Energy And Environment Committee: http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-0147_mot_01-31-14.pdf
Mar Vista Community Council: http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-0147_misc_5-14-14.pdf
Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses and policymakers working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, the ocean and the environment. The Plastic Pollution Coalition mission is to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, the ocean and the environment. PPC was…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 15, 2019 Jen Kwart, jennifer.kwart@asm.ca.gov, 415.557.3013 Bill to Help Reduce Landfill Waste at Festivals Signed by Governor Law will allow reusable containers and food ware to be used at temporary events, concerts, fairs, and restaurants Sacramento, CA—A bill authored by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) to allow the use of reusable…
170 countries couldn’t agree. The fifth round of United Nations negotiations to create a global plastic pollution treaty ended in disappointment in Busan, South Korea in December 2024, with no agreement reached after two years of talks. The summit brought together over 3,300 participants from more than 170 nations, all working toward what would have…
Santa Cruz County Packaging Ordinance, 2001 (12 page pdf)
Did you know you are contributing to marine pollution by washing your clothes? Every wash of synthetic fabrics or composed fabrics (like cotton/polyester) discharges plastic fibers less than a millimeter in length. Wastewater treatment plants let them through. Fibers found on shorelines match with material used in clothing; polyester, acrylic and nylon. The impact of…
Fabulous 7:20 minute Ted Talk recorded in 2009. Even more relevant now then it was then! Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas….
