How Does A Town Ban Single-Use Plastics?
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This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a story about a young man, a lifeguard, who didn’t like seeing the trash on his beautiful beach and decided to do something about it. Andrew Colabella, a driven individual, explains how he teamed with others to propose and enact ground-breaking legislation that successfully banned single-use plastics in a town of about 28,000 people; Westport, Connecticut’s restaurants and businesses. Westport is the same town that 11 years earlier was the first town east of the Mississippi to ban plastic bags. Brilliant! If you listen, like other towns have done, you can do this in your very own town. The Westport ordinance is even available to you as public information. For more information check out https://p3-wpt.org and futurefrogmen.org. Look for Future Frogmen on social media @futurefrogmen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blueearth/support
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