CALIFORNIA : VERY LITTLE PLASTIC BEING RECYLCLED

LA TIMES - Environment : VERY LITTLE PLASTIC BEING RECYCLED IN CALIFORNIA 

Excerpt:  Polypropylene, labeled as #5 on packaging, is used for yogurt containers, margarine tubs and microwavable trays. Only 2% of it is getting recycled. Colored shampoo and detergent bottles, made from polyethylene, or #1 plastic, are getting recycled at a rate of just 5%.

Other plastics, including ones promoted as highly recyclable, such as clear polyethylene bottles, which hold some medications, or hard water bottles, are being recycled at just 16%.

No plastic in the report exceeds a recycling rate of 23%, with the majority reported in just the single digits.

READ ON MY FRIENDS!  

DO YOU KNOW WHICH PLASTIC CONTAINERS ARE SAFE TO REUSE TO STORE OR COOK FOODS?

CALIFORNIA BANS ALL PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS

 No More Plastic Bags: All plastic carryout bags, including thicker reusable ones, are banned at checkout.

• Paper Bags Required: Retailers must provide recycled paper bags for a minimum fee of 10 cents each
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Fee Retention: Stores keep the 10-cent fee to cover bag costs and educational efforts.
Increased Recycled Content: By 2028, paper bags must contain at least 50% post-consumer recycled content.
Applies To: Supermarkets, large retailers with pharmacies, convenience stores, and food marts. 

NATURE CONSERVANCY : SEA TURTLE PROTECTION IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

NATURE CONVERVACY : SEA TURTLE CAMPAIGN - PACIFIC OCEAN 

The Mystery of sea turtle migration makes it difficult to save them.  Human's using their shells when they could do without add to the problem.  And sea turtles choke on plastic and got caught in nets.

Where do they go?

HELLO and WELCOME BACK TO MY BLOG

The reason you have not seen posts here is because Google blocked me from my own long held account, which is used ONLY for this blog and no outside communications, simply because I changed computer use. 

Frankly, I have sent Google messages letting them know that they are making using Google a much less than a friendly experience.

I continue to be highly interested in sea life, ocean ecology, and all the subjects I've presented to you here at SIREN'S LINK TO SEA for many years.

Yours,

Siren

ALL THOSE PRESENTS, ALL THAT PACKAGING!

So much paper, cardboard, and plastic that needs to go into the recycling, or at least in the proper garbage pickup bins.  

PLEASE think about how YOU can recycle!

Reuse wrapping paper or skip it...  use scrap fabric or a scarf instead!  Or put the presents in a pillow sack!

THE GENERATOR THAT TURNS PLASTIC TRASH INTO EDIBLE PROTEIN : THE FUTURE INSIGHT PRIZE

NEWSWEEK - GENERATOR - PLATIC - PROTEIN By Georgina Jadikovskaall from a bit more than a year ago,

Excerot: Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a generator conet that turns plastics into protein.

The 2021 Future Insight Prize went to Ting Lu, a professor of bioengineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Stephen Techtmann, associate pofessor of biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, for their project.  It used microbes to degrade plastic. 

MORE INFORMATION ON THE FUTURE INSIGHT PRIZE:

MERCK - FUTURE INSIGHT PRIZE

REUSE PLASTICS : THESE IDEAS ARE GOOD BUT YOU MAY NEED SUPERVISION!

I like the sock storage idea!  They're all interesting!

GORILLAZ : PLASTIC BEACH

  

Thought this was an interesting song but I hate to post anything with commercials. 

THE PLASTIC PROBLEM - A PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL

 

What can YOU do to prevent this problem?  The number one thing you can do is put plastics in recycling.  If you do not have recycling in your area, at least put plastics into the garbage pickup bins.  

Don't leave plastics on the beach or in the street.

Insist your friends follow your good example.

Learn what happens to the garbage in your area.  Is it time to advocate for recycling?

Reuse plastic bags or take your own cloth sacks to the grocery and other stores.

BEACH CLEAN UP - MR. BEAST STYLE - TEAM SEAS ORG

TEAM SEAS ORG - DONATE FOR BEACH CLEAN UPS

The organize volunteer beach clean ups.  For each dollar you donate about a pound of trash is picked up and properly disposed of.

WHAT IS RECYCLEABLE?