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Saturday, November 23, 2024

MONTE SERENO: Keep Microplastics Out of Storm Drains

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Monte Sereno issued the following announcement on Nov. 18

Plastic is not biodegradable and instead, breaks down into tiny pieces that marine life mistake for food. Every year, 7 trillion of these tiny plastic pieces, known as microplastics, flow into the San Francisco Bay from storm water. That’s about 1 million pieces for every man, woman and child in the Bay Area!  The largest source of these microplastics comes from storm drains. The drains collect plastic litter on the roads, such as foam food packaging and rubber bits from car tires, and deliver it, unfiltered, to local creeks and the San Francisco Bay. To help reduce pollution in our local waterways, please remember to always trash the trash!

Original source can be found here.

Source: Monte Sereno

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