The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is identifying and promoting policies and campaigns to encourage the development of sustainable plastics. As part of this work we are coordinating the Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative, a network of diverse organizations working to spur the use of biomaterials that are sustainable from birth in the fields to production, use, and recovery.

Policies and campaigns to promote better plastics include:

Bans on Polystyrene

Californians Against Waste Web Page

City of Oakland, California

City of Seattle, Washington

Bans and Fees on Single-Use Plastics

Bags: Californians Against Waste Web Page

Bag Ban: SFEnvironment (City and County of San Francisco)

Bag Ban: California state-wide plastic bag ban

Bag Fee: Washington, DC Anacostia River Clean-Up & Protection Act of 2009

Single-Use Bottles: North Carolina statewide landfill disposal ban

Anti-PVC Campaign

PVC: The Poison Plastic (The Center for Health, Environment & Justice)

PVC Plastic campaign (Healthy Building Network)

Product Procurement

Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative

Promoting Sustainable Agriculture

Working Landscape Certificates (Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy)