San Francisco BaykeeperAug 29, 2024

Companies whose futures depend on #plastic production want to label plastic shopping bags & other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators as “recyclable” 😡
https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags

@ProPublica #plasticpollution #recycling #trash #trashpollution #pollution #fossilfuels

When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.

Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.

ProPublica
San Francisco BaykeeperAug 22, 2024

Calling all Bay Area #volunteers! Join us to protect our watershed from trash pollution this #CoastalCleanupDay
9/21 in SF 🧹🌊

You'll help stop trash and plastic pollution that would otherwise flow to the Bay & ocean -- and have fun at the same time!

Learn more & register here: https://baykeeper.org/coastal-cleanup-day/

#coastalcleanupday2024 #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #water #waterpollution #trash #trashpollution #sanfrancisco #sf

Coastal Cleanup Day - San Francisco Baykeeper

Protect SF Bay from Trash for Coastal Cleanup Day Coastal Cleanup Day is a global day of action to remove trash on beaches and shorelines, engaging tens of thousands of volunteers every year. Join us to do your part to stop trash pollution from marring beautiful SF Bay! Register Now Date, Location, Transportation Saturday, September

San Francisco Baykeeper - Protecting San Francisco Bay from pollution since 1989
San Francisco BaykeeperAug 6, 2024

Plastic bag waste to landfills has actually *increased* in California since the state passed its bag ban 😡

But as the Los Angeles Times points out, this is a fixable problem.

We're supporting Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan's AB2236 and Senator Catherine Blakespear's SB1053 to close plastic bag ban loopholes:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-08-05/editorial-california-needs-to-ban-all-the-other-plastic-grocery-bags

#plastic #plasticpollution #plasticbags #california #trash #trashpollution

Editorial: California’s plastic bag ban accidentally created another trash problem

California’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags worked. But it inadvertently created a new plastic problem — those supposedly reusable and recyclable thicker bags that simply replaced the thinner versions.

Los Angeles Times
San Francisco BaykeeperJul 9, 2024

The #plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt from the state's plastic bag ban, but most are neither reused nor recycled.

Now, 2 bills in the legislature would close this loophole: SB 1053 & AB 2236.

If passed, this legislation would prohibit plastic bags from being provided at grocery checkout lanes and ensure plastic film bags are no longer considered “reusable", as Laura Deehan at Environment California and Fiona Hines at CALPIRG write in this great op-ed: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/07/06/opinion-thicker-bags-wont-reduce-californias-plastic-waste/ #plastics #fossilfuels #trash #trashpollution #plasticbagban #plasticbag

Opinion: Close ‘reusable’ loopholes in California’s plastic bag ban

Plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt, but most are neither reused nor recycled statewide.

East Bay Times
San Francisco BaykeeperAug 31, 2023

Join us at India Basin in San Francisco on 9/23 for #CoastalCleanupDay and help us fight trash pollution along SF Bay 🌊 🧹

Register ➡️ https://baykeeper.org/coastalcleanupday

#CoastalCleanupDay2023 #trashpollution #trash #volunteer #beachcleanup

Join Us for Coastal Cleanup Day

Coastal Cleanup Day is a global day of action to remove trash on beaches and shorelines, engaging tens of thousands of volunteers every year. Join Baykeeper's cleanup in San Francisco—and do your part to stop trash pollution from marring beautiful SF Bay!

San Francisco Baykeeper
San Francisco BaykeeperMay 12, 2023
What a cool program!
SF's #ReThinkDisposable initiative reduces costs for businesses AND single-use waste filling up landfills 🗑️

Hopefully this report will help inspire similar efforts around the Bay! https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/reusable-dishes-sf-18088589.php? #sf #sanfrancisco #trash #trashpollution #sfbay #bayarea #environment
Why San Francisco is spending $200,000 on dishware for restaurants

San Francisco’s commercial reuse program is buying reusable dishware for restaurants.

San Francisco Chronicle