District-Wide 2019 Single-Use Plastic Straw and Stirrer Requirements Education and Outreach Campaign

District-Wide 2019 Single-Use Plastic Straw and Stirrer Requirements Education and Outreach Campaign

Project Team
District Department of Energy and Environment
Project Description

A new District-wide single-use plastic straw and stirrer ban were approved on October 29, 2018, with an effective date of January 1, 2019. This campaign sought to educate and inform sister agencies, residents and businesses of the new ban through multi-lingual flyers, social media outreach, and partnerships with community business leaders, waste and litter-focused agencies, and disability rights advocates.
To read the full project narrative and view more photos, visit the project folder on our Google Drive!

Best Education & Outreach Project

This category recognizes effective stormwater education and outreach campaigns that seek to change behaviors that tangibly reduce stormwater pollution in a community. The program can be offered by a municipal stormwater agency or nonprofit organization that goes well beyond the minimum required by their local stormwater permits.

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