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Environment Illinois Campaign Associate Chicago, Illinois Environment Illinois works to tackle the most profound challenge of our time: a way of living that is destroying the natural world. We are seeking an entry-level campaign associate to help lead Illinois beyond plastics, starting by eliminating the worst types of plastic like single-use plastic packaging. We live in an economy that encourages us to buy, use, and throw away things at the greatest speed possible. But when it comes to waste like plastics, there is no “away.” Single-use plastics like cups, bags, and foam take-out containers that we use for only a few minutes will last in our environment for hundreds of years. This waste is filling our landfills, polluting our natural spaces and waterways, and even harming human health. Last year, Environment Illinois led a coalition effort to ban polystyrene in state facilities. Our campaign association will build on that win to pass a full statewide ban and move us be…
