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'''WHEREAS''', the distribution of bottled water involves plastic water '''WHEREAS''', plastic bottles that are not recycled make up a substantial

...hopping bags and are promoting their own corporate initiatives to decrease plastic bag use. This challenge will build upon these existing corporate initiative ...on have already joined the City in raising awareness of the need to reduce plastic bag use. As additional local retailers join us in this initiative, their in

The world’s oceans are facing an unprecedented plastic crisis, and your morning routine may be inadvertently adding to it. ...e size of a grain of rice). They can be a result of those larger pieces of plastic breaking down into smaller pieces over time, or can be the result of alread

The re-launch of the Council’s ‘Fantastic it’s not Plastic’ Campaign took place on 6 May 2008 in association the Local Authorities I ...displays and information on the environmental damage caused by litter from plastic bags and packaging.

...f seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces.'' ...of-plastic-bottles/ '''San Francisco Becomes The First City to Ban Sale of Plastic Bottles''']

...the single-serve bottles are discarded, adding almost 2 billion pounds of plastic to landfills across the country. The bulk of the bottles that are recycled ...gh risk of cross-contamination with non-potable water such as at the Water Pollution Control Plant; or

* water pollution is reduced by 40% * solid waste pollution is reduced

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'''SANTA MONICA BANNING NON-RECYCLABLE PLASTIC DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS''' ...', it is the City’s desire to reduce the amount of beach litter and marine pollution and to protect local wildlife, both of which increase the quality of life f

...two-thirds are landfilled, incinerated or littered. This results in major pollution and energy impacts, and depletion of aluminum ore and petroleum resources. ...g bottles) can be recycled into many products, including beverage bottles, plastic strapping, carpeting, fleece jackets and sleeping bags.

...TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF DIOXIN POLLUTION.'' ...ey intends by this resolution to eliminate anthropogenic sources of dioxin pollution;

'''A MODEL ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE REDUCTION OF AIR POLLUTION BY REGULATING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REPLACEMENT OF WOODBURNING APPLIANCES pollution from woodburning appliances; and

• Choose products that contain lower toxicity and minimize pollution in the manufacturing 1.10.4 Re-refined antifreeze, including on-site antifreeze recycling, plastic, rubber, aluminum, steel, glass, construction materials, building insulatio

...h the ASTM Standard Compostable plastic from non-ASTM Standard Compostable plastic. [[Category:Plastic Pollution]]

...s action is intended to conserve resources, promote efficiency, and reduce pollution. 6. Recycled plastic outdoor-wood substitutes, including plastic lumber, benches, fencing, signs and posts.

...arcinogen, and chlorine products such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or vinyl plastic, when combusted, produce dioxins; and '''WHEREAS''', in 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added dioxin pollution in the San Francisco Bay as the highest priority pollutant under California

* Recycled plastic outdoor-wood substitutes including plastic lumber, benches, fencing, signs and posts * Recycled content construction, building and maintenance products, including plastic lumber, carpet, tiles and insulation

[[File:Ban on Plastic Bags approved in Calif.jpg]] ...cycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store.

...n-commits-to-banning-plastic-items-by-2030 Taiwan has committed to banning plastic items by 2030] ...e extreme weather events and temperatures; accelerating biodiversity loss; pollution of air, soil and water; failures of climate-change mitigation and adaptatio

...Content Products''' (e.g. paper, playground equipment, motor oil, carpets, plastic lumber) * '''Disposal and Pollution Reduction''' (e.g. integrated waste management, milk/soda machines, double�

# Recycling - glass, cans, paper, cardboard, plastic and a growing number of items are collected after use, and returned to recy ...d with these, the *Discussion Document Towards a White Paper on Integrated Pollution Control and Waste Management* (brought about by the Departments of Environm

'''Good work Coral Gables for passing the first plastic bag ban in Florida''' ...ity/miami-dade/coral-gables/article149542714.html '''Coral Gables approves plastic bag ban''']

...th a moisture content of greater than 20 percent, treated wood, plastic or plastic products, rubber or rubber products, office records, sensitive or classifie ...urning device if such device meets the requirements of Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations Rule 318 (Approval of Residential Woodburning Devices)

...s action is intended to conserve resources, promote efficiency, and reduce pollution. ...d newspapers, office paper, yard waste, steel and/or aluminum cans, glass, plastic bottles, oil, asphalt, concrete, and tires.

* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Microbeads California, Plastic Microbeads Ban'''''] * [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California,_Plastic_Bag_Ban California, Plastic Bag Ban]

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resources, prevent pollution, and promote markets for recyclable materials. modifications that result in energy efficiency, water conservation, pollution prevention,

...ed recycling saves energy, water, natural resources, reduces air and water pollution, reduces the damage caused by extracting resources from the environment, an ...quiring that bids and proposals do not waste paper or reduce paper use and plastic bindings or other packaging.

...ction will focus on reducing the use of and recycling paper and cardboard, plastic and glass bottles, and aluminum cans.''' ...ecycling program by beginning to recycle more materials. Currently, glass, plastic, cans, paper, batteries, and cardboard are all being recycled here, but wit

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...f-floating-plastic/ '''''Pushed by Currents, Billions of Pieces of Plastic Pollution from World's Oceans End Up in the Arctic''''']

...e earth's surface, which can be damaging or lethal to many life forms. Air pollution near ground level, and acid precipitation, are already causing widespread i ...ges in some 80 countries, containing 40 percent of the world's population. Pollution of rivers, lakes, and ground water further limits the supply.

products, including but not limited to types of metal, glass, paper, plastic, food waste, commercial waste, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities or water supply

* purchase products that minimize environmental impacts, toxics, pollution, and hazards to worker and community safety to the greatest extent practica * minimize environmental impacts such as pollution and use of water and energy,

...nsport System (CATS), will measure clouds and location and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, and other particulates in the atmosphere.'' Rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030 – equivalent of taking 2/3 of all ca

'''''"The most direct link between climate change and ill health is air pollution."''''' ...are driving climate change and a major contributor to health-damaging air pollution, which every year kills over seven million people due to exposure inside an

...aped for decades, often negatively, by automobiles and the health-damaging pollution they generate.'' * https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/climate/epa-supreme-court-pollution.html

...t will create jobs, lower costs, increase U.S. competitiveness, reduce air pollution,” said former Vice President Al Gore, who held his first global warming h ...missions, it still does not reach the official U.S. goal of cutting carbon pollution roughly in half by 2030 to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across the eco

# [[New York, NY Mandating the Purchase of Recycled Plastic Lumber]] ...Cambridge, MA In Support of Science-Based Reductions of Our Global Warming Pollution]]

...mental initiatives that he called too restrictive in cutting future carbon pollution from power plants and cars.'' ''Other nations will do more to limit carbon pollution if the U.S. is doing so and less if America isn’t, said Cornell Universit

.... You often see this over the Asian sub-continent. The burning of wood and plastic and other materials to heat the homes of hundreds of millions of Indians cr

...n coal, oil and gas with clean sources of energy that don’t produce carbon pollution. This means solutions large and small, mundane and inspiring.'' ...-pollution-from-power-plants-4894e58cd6a2 ''''' 'Powder' to capture carbon pollution from power plants''''']

...hat supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' ...rching goal of safeguarding the broader “waters of the United States” from pollution.''

...onicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/methane-satellite-spacex-pollution-tracking-18695764.php ...minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create proble

...e thought, and dire consequences stemming from decades of unbridled carbon pollution are unavoidable in the short term.'' ...e change’s harsh realities. And nations need to agree on a price on carbon pollution after several years of gridlock. They must figure out essentially how to ma

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...ban areas worst in the world), but that the larger questions of industrial pollution needed to be addressed. He said we needed science, a major scientific mobil ...ong suffered exploitation due to commercial fishing and mining, as well as pollution from chemicals and plastics. The new agreement is about “acknowledging th