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Melissa Valliant

Hampstead
As seen in: Yahoo Life, Baltimore Sun, The Takeout, Beyond Plastics
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Beyond Plastics Network Reaches 200 Local Groups and Affiliates Nationwide

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By Melissa Valliant
| Beyond Plastics
Launched in 2022 — the very first group was Manhattan’s It’s Easy Being Green — the Beyond Plastics Network provides local groups with training, tools, and a national platform to organize around shared goals: reducing single-use plastic, holding corporations accountable for their pollution and false recycling claims, and advancing local and state legislation like the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act in New York state.
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Major Chemical Recycling Facility Appears Shut Down After Environmental Violations in North Carolina, Underscoring Chemical Recycling’s Persistent Failures

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By Melissa Valliant
| Beyond Plastics
Braven Environmental’s Pyrolysis Facility Marks the Second U.S. ‘Chemical Recycling’ Facility to Shutter in Past Month For Immediate Release: July 1, 2026 Contacts: Melissa Valliant, Beyond Plastics — melissavalliant@bennington.edu, (410) 829-0726 Rita O’Connell, Beyond Plastics — ritaoconnell@bennington.edu, (575) 224-1869 Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics — judithenck@bennington.edu, (518) 605-1770 Beyond Plastics has learned that Braven Environmental’s plastics pyrolysis facility in Zebulon,...
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ICYMI: Three Companies Pull Back on U.S. Chemical Recycling Operations, Further Illustrating Chemical Recycling’s Role as a Distraction, Not an Actual Solution to the Plastics Problem

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By Melissa Valliant
| Beyond Plastics
Last Two Weeks Brought Major Retreats in Ohio, Kentucky, and Texas For Immediate Release: June 9, 2026 Contacts: Melissa Valliant, Beyond Plastics — melissavalliant@bennington.edu, (410) 829-0726 Rita O’Connell, Beyond Plastics — ritaoconnell@bennington.edu, (575) 224-1869 Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics — judithenck@bennington.edu, (518) 605-1770 Recent public announcements are providing further evidence that “chemical recycling” is not a solution to the plastic waste crisis, despite continued...
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