According to data from the California Coastal Commission and Ocean Conservancy, the number of single-use plastic bags removed on the state’s annual Coastal Cleanup Days have decreased from 2014 to 2017, falling from 2.59% to 1.24% of all debris picked up. This is a sign that the statewide ban on single-use plastic bags, enacted in 2014, is working as plastic bags have effectively fallen out of the “top ten” list of type of debris picked up.
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Click here to read the full article on the summer issue of The Changing Tide, a publication by the California Department of Parks & Recreation, Division of Boating & Waterways, and the California Coastal Commission.
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