"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Why should you be able to go to aisle 4 for medicines to heal you and aisle 1 for tobacco to kill you? “Daly City’s elected officials recently moved to amend the town’s already-strict smoking ordinance to further restrict the sale, distribution and use of tobacco products. In a unanimous vote, the City Council agreed to prohibit the sale of tobacco […]
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Our PBC member Nancy has been very involved in the cigarette butts campaign and we can’t thank her enough for her determination and creativity! Her latest art is definitely Avant-garde… A huge butt in a flower pot with a strong message – well done!
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Thank you to Longboard Margarita Bar for installing a collection bucket which is working. Almost 300 filters collected in the bucket instead of on the ground in less than a week!
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Thank you again to all the volunteers who joined us for Coastal Cleanup Day and helped us clean the beaches and streets from Daly City to Half Moon Bay! What we will remember from the Coastal Cleanup Day 2015: These were actually picked up in 2 hours in Pacifica from our beaches, streets, parking lots and bluffs. Not everyone saved […]
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Cigarette butts discarded in parking lots, along sidewalks and in street gutters miles from the coast inevitably make their way through storm drains, creeks and rivers to the beach and the ocean. They are *not* biodegradable! Help prevent cigarette butts, the #1 most-littered item worldwide, from leaching toxic chemicals into our environment. Your efforts matter!
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Celebrating and dedicating our new collection containers are County Supervisors Carol Groom and Don Horsley with Pacifica Mayor Karen Ervin. Lets curb tobacco litter! PS… You don’t have to smoke to use this. Unfortunately, there are still plenty on the ground you can put in here and set an example 🙂
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BREAKING NEWS: Cigarette Receptacles installed at Sharp Park and Linda Mar Beach! Each receptacle include a sheet full of cigarette butts facts to educate the public about cigarette butts and their negative effect towards the environment. More containers coming soon to Linda Mar, Rockaway, Winters and Seahorse Saloon. There will be 14 receptacles installed around Pacifica – These were financed […]
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Our resourceful volunteer Helen N. found out about the Terracycle company a year ago and since then we have recycled over 41,000 cigarette butts! This organization specialized in recycling difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. They have been around since 2001 and is now one of the fastest-growing green company in the World. When […]
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Park Mall is getting quite trashed again, especially around the perimeter of the property. This is important because the entire property drains into San Pedro Creek at a very delicate habitat area. I went by today and did a bit of leaning, but will need to go back for one or two days to finish up. There are several large […]
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Have you ever heard of www.terracycle.com? If not, you should check it out! They recycle a lot of trash that you might think belong to the landfill for instance diapers, cigarette butts, pens, toothpaste, Nespresso capsules… But nope, if you start collecting any of those items, they will send you a UPS label to ship your box for free. Isn’t it […]
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