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“On a picture-perfect day in Seattle, Emily Gonzalez, the director of Law and Policy at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, walked around the water at Lake Union with a large bag in one hand and a grabber in the other and scanned the ground along the beach.
Instantly, she found what she was looking for.
‘One thing I knew we would find when we’re out here is just along the shorelines, I’m seeing all the Styrofoam,’ she said, picking it up and putting it into her garbage bag. She added that Styrofoam is a common name, but the technical term is expanded polystyrene.
She said Styrofoam is one of the top 10 items environmental nonprofit Puget Soundkeeper finds in their cleanups and doesn’t have an exact idea of how long it takes to decompose.” …
“That’s not the only policy change coming soon.
Starting May 1, 2024, food packaging in Washington must not contain PFAS, a toxic chemical used to greaseproof and waterproof food packaging.” …