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US SR320
Resolution
AI Summary
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Designates July 2025 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month" to encourage individual and collective action to reduce plastic pollution
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Recognizes dangers to human health and environment from plastic pollution, citing studies finding microplastics in human blood, lungs, colons, breastmilk, livers, and placentas
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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
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Highlights that over 12 million tons of plastic waste enter oceans yearly, with an estimated 171 trillion pieces currently in world oceans
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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