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
State Referendum SB 270
You’re standing in the grocery aisle. You pick up a bottle, a container, a package. There it is, that little claim printed right on the label: Made with recycled content. Maybe it even has a number. 30%. 50%. You put it in your cart. You feel, if not good exactly, then at least less bad….
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….
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…
Video Synopsis This powerful advocacy video from the Save the Albatross Coalition makes an urgent case for California Assembly Bill 319, which would require beverage manufacturers to tether bottle caps to containers. The video combines stark statistics about plastic pollution with compelling imagery of marine wildlife suffering from plastic ingestion. Key Messages The Crisis in…
