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Marin County plastic ban:

The first step to a better tomorrow

Marin is known as a green county, full of educated and passionate people. We care for the environment and love to make it known. Marin has taken many impressive steps towards a green tomorrow, but there are still more steps to take. The first being banning single use plastics. Humans have let plastic rule our lives for much too long. You can find plastic in any store or corner of your home. While this ban wouldn’t restrict all plastic it would help phase out the most harmful kind: single use plastics. Single use plastics are especially harmful because they are created, used, then thrown away in quick succession. Noble efforts have been made to reduce plastic use by individuals, but that’s not enough. While using metal straws is a step in the right direction there are bigger things that can be done in addition to individual action. Stopping plastic at its source is the only way for our society to escape from its harmful grip. Corporations depend on consumers. As long as we keep showing them our support, they will keep churning out cheap, harmful plastics in mass quantities. An avalanche starts with just one pebble, and Marin could be

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Written by: Madison F