Plastic

May 12May 12
Palm Springs moves forward with new food ware and plastic waste reduction ordinance
- Local
The Palm Springs City Council unanimously voted to move forward with a new ordinance designed to promote reusable food ware and reduce waste from single-use plastics. The draft ordinance includes a variety of features that will be refined and re-presented to Council in June. The draft included an implementation date of Jan.1, 2022, so the […]

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October 10October 10
California bans travel-size plastic shampoo bottles from hotels
- Community
In a few years you’ll no longer be able to rely on hotels in California for those travel-size bottles of shampoo and lotion. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that bans hotels from supplying such bottles in an effort to reduce the number of plastic containers being thrown away by hotels and guests. […]
October 02October 02
A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say
- Entertainment
A huge trash-collecting system designed to clean up plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean is finally picking up plastic, its inventor announced Wednesday. The Netherlands-based nonprofit the Ocean Cleanup says its latest prototype was able to capture and hold debris ranging in size from huge, abandoned fishing gear, known as “ghost nets,” to tiny microplastics as small […]
June 27June 27
Teen Turning Plastic Bags Into Sleeping Mats for Homeless
- Community
Solana Beach teen Delaney How is trying to change the world one plastic bag at a time, using them to make mats for homeless people to sleep on. Surrounded by a box full of various types of plastic from bags to large bubble wrap, How showed how she folds bags in half, twice, cuts off […]
September 10September 10
Effort to Clean Up Great Pacific Garbage Launches From San Francisco
- Community
- Entertainment
Engineers set to sea Saturday to deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. The 2,000-foot long floating boom was being towed from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch […]
July 02July 02
Cities and some companies move to ban plastic straws
- Entertainment
Dozens of U.S. cities and some companies have banned, limited or are considering a ban on single-use plastic straws. About 500 million are used a day in the U.S., but most recycling facilities are not equipped to properly sort them.
June 04June 04
Dead whale found in Thailand with 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
- Entertainment
Some 80 pieces of plastic rubbish weighing 17 pounds were found in the stomach of a whale that died in Thailand after a five-day effort to save it, a marine official said on Sunday. The pilot whale was discovered on Monday in a canal in the southern province of Songkhla and received treatment from a […]
May 24May 24
What new digital driver’s licenses mean for motorists, police
- Entertainment
There’s an app for almost everything these days, whether it’s shopping, tracking your eating or exercise or finding your way. Now driver’s licenses are making the transition from a card carried in a pocket or purse to a digital application on your mobile phone. Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Wyoming and the District of Columbia are […]

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