The Department of the Interior will phase out the sale of single-use plastic on public lands over the next 10 years.
On July 3, 2020, visitors are hiking the Mist Trail in the national park. The photo was taken by Gomes/AFP.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued an order that will ban the use of single-use plastic by 2032.
The department is directed to find sustainable alternatives to plastic.
According to Haaland, the Interior Department is obligated to play a large role in reducing plastic waste, and is uniquelyly positioned to do better for our Earth.
The ban on the sale of plastic water bottles was lifted by the Trump administration. According to a study by the National Park Service, the ban prevented 2 million plastic bottles from being thrown away.
On World Ocean Day, the Biden administration announced a package of actions. The same protections will be given to the new marine sanctuary in the Atlantic Ocean. The Hudson Canyon, which is 100 miles off the coast of New York and New Jersey, is a biodiversity hot spot. Another marine sanctuary was nominated by the Biden administration off the coast of the Aleutian Islands.
Fourteen million. That's how much plastic ends up in the ocean each year. 300 million tons of plastic is made every year.
The federal government must become carbon neutral by the year 2050.
A national park ban saved 2 million plastic bottles.
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