mss
@ratibida.bsky.social
Appreciator of bugs and birds. Fan of trails and green infrastructure. Current obsession: detrashing and restoring Iowa's Bottle Bill.
More than 30 flimsy plastic water bottles picked up in just an hour walking around the neighborhood. A lot has changed in 50 years, but littered beverage containers are still a HUGE problem. Time to catch up and include water bottles in Iowa's bottle bill.
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
More than 30 flimsy plastic water bottles picked up in just an hour walking around the neighborhood. A lot has changed in 50 years, but littered beverage containers are still a HUGE problem. Time to catch up and include water bottles in Iowa's bottle bill.
Interesting article about litter in different neighborhoods in Manhattan.
Also includes a bit about how litter is managed in affluent areas vs. less affluent areas, which parallels our Downtown District and its Ambassadors program vs. the rest of the city on our own.
Also includes a bit about how litter is managed in affluent areas vs. less affluent areas, which parallels our Downtown District and its Ambassadors program vs. the rest of the city on our own.
What Can Hundreds of Pieces of Litter Tell Us About Manhattan?
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interesting article about litter in different neighborhoods in Manhattan.
Also includes a bit about how litter is managed in affluent areas vs. less affluent areas, which parallels our Downtown District and its Ambassadors program vs. the rest of the city on our own.
Also includes a bit about how litter is managed in affluent areas vs. less affluent areas, which parallels our Downtown District and its Ambassadors program vs. the rest of the city on our own.
How Iowa's bottle bill works. It's a closed-loop system that helps keep recyclables out of our landfills, and effectively internalizes the costs of the garbage generated by an industry to those creating the garbage, instead of offloading to our municipal waste systems.
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
How Iowa's bottle bill works. It's a closed-loop system that helps keep recyclables out of our landfills, and effectively internalizes the costs of the garbage generated by an industry to those creating the garbage, instead of offloading to our municipal waste systems.
Busch Light, your camo cans can't hide the fact that you are the most-littered deposit container I picked up, topped only by non-deposit water bottles.
Will you support a better bottle bill in IA, and a national bottle bill, to keep your garbage off our streets?
Will you support a better bottle bill in IA, and a national bottle bill, to keep your garbage off our streets?
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Busch Light, your camo cans can't hide the fact that you are the most-littered deposit container I picked up, topped only by non-deposit water bottles.
Will you support a better bottle bill in IA, and a national bottle bill, to keep your garbage off our streets?
Will you support a better bottle bill in IA, and a national bottle bill, to keep your garbage off our streets?
Always fun finding glass bottles on the ground. Kind of a throwback to a time when the nickel bottle deposit actually meant something.
Thanks for the trash, Coors! How about a national bottle bill so your garbage ends up recycled instead of in our waterways and natural spaces?
Thanks for the trash, Coors! How about a national bottle bill so your garbage ends up recycled instead of in our waterways and natural spaces?
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Always fun finding glass bottles on the ground. Kind of a throwback to a time when the nickel bottle deposit actually meant something.
Thanks for the trash, Coors! How about a national bottle bill so your garbage ends up recycled instead of in our waterways and natural spaces?
Thanks for the trash, Coors! How about a national bottle bill so your garbage ends up recycled instead of in our waterways and natural spaces?
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New York isn't the only place working towards a bottle bill! Legislators and advocates in Washington D.C. are advancing a bill that would include a dime deposit for bottled and canned beverages sold there ♻️⭐️
streetsensemedia.org/article/bott...
streetsensemedia.org/article/bott...
A deposit-based bottle recycling program could offer homeless communities an opportunity to make a profit - Street Sense Media
Councilmember Brianne Nadeau sees a proposed bottle bill as an income opportunity for low-income residents.
streetsensemedia.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New York isn't the only place working towards a bottle bill! Legislators and advocates in Washington D.C. are advancing a bill that would include a dime deposit for bottled and canned beverages sold there ♻️⭐️
streetsensemedia.org/article/bott...
streetsensemedia.org/article/bott...
Bald cypress cones on my favorite bald cypress tree. It's nice to have a steadfast friend you can always stop by to visit, any day of the year, no questions asked.
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bald cypress cones on my favorite bald cypress tree. It's nice to have a steadfast friend you can always stop by to visit, any day of the year, no questions asked.
What's the point of Congress passing an almost-trillion dollar military spending bill while they stand idly by as hostile foreign actors tears our country apart from within via social media influence campaigns designed to divide us and make us hate each other? There's no point in defending a husk.
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What's the point of Congress passing an almost-trillion dollar military spending bill while they stand idly by as hostile foreign actors tears our country apart from within via social media influence campaigns designed to divide us and make us hate each other? There's no point in defending a husk.
Alas, they neither "refreshed" nor "recycled".
Pepsi, maybe a better bottle bill--a national bottle bill--would do more to make sure your garbage doesn't litter our streets than a sad little request on your labels?
Pepsi, maybe a better bottle bill--a national bottle bill--would do more to make sure your garbage doesn't litter our streets than a sad little request on your labels?
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Alas, they neither "refreshed" nor "recycled".
Pepsi, maybe a better bottle bill--a national bottle bill--would do more to make sure your garbage doesn't litter our streets than a sad little request on your labels?
Pepsi, maybe a better bottle bill--a national bottle bill--would do more to make sure your garbage doesn't litter our streets than a sad little request on your labels?
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Of all the things the US has chosen to do differently than the rest of the world, I think this may be the dumbest. You'd have trouble finding any urban neighborhood in Europe or Latin America without a plaza. It's just so basic. And yet the US has virtually none! No public space, no public.
Every neighborhood needs a leafy pedestrian plaza—a place to meet friends, grab a bite, or just relax.
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Of all the things the US has chosen to do differently than the rest of the world, I think this may be the dumbest. You'd have trouble finding any urban neighborhood in Europe or Latin America without a plaza. It's just so basic. And yet the US has virtually none! No public space, no public.
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Iowa's bottle bill was undermined by the legislature in 2022 when it allowed stores that sell this trash to opt out of taking it back.
Thank goodness for redemption centers like the Can Shed, who are investing in our communities and providing an important service in keeping our roadsides clean.
Thank goodness for redemption centers like the Can Shed, who are investing in our communities and providing an important service in keeping our roadsides clean.
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Iowa's bottle bill was undermined by the legislature in 2022 when it allowed stores that sell this trash to opt out of taking it back.
Thank goodness for redemption centers like the Can Shed, who are investing in our communities and providing an important service in keeping our roadsides clean.
Thank goodness for redemption centers like the Can Shed, who are investing in our communities and providing an important service in keeping our roadsides clean.
Gatorade. I picked up your garbage for you.
Why are your bottles not covered by the bottle bill in Iowa? We need a better bottle bill that includes sports drink, water, and other single-use beverage containers.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Why are your bottles not covered by the bottle bill in Iowa? We need a better bottle bill that includes sports drink, water, and other single-use beverage containers.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill #nationalbottlebill
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Gatorade. I picked up your garbage for you.
Why are your bottles not covered by the bottle bill in Iowa? We need a better bottle bill that includes sports drink, water, and other single-use beverage containers.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Why are your bottles not covered by the bottle bill in Iowa? We need a better bottle bill that includes sports drink, water, and other single-use beverage containers.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill #nationalbottlebill
"We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters."
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters."
Amazing program, and what a beautiful tribute to the soul who began it.
A decade later, Iowa Master Naturalists program continues to thrive on one woman’s vision
Iowa Master Naturalists program continues to thrive on one woman's vision
Maya Ogren's lasting impact on environmental education continues to grow, nearly a decade after she poured her life's final energy into launching the Iowa Master Naturalists program.
www.thegazette.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Amazing program, and what a beautiful tribute to the soul who began it.
Just saw an article about Yuengling beer expanding distribution into Iowa in 2026. Some enterprising litterer beat them to it earlier this year.
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just saw an article about Yuengling beer expanding distribution into Iowa in 2026. Some enterprising litterer beat them to it earlier this year.
Barq's! This is the very first can of yours I've picked up. Congrats, I guess.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Barq's! This is the very first can of yours I've picked up. Congrats, I guess.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Hey Ice Mountain! Thanks for the Litter of the Day. Will you support a national bottle bill that includes water bottles, to help keep your garbage from littering our roadways natural spaces?
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hey Ice Mountain! Thanks for the Litter of the Day. Will you support a national bottle bill that includes water bottles, to help keep your garbage from littering our roadways natural spaces?
Doritos--you're the second most-littered snack bag I've picked up. What are you doing to make sure your trash doesn't end up littering our roadways and waterways?
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Doritos--you're the second most-littered snack bag I've picked up. What are you doing to make sure your trash doesn't end up littering our roadways and waterways?
Can you walk a mile without encountering a littered water bottle? I haven't managed yet.
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Can you walk a mile without encountering a littered water bottle? I haven't managed yet.
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Hey Maverik. Welcome to Iowa. Thanks for the Litter of the Day.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hey Maverik. Welcome to Iowa. Thanks for the Litter of the Day.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
I wonder what future archaeologists are going to think as they unearth billions of these from the sediment.
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I wonder what future archaeologists are going to think as they unearth billions of these from the sediment.
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
On this, America Recycles Day, it's time to admit that America does not, in fact, recycle nearly as much as it pretends it does.
When our friends around the world recover and recycle almost twice as many cans as we do, we are failing.
But there's an easy fix.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
When our friends around the world recover and recycle almost twice as many cans as we do, we are failing.
But there's an easy fix.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On this, America Recycles Day, it's time to admit that America does not, in fact, recycle nearly as much as it pretends it does.
When our friends around the world recover and recycle almost twice as many cans as we do, we are failing.
But there's an easy fix.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
When our friends around the world recover and recycle almost twice as many cans as we do, we are failing.
But there's an easy fix.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
U.S. lags behind the rest of the world, as seems to be standard lately. A national bottle bill would go a long way towards getting our recycling rates to a reasonable level.
Aluminum beverage can recycling rate hit 75% globally: report
The update at COP30 comes two years after the industry pledged to recycle at least 80% of these containers worldwide by 2030 and nearly all by 2050. The picture is weaker in the U.S. and North America...
www.wastedive.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
U.S. lags behind the rest of the world, as seems to be standard lately. A national bottle bill would go a long way towards getting our recycling rates to a reasonable level.
The IC Litter Crew gets a lot of thanks. It's great for businesses when volunteers clean up their garbage. It's great for cities, too. But it's not so great for the regular people who spend their time picking up industry's trash. We need better laws to make business responsible for its own garbage.
“From 'litterbugs' to 'recycling heroes,' the same asymmetric pattern endures. Citizens do the work, municipalities pay for it, and corporations keep the profits. To fix the system, we must first rewrite that story.”
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The IC Litter Crew gets a lot of thanks. It's great for businesses when volunteers clean up their garbage. It's great for cities, too. But it's not so great for the regular people who spend their time picking up industry's trash. We need better laws to make business responsible for its own garbage.