- “The Parting of the Plastic Sea” an installation made from 168,000 used plastic straws It’s just one straw, said 8 billion people. Sounds like a cliche little quote – but these little things really do add up. Straws are virtually impossible to recycle in most places around the world because of how light and small they are. They’re also one of the easiest products to turn down at a […]
- Every 60 Seconds, This Much Plastic Enters The Ocean. Why throw plastics into the ocean? I can’t speak for others but in our case, we decided to throw an entire truckload of plastic into the ocean after we learned about this shocking statistic: ” Every 60 seconds, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean. “ Although we were able to remove […]
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4100lbs of E-Waste resurrected. Trillions to go. Every single day, 142,000 computers are thrown away in the United States At least, that was the case in 2010. Electronic waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the world. Today, that number is far higher and the only way to alleviate the situation is getting people to talk more about it. Unfortunately, e-waste […]
