Anchorage students are helping lead the way in protecting Alaska’s environment — one small change at a time.
The Anchorage School Board has voted unanimously, 7-0, to eliminate plastic glitter from all district schools. The move comes after Girl Scouts of Alaska Troop 436 launched the BioGlitter Initiative, a campaign to remove plastic glitter from classrooms and community spaces.
The project was inspired by a report from the Alaska Environment Research & Policy Center, which found microplastics in every water sample taken from 39 sources across Southcentral Alaska. The study warned that plastic pollution poses risks to wildlife and human health and called for policies to reduce single-use plastics…