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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….
Bottle caps are one of the most frequent items found at beach and watershed cleanups. Unfortunately, some of those that are not picked up get eaten by birds – such as the Albatross and other animals, who then die of starvation – with a belly full of plastic. With the help of the Save The…
Download: Albatross Coalition Coca-Cola letter 2017 01 19 We are writing to you as co-chairs of Save the Albatross Coalition, a campaign of non-profit Zero Waste USA. Our mission is to prevent plastic discards from leading to the death of more than 200,000 Laysan Albatross chicks each year in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, which…
Santa Cruz County Packaging Ordinance, 2001 (12 page pdf)
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…
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…