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Stop the Dirty Dozen!

Target: The Dirty Dozen
Sponsored by: Dogwood Alliance

It's time for the world's fast-food companies to clean up their wrappers!

Fast food packaging makes up 20 percent of all litter
Food packaging takes up 15 percent of landfills
3/4 of all food and drink packages comes from forests
Over half of landfill waste is paper and wood products

The Dirty Dozen are biggest and baddest fast food companies responsible for this waste. Their piles of packaging have more to do with branding, marketing, and sales than the essential functions of protecting and transporting goods. And Southern U.S. forests account for approximately 60% of the wood and paper products produced in the US and 15% of the paper products produced worldwide.

These vital forests and their biodiversity are in danger! Act today!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 2,500

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Dear Dirty Dozen:

I am joining Dogwood Alliance to ask for your help in protecting natural forests in the South and reducing the amount of paper packaging used in the United States. Southern forests are some of the most biologically diverse in North America and around the world. Unfortunately, the Southern U.S. is also the largest paper-producing region in the world with millions of acres being logged every year mostly for paper production and much of this paper is ending up in our landfills. In the United States we generate over 300 pounds of packaging waste per person each year, and food packaging takes up 15% of our landfills.

Where is your commitment to the environment? I am asking that your company reduce the amount of paper packaging being used, increase the amount of post consumer fiber in your packaging, and ensure your paper does not come from endangered forests.

Simple choices and creative solutions can reduce the excess and destruction while still allowing us to enjoy the level of convenience we have come to expect. We are asking you to work with us to solve the packaging problem, and to take the lead in the reform of the fast food industry to save our forests.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “Stop the Dirty Dozen!”!

# 100:

7:15 pm PDT, Apr 11, Neil Coss, Ohio

# 99:

7:12 pm PDT, Apr 11, Victoria Shahrokh, Maryland

# 98:

7:08 pm PDT, Apr 11, Diana Martz - Animalspirit, Indiana

# 97:

7:00 pm PDT, Apr 11, Mark Binnig, Ohio

# 96:

7:00 pm PDT, Apr 11, Holly Smith, Wisconsin

# 95:

6:59 pm PDT, Apr 11, Deborah Mitchell, North Carolina

# 94:

6:56 pm PDT, Apr 11, Shawnna Altherr, Michigan

# 93:

6:45 pm PDT, Apr 11, Brad Miller, Kansas

# 92:

6:38 pm PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Iowa

# 91:

6:38 pm PDT, Apr 11, Josh Steinmetz, California

# 90:

6:35 pm PDT, Apr 11, Alex Ondosn, Texas

# 89:

6:33 pm PDT, Apr 11, Paula Hall, Michigan
YOU MUST LEARN TO RECYCLE!!!!

# 88:

6:22 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri

# 87:

6:13 pm PDT, Apr 11, Becky Smith, Ohio

# 86:

6:07 pm PDT, Apr 11, Isabel Llanes, New York

# 85:

6:06 pm PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 84:

5:43 pm PDT, Apr 11, Joanna Tornes, Alaska
Recycling is the way to go. The fast food industry will want to be involved in the trend to go green.

# 83:

5:33 pm PDT, Apr 11, Sammie Gannon, Florida
They should be using recycled paper.

# 82:

5:27 pm PDT, Apr 11, Christina Pinkney, California

# 81:

5:27 pm PDT, Apr 11, Daisy Ocheita, California

# 80:

5:23 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jim Phillips, California

# 79:

5:19 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jackie Stocks, Oregon

# 78:

5:06 pm PDT, Apr 11, Brian Ray, Kentucky

# 77:

5:01 pm PDT, Apr 11, Amy V, Australia

# 76:

4:58 pm PDT, Apr 11, Erika Stone, Virginia

# 75:

4:54 pm PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 74:

4:46 pm PDT, Apr 11, Cynthia Swisher, North Carolina
Thank you

# 73:

4:31 pm PDT, Apr 11, Marguery Lee Zucker, Oregon
"National disgrace" would sum it up nicely!

# 72:

4:30 pm PDT, Apr 11, Steve Mendoza, California

# 71:

4:24 pm PDT, Apr 11, Fran Coffey, Florida

# 70:

4:24 pm PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

# 69:

4:21 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jessica Moody, Texas

# 68:

4:17 pm PDT, Apr 11, Deborah L. Steinmetz, Minnesota

# 67:

4:12 pm PDT, Apr 11, Sharon Rothe, New Jersey

# 66:

4:04 pm PDT, Apr 11, S. Perry, California

# 65:

4:02 pm PDT, Apr 11, Victoria Plastino, New York
What a sorry state of affairs. Cutting down forests just to wrap up unhealthy food for people to just throw away. Sad, very sad.

# 64:

4:01 pm PDT, Apr 11, Joakima Stanley, West Virginia

# 63:

3:54 pm PDT, Apr 11, Matt Caughey, Pennsylvania
Why cut more trees and cause more air pollution by not having any trees to clean up the dirty air? Why not RECYCLE??

# 62:

3:47 pm PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Maine

# 61:

3:44 pm PDT, Apr 11, Frank Chizmar, Vermont

# 60:

3:26 pm PDT, Apr 11, Steven Hunter, California

# 59:

3:16 pm PDT, Apr 11, Ruthanne Beirne, California

# 58:

3:16 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jordan Yeatts, Michigan

# 57:

3:12 pm PDT, Apr 11, Sonia Wong, New York

# 56:

3:09 pm PDT, Apr 11, Brittany Stefurak, Florida

# 55:

2:54 pm PDT, Apr 11, Renato Calabrese, Massachusetts

# 54:

2:52 pm PDT, Apr 11, Kelly Jeffers, Louisiana

# 53:

2:49 pm PDT, Apr 11, Sunja Goldenrose, Oregon

# 52:

2:48 pm PDT, Apr 11, Donna R., Florida

# 51:

2:46 pm PDT, Apr 11, Richard Stewart, California

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