As of April 22, 2024, the city of South Lake Tahoe has banned the sale of single-use plastic water bottles for all vendors. Hitchcock Project reporter Amanda Durand delves into why the bottles are being banned and the science behind the fight against plastic waste at Lake Tahoe.
Amanda Durand is a journalism major and digital media minor in the Reynolds School of Journalism. She completed this story for the Hitchcock Project’s science reporting class during spring 2024.
