Litterati: Cleaning our planet one piece at a time.
A global community identifying, mapping and collecting the world’s litter. This digital landfill is accomplished by individuals posting photos on Instagram.
by Matt Franklin | May 10, 2019 | Press Release | Major Plastic Waste Producers Must Get Consent Before Exporting their Toxic Trash to Global South Also available in Bahasa Indonesia: PBB Memutuskan untuk Mengontrol Pembuangan Sampah Plastik Global FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 10, 2019 Geneva, Switzerland — Today, 187 countries took a major step forward in curbing the plastic waste crisis by…
Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Design News, 4/22/2016 The amount of plastic in the ocean just keeps growing. If things don’t change, by 2025 the oceans will contain one metric ton of plastic for every three metric tons of fish. By 2050 plastic will outweigh fish entirely. That’s the conclusion of a report by…
EVERY single piece of plastic that has ever been created since the 19th century is still SOMEWHERE on our planet. So if it never goes away, where does it go? Plastic Paradise The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous…
The site offers a free, five‑lesson classroom curriculum titled Winged Ambassadors: Ocean Literacy Through the Eyes of Albatross, developed in partnership with NOAA, Oikonos, and other agencies. Aimed primarily at grades 6–8 (with extensions for 9–12), the lessons use real albatross migration data, artist-scientist works, and National Geographic bolus (regurgitated food mass) imagery to explore…
Fabulous 7:20 minute Ted Talk recorded in 2009. Even more relevant now then it was then! Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas….
Scientists just named the stomach scarring that’s killing our seabirds worldwide. The disease is called plasticosis, and it represents a milestone we never wanted to reach in the plastic pollution crisis. Researchers studying Flesh-footed Shearwaters on Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site 360 miles off the coast of Australia, discovered something alarming. These…
