The Department of Interior set a goal to eliminate single-use plastic products on public land by 2023.
helped push for the change in policy. The nonprofit commissioned a poll that showed 82% of American voters are in favor of stopping the sale and distribution of single-use plastics at national parks. Oceana sent findings in a letter to Haaland in January.A San Juan Capistrano, California landfill, flattens trash along a hillside then covers it with dirt.
Several states, counties and cities already phased out single-use plastic products. California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont banned single-use plastic bags in grocery stores. New Jersey banned plastic bags and food containers last month. California went so far as to prohibit plastic straws and hotel toiletry bottles. Not every state is on board.
The Interior Department reports that about 14 million tons of plastic each year across the world end up in the ocean. Plastic accounts for 80% of all
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