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US SR320

Resolution

Status

Introduced

7/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Merkley

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Designates July 2025 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month" to encourage individual and collective action to reduce plastic pollution

  • Recognizes dangers to human health and environment from plastic pollution, citing studies finding microplastics in human blood, lungs, colons, breastmilk, livers, and placentas

  • Notes approximately 460 million tons of plastic are produced annually, projected to triple by 2050, with only 5% recycled in the U.S. and 73% landfilled

  • Highlights that over 12 million tons of plastic waste enter oceans yearly, with an estimated 171 trillion pieces currently in world oceans

  • Encourages all U.S. individuals to participate in activities reducing plastic pollution in July 2025 and year-round

Legislative Description

A resolution designating July 2025 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".

Environmental protection

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4338: 1)

7/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary7/14/2025

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