"Recently, there have been a rush of studies revealing how tiny pieces of plastic are making it into the environment, including in the fish and even the sal"
"Less than 10 percent of the plastic used in the United States is recycled. What's the problem?"
"In 2003, San Francisco set the lofty objective of getting to zero waste by 2020. By that timeline, the city should soon be performing a ceremonial burial for the last pair of broken headphones and closing down its moldering landfills. But with the deadline approaching, the city has sent that goal itself to the garbage heap."
"Earlier this month, as part of the Global Climate Action Summit, Mayor London Breed released a statement announcing new trash targets for 2030. The fresh plan concedes that “zero waste” isn’t happening by 2020. “That is a date-specific goal, and it is unlikely that we will reach that goal,” says Charles Sheehan, chief policy and public affairs officer for the San Francisco Department of the Environment. “But there’s a lot going on to continue moving towards zero waste.”