SB 54/AB 1080 Passed Appropriations

SB 54/AB 1080 have passed the Senate/Assembly appropriations committee!!
Urge your representatives to Vote #YesonSB54 #YesonAB1080
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SB 54/AB 1080 have passed the Senate/Assembly appropriations committee!!
Urge your representatives to Vote #YesonSB54 #YesonAB1080
Click here to find out who they are
Richard is an early zero waste pioneer having started at Cal State University Long Beach – Recycling Center, a model program and training ground for California Recycling activists. He went on to co-found the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) and became its first president in 1975. Richard also co-founded the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Zero…
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…
This coming Monday, April 9th, AB 2779 (Stone/Calderon) – Connect the Cap – formerly AB 319 aka Leash the Lid, will be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. This very important bill will ensure that all plastic bottles collected in California’s bottle deposit/ CRV program have caps connected so they don’t escape into the environment and…
EVERY single piece of plastic that has ever been created since the 19th century is still SOMEWHERE on our planet. So if it never goes away, where does it go? Plastic Paradise The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous…
We are calling upon Coke and Pepsi to redesign their bottles – leash the lid – and reduce plastic pollution harm to the albatross and the rest of our ocean eco-system. Our Change.org petition now has 91,590 supporters – more than 60% of our goal of 150,000. Please sign today!
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…