America’s national parks and other federally managed lands will phase out sales of plastic bottles and single-use products in the hopes of cutting pollution.
America’s national parks and other federally managed lands will phase out sales of plastic bottles and single-use products in the hopes of cutting pollution, Secretary of the Interior Deb HaalandThose parks, like Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde and Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, have a decade to identify a path away from plastic products and toward recyclable or compostable materials, the order says.
And by 2032 those parks and lands should entirely phase out the sale of plastic and single-use products. “The Interior Department has an obligation to play a leading role in reducing the impact of plastic waste on our ecosystems and our climate,” Haaland said in a statement. “As the steward of the nation’s public lands, including national parks and national wildlife refuges, and as the agency responsible for the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats, we are uniquely positioned to do better for our Earth.
Not only do plastic bottles pollute public lands, the release said, but so too do single-use plastic bags, food containers, packaging and more, the release said. Shifting to materials made of paper, cloth, glass or metals would be far better for the environment.
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