. This is not Oceana’s petition, so if you have questions, please contact Chandra Rosenthal at PEER: CRosenthal@peer.org.

Petition text:

Our national parks are drowning in a rising tide of plastic waste. Single-use disposable plastic bottles are the single biggest component of national park waste streams.

Mountains of plastic bottles burden wildlife, create greenhouse gases, and cost taxpayers to haul away. As crowds return to record levels following the pandemic, a tsunami of plastic waste will again swamp our parks.

Some major parks, like Grand Canyon, went bottle-free after building water “filling stations.” But the International Bottled Water Association snuffed this nascent bottle-free movement out. They successfully lobbied the Trump administration to bar any park superintendent from restricting the sale of plastic water bottles – no exceptions.

Reverse this Trump pro-plastic anti-park policy now.

Sign on with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, GreenLatinos and Beyond Plastics today. Tell the Interior Secretary to –

· Outlaw sales of plastic water bottles at all national parks;

· Cut plastics discarded in parks by 75%;

· Ensure that there are adequate sources of free potable water available for park visitors; and

· Manage our parks to set a “green” example.

Help both our national parks and our planet – take a break from plastic.

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