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We McSisters have been very conscientious over the years about recycling plastic – all the yogurt cups, water bottles, liquid clothes detergent, dish soap, juice containers – thinking we were doing a good thing for the environment.

Sadly, the bad news about plastic and our health keeps coming.

We have recently noticed far more attention paid to the ever-growing plastic crisis in mainstream media. We should all be deeply alarmed. We must change our relationship with single-use plastic.

We McSisters typically send out blogs on Monday. This is an extra. We received very positive feedback about the Halloween blog we published at the start of October.

Since we’ve been publishing our blog, we have received some interesting questions memes, and comments.

Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

You may be wondering what you can do with all those clothes and shoes you no longer need or use and especially those that are not in good shape.

It’s an honor to be a guest on the McSisters Tackle Plastic blog. I’m reminded of the Margaret Mead quote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Guess what? Most of those disposable masks are made of – yes – plastic. The way we use them, they are also single-use plastic and a lot of them end up in our water bodies harming wildlife.

When we started researching the perils of plastic, we learned that the single-use plastics we rely on were most likely made in a factory located next to communities of marginalized individuals or people of color.

Remember when toilet paper was not wrapped in plastic packaging? Maybe you don’t because those days are largely gone.

We learned about Judith Enck through our plastic networking with friends. Judith is a highly dedicated professional and advocate with a long, distinguished career in environmental protection issues. She was the Regional Administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency appointed by President Obama and served as Deputy Secretary for the Environment in the New York Governor’s office.

Plastic threatens human health before and after use.

Just look around you and see how much waste we produce – it’s quite incredible that our culture and others all over the world have become the single-use culture. It’s not just plastic, but just about everything.