Trash Free Waters (TFW) is a program developed by EPA with the purpose to educate, raise awareness, and encourage trash reduction in oceans and coasts. The public participants in the program include state and municipal governments, NGOs and business. https://www.epa.gov/trash-free-waters/newsletter-flow-trash-free-waters https://www.epa.gov/trash-free-waters/archive-rapids-epa-trash-free-waters-monthly-update https://www3.epa.gov/region9/marine-debris/zerotrash.html
The story of ALBATROSS unfolds through a deeply personal journey that began in 2008 when director Chris Jordan teamed up with photographer Manuel Maqueda to investigate ocean plastic pollution. Their first trip in 2009 to Midway Atoll revealed a haunting scene: countless dead albatross chicks whose stomachs were filled with trash. This brutal discovery shattered…
Sometimes the best way to talk about plastic pollution is to make people laugh first. The Northern California Recycling Association’s Fractured Fairytales puts a waste-wise spin on familiar stories, using humor to get at serious questions about what we throw away and why. The Save The Albatross Coalition is pleased to share the 2026 edition…
Video Synopsis This powerful advocacy video from the Save the Albatross Coalition makes an urgent case for California Assembly Bill 319, which would require beverage manufacturers to tether bottle caps to containers. The video combines stark statistics about plastic pollution with compelling imagery of marine wildlife suffering from plastic ingestion. Key Messages The Crisis in…
For years, China accepted enormous amounts of plastic waste from wealthy countries — but in 2018 it imposed a ban. Now other Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia are being flooded with plastic waste. Source: CNN
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