Plastic pellets on trains: a disaster waiting to happen
All of the largest North American freight train companies (by revenue) have spilled plastic pellets into the environment.
Beyond plastic
To spare birds, fish and other wildlife from the harm caused by plastic pollution, we’re raising our voices for a world with less single-use plastic products.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, or the headlines about whales washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic. With so much plastic pollution floating in the ocean, it’s too easy for wildlife to mistake it for food — and too often, they pay the price with their lives. The good news is that more people, communities, states and companies are moving away from the single-use plastics we don’t even need. Because after all, nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years.
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For healthier, greener school lunches we should cut plastic waste
Before the school year starts, go on a ‘nurdle hunt’
Updates
White House releases new strategy to tackle plastic pollution
Virginia foam ban begins in one year
“Foam Free” video wins a Capital Emmy
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Trash in America
10 steps Whole Foods can immediately take to reduce single-use plastic
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Where is plastic produced?
Did You Know?
Scientists have found plastic fragments in 44% of all seabird species, 43% of all marine mammal species and 100% of sea turtle species.
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Why Congress needs to protect our waters from plastic pellet pollution
A panel of experts explained the damage plastic pellets are having on our environment and how they are fighting back.
How to find nurdles in your local waterway
You can help build support for reducing plastic pellet pollution by hosting a nurdle clean-up or count. Here's everything you need to know.
“Foam free, no polystyrene in my tea”
We would like to extend a big congratulations to the WHRO team as the Foam Free video was nominated for a Regional Emmy!
2024 General Assembly Review
The Virginia General Assembly is one of the most critical places that we work to protect the environment. This year we worked to reduce single use plastic pollution, secure funding for Virginia parks and wildlife crossings, defend climate progress and win creative solutions to solve our most pressing environmental issues.
Single use foam phase out to start in 2025
While the Virginia biennial budget has gone back and forth on many contentious issues, Virginia legislators stood firm in their support for the phase out of foam cups and take out containers.