That means no liquid or food in the blue bin. Why? As we know, China has tightened its restrictions on accepted recyclables, requiring that the
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Study reveals some tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles when brewed.
A September 2019 study reveals data that is unnerving, but not very surprising. Many tea bags are made up of plastic like nylon and polyethylene
About 46% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of plastic pollution accumulating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii, is now twice the size
No Plastic in Nature: A Frightening New Study
image courtesy of WWF, 2019 The 2019 World Wildlife Federation study “No Plastic in Nature: Assessing plastic ingestion from nature to people” has uncovered some
Why Do Seabirds Eat Plastic?
According to the 2016 publication “The oceans are full of plastic, but why do seabirds eat it?” by Matthew Savoca, scientists estimate that there
Hi, my name is Madison and I’m a plasti-holic.
Hi, my name is Madison, and I am overcoming a serious addiction. It is a substance I have been exposed to since birth, from my
Zero Waste California 