Wednesday, October 222:00 PM – 6:30 PMAggie Square, Sacramento, California The startup world has been moving fast—breakthroughs and challenges at every turn. Founders in Greater Sacramento have been stepping up, adapting, and pushing their ideas forward. Now, it’s time to see what they’ve been working on. With support from The City of Sacramento, CalOSBA, The […]
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Great science based discussion from plastic industry leader BASF. Microplastics: A Big Topic about Small Particles – Sustainability and Stewardship Matters Podcast Episode 4 Join Hannah Bleecker and Lindsey Foster in another episode of the Sustainability and Stewardship Matters podcast, where they delve into the complex world of microplastics regulation and science. Featuring expert guests
BBC.com 9/22/2025 Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and deep into meat and vegetables. But if we take certain steps, we can eat less of them. You can’t see them, but they are there, hundreds of miniscule particles of plastic lurking in
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From AP News. March 29, 2025 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It’s a problem that has long littered the landscape in Kampala, the capital, where buveera are woven into the fabric
The City of Elk Grove successfully hosted its fourth annual Pitch Elk Grove competition on September 4th, bringing together the brightest minds and most innovative startups from across the Sacramento region. This year set a new record for Pitch Elk Grove with 70 applications from startups across the region, the most in the event’s history, and a
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September 1, 2025 – University of Duisburg-Essen The tiny particles of various sizes from new and old car and truck tires did not turn out to be neutral surfaces on which bacteria colonize. Rather, they altered the composition of the biofilms—the bacterial layers that cover river stones, sediments and even artificial materials. These findings are published in
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CNN – August 25, 2025 Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a study which has not yet been peer-reviewed and published in a journal. “The concentrations we saw in
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Note from Soar Optics. This is a promotional release from Cleanomic.com but the product looks very interesting. July 25th, 2025 Cleanomic.com Here’s what you need to know about the plastic zip bags found in nearly every American home. Plastic zip bags are a staple in nearly every American home. Over 200 million people use them
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Texas Geosciences. May 14, 2025 From tiny pellets to creepy wave-battered baby dolls, the Texas coast is a notable hot spot for plastic debris. But when researchers from The University of Texas at Austin went searching for microplastics in sediments pulled from the bottom of Matagorda Bay and its surrounding inlets, they didn’t find much. Most
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From World Economic Forum. Feb 19, 2025 There’s a growing body of evidence about how widespread microplastics have become – across land, sea and air – and the impact they could be having on human health. It is estimated that people inhale 68,000 microplastic particles every day and some experts believe we are in the midst of a plastic health crisis. Microplastics have
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