On Aug. 28 the Capitola City Council will consider a ban on the sale of products that include tobacco filters to protect Soquel Creek, and the shoreline and ocean. If it’s approved, Capitola will be the final jurisdiction touching the ocean to do so, following the county and city of Santa Cruz. It would clinch the deal to reduce the single most pervasive item found in area beach cleanups and secure the ordinance’s implementation.

The worldwide plastic pollution problem is well known, as are its devastating consequences for habitats on land, at sea and even in the air we breathe. According to the UN Environment Program, 19 million to 23 million tons of plastic pollution find its way into Earth’s waterways each year. Janis Searls Jones, CEO of the Ocean Conservancy which coordinates the int

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