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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Small plastic pieces are causing a big problem for Lake Tahoe. To support efforts to reduce plastic waste, students from environmental clubs at four high schools in the region partnered with staff from local nonprofits to learn about plastic reduction programs and how they can help take care of Lake Tahoe. On Earth Day 2021 their efforts, which began in the fall of 2019, came to fruition when the CEO of Raley’s agreed to create lasting, sustainable changes at their s...

Helping to solve Lake Tahoe’s microplastics problem INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Lake Tahoe has big problems that are in small plastic pieces. To support efforts to reduce plastic waste, students from environmental clubs at four high schools in the region partnered with staff from local nonprofits to learn about plastic reduction programs and how they can help Take Care of Lake Tahoe. On Earth Day 2021 their efforts, which began in the fall of 2019, came to fruition whe...

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My Turn: Nightmarish prophecy of a great world of plastic now a manifest Fortune magazine declared, in this cover story in October 1940, that the United States had entered the Plastic Age. Chris Mullen/fulltable.com In 1940, we entered the Plastic Age, declared Fortune magazine in its prophetic October issue. Writers and graphic artists swooned at the rapid evolution of miraculous new plastics, and hailed them for their vibrant color, lightness, versatility, malleability and durability. They ...