Image Credit: Carlos Patino, Dutchess Community College
The Dutchess County Single-use Plastic Pollution Prevention (S.U.P.P.P.) was a two-year campaign administered by the Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) in 2019 and 2020, thanks to grant funding CCE had obtained. The program aimed to educate and empower local residents, businesses and communities to take action on single-use plastics pollution issues.
Single-use plastics are disposable and intended to be used only once, before being thrown away or recycled. They include plastic straws, plastic wrap, plastic cups, Styrofoam®, plastic bags, plastic cutlery/utensils, and some plastic takeout containers.
Just because it's plastic or has the chasing arrows, does not mean it can always go in your recycling bin.
