Tell the LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games: It's time to ditch single-use plastic.

In 2028, millions of fans and athletes from around the world will come to Los Angeles for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Without a plan for reusable packaging, that celebration could leave behind mountains of disposable plastic cups, bottles, and food packaging, much of it ending up in landfills, littering local communities, and washing into our oceans.

It doesn't have to be this way. Paris 2024 showed that reuse at the Olympics is possible, serving beverages in reusable packaging on a scale never seen before at a sporting event. Now, LA28 organizers and major sponsors like Coca-Cola have the chance to go further and host an Olympic Games built on lasting reuse systems across venues, from the stands to the Olympic Village.

Reuse works. Oceana found that increasing reusable beverage packaging by just 10 percentage points globally by 2030 could eliminate more than 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles and cups and keep up to 153 billion of them out of our oceans and waterways.

Add your name: tell the LA28 Organizing Committee, venues, and sponsors to commit to a Games free of single-use plastic.

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LA28 Organizing Committee, venues, and food and beverage sponsors,

The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games will draw millions of visitors from across the world to Los Angeles. Without action, the event could result in millions of disposable cups, bottles, and other packaging used once and thrown away, left to clog our landfills, litter host communities, pollute our coastline, and break down into the microplastics increasingly found in our air, lands, water, and bodies. As the world comes together in LA, we have an opportunity to unite around a healthier, more sustainable future.

-Switching to reusable cups and foodware is the most effective way to cut single-use plastic waste, and that should be the foundation of the Games' plan. I urge you to commit to hosting and supporting a single-use plastic-free Games by: 
-Offering beverages only in reusable cups, which can be cleaned and reused instead of thrown away, across all venues. 
-Using only reusable plates, food containers, and cups in the Olympic & Paralympic Village. 
-Ensuring widespread access to water refill stations and encouraging spectators and athletes to bring and use their own reusable bottles. 
-Promoting reuse through on-site education, venue signage, and press engagement.

The 2028 Games can — and should — set a strong example for future mega events. We are excited for this opportunity to show the world that hosting major events without producing massive amounts of waste is possible.  
 
Sincerely,

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