{"id":51,"date":"2024-03-20T18:12:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T23:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/?p=51"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:39:28","slug":"latest-news-from-the-sgrwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Plastic pollution has significant negative impacts on the health and beauty of our streams and watersheds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some facts about plastics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>99% of plastics is produced from fossil fuels and does not readily biodegrade.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated 18 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the world&#8217;s oceans each year.\n<ul>\n<li>Think of 1 garbage truck of plastic being dumped every minute!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>42% of all plastics produced is single use.<\/li>\n<li>Plastic waste is the least recycled and recyclable of all persistent solid waste.<\/li>\n<li>More than half of all plastic that has ever existed was produced in just the last 15 years.<\/li>\n<li>Global plastic production is expected to double by 2040. <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/grapher\/global-plastic-production-projections\">Interactive Graph<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EPA has estimated plastic waste accounts for 18.46% of all material by weight taken to landfills (2018 estimates)<\/li>\n<li>Very little plastic is actually recycled or even recyclable.\u00a0 We CANNOT recycle our way out of this problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Make a Difference in your watershed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start using reusables for drinks and food.<\/li>\n<li>Bring your own bag to the grocery store or anywhere you shop.<\/li>\n<li>Pass on the straws<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Get involved<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Join the state&#8217;s Show-Me Less Plastics initiative\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.streamteamsunited.org\/show-me-less-plastic.html\">Stream Teams United<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrbo.org\/MRBO.aspx?id=42\">Missouri River Bird\u00a0 Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondplastics.org\/learn\">Beyond Plastics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plastic pollution has significant negative impacts on the health and beauty of our streams and watersheds Here are some facts about plastics: 99% of plastics is produced from fossil fuels and does not readily biodegrade. 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