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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Washington State Bans Single-Use Foam That Breaks up and Pollutes Waterways for Orcas and Salmon

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Washington State Bans Single-Use Foam That Breaks up and Pollutes Waterways for Orcas and Salmon

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Made from tiny hollow beads of different plastics that are extremely friable, polystyrene is arguably the most contaminating form of plastic

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Why are they only banning it for orcas and salmon? They barely use them
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  Ah, the old Lemmy foam-a-roo.

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