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One million plastic bottles are opened every minute around the world, and it is estimated that โIn California, five billion plastic caps end up polluting the environment annually.โ As anyone who cleans beaches knows, caps are one of the most commonly found items during shoreline cleanups.โ๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐โแฐแฉY TแผE แดOแแTแผ แทE แฏITแผ YOแ!โMayday Flowerโ เผปเฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐! ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ!! โ เผปเฟFire Breathing (Plastic) Dragon500 times more microplastic particles persist in Earthโs ocean than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. #earthday #planetorplastic #shoresweepEarth Rise on Earth Day #earthrise #earthday #thebluemarble #planetorplastic #shoresweepPeople around the world buy 20,000 bottles of water every second, which equals 1,000,000 per minute. Americans used about 50 billion plastic water bottles last year and only about 23% were recycled. The vast majority went to landfills or ended up polluting the environment like this one that washed up on the beach in Carlsbad.Too hot!Surfing into cleaner seas in Carlsbad!Marine Debris Mermaid๐ฆAction Alert - this Tuesday, April 5, the Carlsbad City Council will vote on whether to make single-use plastic foodware go the way of the dinosaurs... EXTINCT! โฃโ ๐ฆHappy Saint Patrickโs Day!ShoreSweep
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Carlsbad, San Marcos, and Vista Take Action; Escondido and Oceanside Lag Behind
A group of North County residents and I first spoke to the Carlsbad City Council about the plastic pollution problem during a Council meeting in February 2019. That evening, Council Members voted unanimously to place single-use plastics on the legislative … Continue reading
Playing with Plastic
Sand toys found on the beach make fun designs, but plastic toys can be harmful to children. According to new research from the Technical University of Denmark, โOut of 419 chemicals found in hard, soft, and foam plastic materials used … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Marine debris, Plastic debris, Play, Sand toys
Tagged Marine debris, people or plastic, planet or plastic, plastic pollution, shoresweep
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