PDF Version WHEREAS, the first Earth Day was over 50 years ago. Recycling, its natural industrial child, was envisioned to complete the resource circle, save the wilderness, generate jobs, and build the back end of the Gross National Product (GNP) all at once; WHEREAS, the Earth calls us each and all to move swiftly towards…
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…
AB 2779 (Stone/Calderon) – Connect the Cap Plastic bottle caps and are the third most common item found at beach and river cleanups throughout the state. Anywhere from 5 to 10 billion plastic bottle caps per year are not returned for recycling (i.e. littered or landfilled) in California. This bill will require all single-use plastic…
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….
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!
Take Action to Help Pass California’s AB 319! Here’s what you can do! Share the AB 319 Fact Sheet. Write a Letter of Support for the bill to your California State Assembly Member and California State Senator. Send a Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper, or an OpEd, talking about why you think…
A lot is happening here at the Save the Albatross Coalition! We now have an Indiegogo Campaign to help pay expenses, as well as a YouTube Video and Change.org Petition to let Coke and Pepsi know you want them to leash their lids! And here is a AB 319 Sample Letter of Support. Not sure…
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…
Click here to download the Sample Support letter in Microsoft Word. SAMPLE SUPPORT LETTER – July 2017 The Honorable Assembly Member Stone P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0029 AB 319 (Stone) Bottle Cap Recycling —- Support Dear Assembly Member Stone: Our organization (insert name) thanks you for introducing AB 319 – a bill that requires…
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…
