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 A lot of people may be feeling pretty defeated after the election but now is the time for personal and local action. Check out the link in our bio or Links highlight for our guide on how kids, parents and caretakers can reduce plastic pollution on
View fullsize Please join us on Sunday, September 22nd at Peace Park (on the corner of Crown and Front streets) in Uptown Kingston at 3pm. We'll be picking up trash for about two hours and then having some beverages and polite conversation afterwards. #uptownk
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View fullsize Come visit CCAPP member Edith Bolt at the Saugerties Repair Cafe this Saturday. If you have any clothing or textiles that need repair, she’ll be mending and sewing. Or bring your broken electronics, furniture, anything! Repair Cafes are a great
View fullsize After you've called Assembly Speaker, @cheastie and Senate Majority Leader @andreastewartcousins to encourage them to bring the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act up for a vote ASAP, take a look at our most recent newsletter that
View fullsize An appreciation post for @sarahanaforassembly! Thank you so much for co-sponsoring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. CCAPP members joined Sarahana Shrestha and other activists in Albany on Tuesday to show support of this inc
View fullsize Join us this Saturday at the Kingston Earth Fair between 11am and 5pm! You can find us in the yard next to the Maritime Museum. We'll have lots of information to discuss and plastic-free alternatives in exchange for donations. You can also enjoy li