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Author Archives: Alice Kaufman

Alice Kaufman is an environmental advocate with Green Foothills, an organization that works to protect open space, farmland and natural resources in San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. Alice is a Redwood City Parks Commissioner, a recovering lawyer, and a mother of two. She has lived in Redwood City since 1999.

Posted inEnvironment, Express Content, Local News, Opinion

Guest Opinion: Bad news — most plastics aren’t recyclable

by Alice Kaufman September 2, 2023January 19, 2024

Most plastic is not getting recycled, and that little triangular “chasing arrows” symbol on the bottoms of plastic containers doesn’t mean what you think it does.

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