Resources
Climate Change in the Gorge
Plastics & Waste Reduction
CHECKOUT-BAG ORDINANCE (2019)
The White Salmon and Bingen Checkout-Bag Ordinance FAQ and presentation.
The White Salmon and Bingen Checkout-Bag Ordinance FAQ and presentation.
The Story of Plastic
Community Upcycle and Columbia Gorge Climate Action Network hosted a virtual screening of The Story of Plastic. If you missed it, check online for other ways to view the documentary film. |
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FIRST, SOME GOOD NEWS
- Good News Network - Success stories about plastic reduction.
- SB 5323(2019-20) - AN ACT Relating to reducing pollution from plastic bags by establishing minimum state standards for the use of bags at retail establishments.
- HB 1569(2019-20) - AN ACT Relating to marketing the degradability of products
- SB 5397(2019-20) - AN ACT Relating to the responsible management of plastic packaging
- HB 1543(2019-20) - AN ACT Relating to sustainable recycling
- My Plastic Free Life
- Guides to Living Plastic Free —Plastic Pollution Coalition
- Recycling Simplified—Republic Services Recycling Guidelines
- Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash—And Why (NPR 2019)
- The Story of Plastic: FAQs & Industry Myths, The Story of Stuff Project, 2019.
- The Story of Plastic: Further Research, The Story of Stuff Project, 2019.
- Seven Charts That Explain the Plastic Pollution Problem, BBC News, 2017.
- Production, Use, and Fate of all plastics ever made, Science Advances 19 Jul 2017. 3(7).
- The Plastic Question: Making the Right Choice is Harder than it Looks. Orb Media.
- Follow researcher Jenna Jambeck: On Twitter or see her work at http://jambeck.engr.uga.edu