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This strategy also aligns with the United States’ commitment to negotiating an ambitious international agreement with the aim of protecting public health and the environment by reducing plastic pollution around the world. The strategy is the third pillar of EPA’s “Building a Circular Economy for All” effort, following national strategies on recycling and reducing food loss and waste.</p> <p>“EPA’s new strategy to prevent plastic pollution will have a profound impact on public health and our environment, especially in overburdened communities hit hardest,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “From reducing cancer-causing pollution from plastic manufacturing facilities, to increasing industry’s accountability to take back recycled plastic packaging, to capturing waste before it ends up in our bodies and the environment, this strategy lays out the path forward for EPA and our partners to tackle this persistent challenge.”</p> <p>“As a city that has been leading the way on reducing plastic pollution, we are encouraged by the EPA’s efforts to eliminate plastic waste,” said Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey. “We are proud of our plastic bag ban that unanimously passed in 2022. So many of these bags were used just once, rarely recycled properly, littered our streets, sidewalks and rivers and negatively impacted the health of our residents. We look forward to continuing to find new and innovative strategies to ensure that Pittsburgh is clean and pollution-free for generations to come.”</p><div class="desktop"><div class="sad type-large" data-size="large" data-location="post"><a class="holder"><span class="imgPlaceholder checkEnteredBottom" data-url=""><span class="img" style="background-image:url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: contain;"><span></span></span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="970" height="90" viewBox="0 0 970 90"></svg></span></a></div></div><div class="mobile"><div class="sad type-small" data-size="small" data-location="post"><a class="holder"><span class="imgPlaceholder checkEnteredBottom" data-url=""><span class="img" style="background-image:url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: contain;"><span></span></span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="320" height="100" viewBox="0 0 320 100"></svg></span></a></div></div> <p>“Plastics have many uses but also create a huge impact on our environment,” said Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Director Terry Gray. “’The National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution’ presents an excellent road map to prevent these types of pollution by creating circular economies, returning these materials to supply chains for recycling and reuse. 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