Oregon Coast & Plastic, Feb. 12

The Newport Chapter of Surfrider Foundation invites everyone to join them Friday, February 12th at noon for “Break Up With Plastics” to learn more about what the Oregon legislature can do in 2021 to reduce single-use plastics. Come learn how you can make your voice heard and make plastic reduction happen. This Valentine’s Day, Surfrider is working to convince Oregon to break up with single-use plastics. Let’s face it: our relationship with plastics is toxic. Plastic lasts forever, which sounds romantic until you consider that virtually every plastic bag, straw, utensil, or wrapper that has ever escaped into the environment is still out there, infiltrating water ways, being ingested by hundreds of different species, and contributing to global litter. This fun virtual event will include special guests Representative Janeen Sollman, Representative Sheri Schouten, Representative Maxine Dexter, and friends from Environment Oregon, Oceana, OSPIRG and more. To register for the Zoom meeting go to the Oregon Surfrider web page. In the “Events” calendar is a link to the meeting.