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Are supermarkets doing enough to reduce single-use plastic waste?

This article originally appeared on FoodPrint. Plastic is ubiquitous in supermarkets. Produce packaged in clamshell containers; water bottles and jugs, peanut butter canisters, salad dressings in plastic bottles and jars; and pasta boxes with miniature plastic windows line almost every shelf. Those small pieces of plastic in your shopping cart add up to mountains of plastic waste. The U.S. generates 42 million metric tons of plastic waste each year and most ends up in oceans or landfills where it takes up to 500 years to break down. Your weekly shopping trip generates a significant portion of plastic waste. Advertisement: Supermarkets are where the average consumer encounters the most throwaway plastics, says John Hocevar, marine biologist and oceans campaign director for Greenpeace USA.

Over 260 groups call on Biden to improve whistleblower protections

More than 260 organizations urged President Biden The Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit that works with whistleblowers and on whistleblowing legislation, led a letter on Thursday with other groups calling for Biden and congressional leaders to strengthen U.S. whistleblower laws to match or exceed those of other democratic nations. “Truth shared by whistleblowers fuels oversight mechanisms by shining a light on existing weaknesses, inefficiencies, and injustices. We must protect those who courageously speak out about abuses of public trust that undermine our nation’s safety and security and threaten our democracy,” they wrote. ADVERTISEMENT They called for America’s whistleblower rights to include giving whistleblowers the right to challenge retaliatory investigations, extending whistleblower rights beyond protection from workplace retaliation and giving whistleblowers a legal defense against civil or criminal liability, among other provisions.

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Receives National Support

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Receives National Support
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