Single Use Plastics — Why is it a Problem and What Can We Do About It? Thursday, Dec. 2, 7 pm on ZoomJoin us for a program that will probe the pervasive problem of plastic trash in our communities, landscapes and waterways. Anna Alsobrook, Watershed Outreach Coordinator with MountainTrue, and Drew Ball, former Executive Director of Environment NC, will talk about how plastic bags, straws, Styrofoam and other single use plastics are polluting our rivers, streams, oceans and clogging our landfills and drainage systems. They will outline what we can do locally to tackle these problems.
As MountainTrue’s Watershed Outreach Coordinator, Anna Alsobrook facilitates volunteer water quality monitoring, citizen science programs, and restoration programs in the French Broad River watershed. She can be found all over the watershed taking samples, removing invasive species, planting live stakes, maintaining our riverside campsites and picking up river trash.
Drew Ball has served as the State Director of Environment North Carolina and as the North Carolina Sierra Club’s Director of Government Relations. While at Environment North Carolina, Drew managed the organization’s efforts to address the single use plastic waste crisis through their Wildlife Over Waste campaign. While at the North Carolina Sierra Club, Drew led efforts to pass the landmark 2009 legislation that helped protect North Carolina’s Outer Banks by banning single-use plastic bags in the region.
