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Plastic Food packaging sheds microplastics that we eat every day.

Plastic Food packaging sheds microplastics that we eat every day.Plastic Food packaging sheds microplastics that we eat every day.Plastic Food packaging sheds microplastics that we eat every day.
Studies have found these plastics throughout the body and links to cancer, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive disorders. Click here to read the research.
"Human brain samples contain an entire spoon's worth of nanoplastics." Click here. At what age should we start feeding microplastics to our children?

replace plastic food packaging

Hold the Plastic is dedicated to reducing the amount of microplastics we feed our children.

Mission: Replace plastic food packaging with alternatives that do not shed microplastics.


Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and beverages. Read the article.

Meet our Founder

Marc Schechtman

Marc has been a classroom teacher since 1975, a father of four, and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserve. He is leading the "Hold the Plastic" team to replace petroleum-based plastics with plant-based materials for all food packaging. Marc's family has been in the food production, marketing, and distribution industries for three generations.


You can contact Marc at 1.858.866.4958 or marc@holdtheplastic.com.

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