#trashpollution — Public Fediverse posts

Companies whose futures depend on #plastic production want to label plastic shopping bags & other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators as “recyclable” 😡
https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags

@ProPublica #plasticpollution #recycling #trash #trashpollution #pollution #fossilfuels

Calling all Bay Area #volunteers! Join us to protect our watershed from trash pollution this #CoastalCleanupDay
9/21 in SF 🧹🌊

You'll help stop trash and plastic pollution that would otherwise flow to the Bay & ocean -- and have fun at the same time!

Learn more & register here: https://baykeeper.org/coastal-cleanup-day/

#coastalcleanupday2024 #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #water #waterpollution #trash #trashpollution #sanfrancisco #sf

Plastic bag waste to landfills has actually *increased* in California since the state passed its bag ban 😡

But as the Los Angeles Times points out, this is a fixable problem.

We're supporting Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan's AB2236 and Senator Catherine Blakespear's SB1053 to close plastic bag ban loopholes:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-08-05/editorial-california-needs-to-ban-all-the-other-plastic-grocery-bags

#plastic #plasticpollution #plasticbags #california #trash #trashpollution

The #plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt from the state's plastic bag ban, but most are neither reused nor recycled.

Now, 2 bills in the legislature would close this loophole: SB 1053 & AB 2236.

If passed, this legislation would prohibit plastic bags from being provided at grocery checkout lanes and ensure plastic film bags are no longer considered “reusable", as Laura Deehan at Environment California and Fiona Hines at CALPIRG write in this great op-ed: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/07/06/opinion-thicker-bags-wont-reduce-californias-plastic-waste/ #plastics #fossilfuels #trash #trashpollution #plasticbagban #plasticbag

Join us at India Basin in San Francisco on 9/23 for #CoastalCleanupDay and help us fight trash pollution along SF Bay 🌊 🧹

Register ➡️ https://baykeeper.org/coastalcleanupday

#CoastalCleanupDay2023 #trashpollution #trash #volunteer #beachcleanup

What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment

What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment

What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment

What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment

What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment