Plastic Free Lunch

08/12/2021

Some plastic clarity coming to Oregon

Last week, Governor Kate Brown signed the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (ordeq.org/sb582) into law.

It requires packaging producers to share responsibility for efficiently managing their products after use. Oregon is only the second state in the U.S. to adopt a producer responsibility policy like this for packaging, paper products and food serviceware!

The new law also establishes a single list of materials that can be recycled anywhere in Oregon in order to reduce public confusion about what can and can’t be recycled. It goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022 and program changes begin as of July 2025.
For more information, visit https://go.usa.gov/xFVaR.

07/08/2021

12/08/2020

A Plastic Free President? We at a Plastic Free Lunch love this idea.

https://click.surfrider.org/webmail/328911/202958953/99bfd6d37d3900454c6e25fb9a41611b0a8ede579584792c1ad34c2af19ebc32

10/16/2020

Turtles and Nurdles - Plastic Legislation banning discharge of plastic pellets. READ ON!
https://www.tomudall.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Plastic%20Pellet%20Free%20Waters%20Act.pdf

12/28/2019

MAINErs

Maine became the first state to officially ban single-use Styrofoam.

09/04/2019

Carryout and coffee will now come in something more eco-friendly than Styrofoam in Maine The first statewide ban on polystyrene, commonly called Styrofoam, just became law. The non-recyclable, single-use plastic has been the popular choice for takeout food containers and coffee cups because it’s c...

07/24/2019

A Corona Gets it’s Lime!

Corona could inspire other big beer and soda companies to replace plastic six-pack rings with biodegradable ones, potentially saving millions of sea creatures A couple of years ago a craft microbrewery in Florida called Saltwater Brewery started a trend that could save millions of sea creatures if a...

06/12/2019

– Oregon Passes Most Comprehensive Plastic Bag Ban in the Country 🌊 - https://mailchi.mp/surfrider/tonight-plastic-bag-ordinance-hearing-3013081

06/10/2019

“It’s a drip in the bucket…there’s just so much in the water.” Over the past year, Karen Jenner has been combing the beaches of Nova Scotia. It would be nice to think she’s been collecting shells, but in reality, her hunt has been for plastic. In just one year’s time, Jenner has collec...

05/11/2019

Ridiculous

Humans buy a million plastic bottles a minute and 93% of them aren’t recycled Globally, humans are purchasing a million plastic bottles every single minute, according to a report by Euromonitor International. That’s 20,000 bottles every second and almost half a trillion bottles a year. Only 7% o...

04/17/2019

Let's keep all of the Biosphere (especially the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve) Plastic Free!

Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve has a new footprint! It now includes all of Lincoln City, The Cascade Head Marine Reserve, and the Salmon River.

03/20/2019

Try stomaching this news...

Images show marine biologist removing 88lb of plastic bags from the stomach of a whale that died in the Philippines of ‘gastric shock’