Posted on Apr 15 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
A Special Report from a League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Educational Forum held April 3, 2010 on the Costs of Managing Plastic Pollution in the Environment and Solutions.
Just blocks from the Santa Monica shore on a beautiful beach day, sat a very serious panel of experts in suits. The panelists were California, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica government officials tasked with managing the plastic...
Posted on Mar 10 2010 by Richard Lang
Photo: Richard Lang
Dear Kraft Foods.
Yesterday on a little half mile of beach we found 18 of your little cheese spreaders from your Kraft Handi-Snak cheese packs. The week before we found 21. And 13 before that. Given the sea-patina and bleaching it’s obvious they have been at sea and not left by pick-nickers. Congratulations! you are having a great year given the empirical evidence we’ve...
Posted on Nov 18 2009 by Daniella Dimitrova Russo
The organizations, representing thousands of constituents, endorsed a letter supporting the Clean Sea Legislation. The letter was hand-delivered to the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, and to the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee at a public hearing on plastic pollution in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday Nov. 17th. For a complete list of specific...
