What I learned through my Environment Washington internship
Tackling plastic waste, taking action, and building a better future
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.
Tackling plastic waste, taking action, and building a better future
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Bag bans effective in reducing waste & litter, but Washington’s bag ban has a catch
Tiny plastic pellets, also called nurdles, pose big problems for local waterways.
The 2024 legislative session has come to a close. Read on to learn about environmental progress we're celebrating, and some of the missed opportunities we'll continue to work towards next year.
Most of Amazon’s plastic packaging isn’t being recycled, and some might end up as material for plastic decking instead.
An estimated ten trillion pellets enter oceans each year