CCAPP (Citizens Concerned About Plastic Pollution) believes that as individuals and as a community we can do a lot. Working in Ulster County, NY CCAPP’s goal is to encourage action to reduce use and limit production of single-use plastic.

Our Mission

  • Educate ourselves and others about the dangers to the climate and to health associated with single-use plastics and work together to find viable alternatives.

  • Involve the public in positive actions to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use and production of single-use plastics.

  • Collaborate with other organizations that share the same goals.

  • Support legislation aimed at limiting or curtailing the production and distribution of plastic at county, state and national levels

About Plastic Pollution

  • Climate Change

    Plastics are made with petrochemicals -- compounds using natural gas or petroleum including benzene, ethylene, methanol, propylene – all greenhouse gases devastating to a warming climate. The U.S. plastics industry, already the world's largest, aims to triple plastic production in the coming decades as their Plan B against the declining use of fossil fuels.

  • Environment

    Plastic waste in oceans, rivers and streams is destroying aquatic wildlife and is projected to outnumber all fish in the future. Landfills are overtaxed by plastic waste. Discarded plastic piles up on beaches and fills waterways.

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    Human Health

    Microplastics have now been found in human blood, lung tissue, colons, placentas, stool, and breast milk as the tiny particles travel via food, water, and the air we breathe.

    But it’s not just their physical presence that poses a threat to our health. Long term exposure to plastic chemicals can result in endocrine function disruption. Plastics are a vehicle for delivering toxic chemicals into the body.

What You Can Do

View fullsize If you can - try to make it to the 6th Annual Earth Day Festival in Tannersville on Saturday, May 4th between 10:30am and 1:30pm at the Mountain Top Library. There will be activities for kids and adults!
View fullsize Why on earth are these bird feeders shrink-wrapped in plastic? They're just going to get covered in suet and bird doo. Shame especially on the @audubonsociety who should know that when birds ingest plastic, it causes #plasticosis, disruptions in thei
View fullsize Five members of CCAPP joined approximately 250 others for New York is Not Disposable Advocacy Day in Albany this past Tuesday, February 27th. Beyond Plastics arranged meetings with 77 legislators to garner support for the Packaging Reduction &
View fullsize NY is drowning in single-use plastic packaging. Join us at the NYS Capitol on Tuesday, Feb 27 to call for passage of the critical, groundbreaking Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act to cut single-use plastic packaging in HALF and m
View fullsize Happy Belated New Year from CCAPP! Did you make any resolutions to cut down waste in your life or to reduce your carbon footprint? What better way to do it than with a group of like-minded individuals. Our next meeting will be held either by zoom
View fullsize Come to the repair cafe in Kingston this Saturday! Among so many talented repair folks, CCAPP Member Edith Bolt will be there with her sewing machine, darning materials (any holes in your socks?) and a leather clean-and-revive kit.
View fullsize If you like to drink orange juice, consider skipping the plastic bottles and opt for frozen. You can enhance the flavor with some fresh lemon or lime juice. Or add some ginger. 😯
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View fullsize Just a shout out to some awesome local refilleries. These are all great spots for doing everyday shopping with low environmental impact and have excellent options for the upcoming holiday season. Please comment if we left anyone out - we're always