The Virginia Plastic Pollution Prevention Network is excited to host speakers from Upstream Solutions, Beyond Plastics and ReThink Disposable for a panel discussion about Prioritizing Reduce/Reuse over Plastics Bans and Prioritizing Source Reduction in Policy with a focus on Virginia.
This event will be held on December 14th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm on Zoom and is free and open to the public. We encourage anyone in the food industry to join us!
Our speakers:
Miriam Gordan, Policy Director, Upstream Solutions
Grace Lee, Program Director, ReThink Disposable
Jennifer Congdon, Deputy Director, Beyond Plastics
PANEL 1: The Case for Prioritizing Reduce/Reuse over Plastics Bans
Why Reuse Wins for the Planet- the case for prioritizing reusable over banning plastic and trying to recycle and compost our way out of the plastic crisis - Miriam Gordon, Upstream Solutions
Why Reuse wins for Food Business Operators - Grace Lee, ReThink Disposable
PANEL 2: Prioritizing Source Reduction in Policy
A Policy Playbook - Miriam Gordon, Upstream Solutions
EPR and Bottle Bills- Model policy - Jennifer Congdon - Beyond Plastics
Please share with your members, volunteers, staff and anyone else who you feel may be interested in exploring this plastic waste reducing option.
Share the Facebook event for updates and information: https://www.facebook.com/events/203305345284421/
Register here for the Zoom link: https://virginiaplasticpollutionpreventionnetwork.wildapricot.org/event-4561924