Beyond Plastics Santa Fe, a project of Eldorado/285 Recycles, became affiliated with Beyond Plastics, a national environmental organization, in 2022. As an affiliate, we work locally while accessing the resources, expertise and support of the national organization. We are dedicated to ending plastic pollution worldwide. We strive to pair the wisdom and experience of environmental policy experts with the energy and creativity of grassroots advocates to build a vibrant and effective movement to end plastic pollution. We seek to achieve the institutional, economic and societal changes needed to save our planet, and ourselves, from the negative health, climate and environmental impacts of the production, usage and disposal of plastics. |
Santa Fe County Commissioners Approve Single-Use Plastic Reduction Ordinance! As of October 2024, single-use plastic bags and styrofoam containers will no longer be offered by retail establishments in Santa Fe County. Plastic straws, utensils and condiment packets will be given upon request only. Read more... |
'They lied': plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds. Read this bombshell story in The Guardian here. |
UNM Professor Finds Plastic in Placentas Dr. Matthew Campen stated: “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.” Read more... |
The Problem
Throw-Away Living
"A convenience that cut down on household chores"
LIFE Magazine 8/1/1955
"A convenience that cut down on household chores"
LIFE Magazine 8/1/1955
The plastics industry created a throw-away society and sold disposable living as convenience. Then they promoted recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, shifting the responsibility for cleanup from producers (themselves) to consumers (us). Plastics have always been difficult to recycle.
Plastics have now become a huge problem—from start to finish. From fracked fossil fuel to the fantasy of recycling and the eventual breakdown into microplastics, the plastic and chemical industries have despoiled our planet. Issues |