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Laundry pods have been on our mind since the #PodsArePlastic conversation started moving on TikTok. Polyvinyl alcohol — the stuff laundry pods and some detergent sheets are made from — is marketed as water-soluble and biodegradable. The lab data broadly supports that under controlled conditions. The open question is what happens in a municipal treatment plant running at real-world capacity, and what reaches the river after. At least one peer-reviewed study found intact PVA in treatment plant effluent and biosolids. The pod manufacturers point to other studies. Researchers disagree on methodology. The brands say the film degrades before it reaches waterways. The scientists who found it in effluent say lab conditions don't mirror real treatment at scale. The audit trail on this material has a gap. In the meantime, we're going to stick to either sheets or powdered detergents to try to avoid the plastics. #PodsArePlastic #PVA #RiverCleanup #PlasticFilm

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Limited Time Offer: 9L Sidekick Daypack Bundle

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Packed and ready for day one. 💗 The (R)evolution™ 9L Sidekick + a free 18oz insulated water bottle — a $116 value, now $60. Made from 8 recycled plastic bottles, backed for life, and every bundle removes 2 lbs of trash from oceans, rivers & waterways. Add the pack, pick your free bottle. #UnitedByBlue #BackToSchool #FirstDay #RecycledGear #BCorp

Early Back-to-School Bundle Offer - 9L Sidekick with Free Water Bottle

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, April 2026 🩵 Most people know this place for the herons and the turtles. The access point tells a different story — tires in the shallows, debris packed into the reeds at the marsh edge. We went in with waders and bags. Hauled what we found. That's the whole story. What's the closest waterway to you? * For transparency: this video was edited with the help of AI. #unitedbyblue #rivercleanup #trashtag #leavenotrace #communitycleanup

Photos were recently released of a vaquita mother and calf surfacing in the northern Gulf of California. Fewer than ten left. One of them just had a calf. The vaquita is the world's smallest porpoise — about five feet long, dark eye-patches, lives in a single small stretch of the northern Cortez. It's been in freefall since the 1990s when gillnet fishing for totoaba (a black-market fish) started tangling them as bycatch. The footage from Sea Shepherd and Mexican survey teams isn't luck. It's acoustic buoys, patrol rotations, and drone operators logging hours over the same coordinates until something surfaced. Literally. The material thing keeping vaquitas alive right now is ghost gear removal — nets pulled from the water column before animals hit them. That's the variable. The CITES review happening now is asking whether the refuge protections are real on the water or just on paper. Seven to ten individuals. Still calving. Giving us hope. #vaquita #marineconservation #ghostgear #gulfofcalifornia #seashepherd

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Just a moment of blue to remind you that whatever your politics, this is what truly matters. #unitedbyblue #changecomesinwaves #bluemovement

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In summer, our house is always filled with fresh peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries, apricots, and of course, watermelon. What fruits remind you of Summer? Happy Fourth of July! #unitedbyblue #july4th #4thofjuly #bluemovement

The mug that makes your morning feel a little slower. Speckled ceramic, warm amber inside. 40% off ceramics — no code needed, applied at checkout. Ends Monday July 6. Shop unitedbyblue.com (link in bio). #FYP #ceramicmugs #stonewaremug #cozyhome #coffeemug

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