How a new program aims to reduce single-use plastics at the Grand Canyon

A pilot program is underway at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim to offer reusable food containers to visitors. It’s part of a larger push to phase out single-use plastics across public lands by 2032.

Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes talks with Ashley McEvoy, director of resilience and sustainability at the National Park Foundation. The nonprofit supports the work of the National Park Service through private philanthropy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.