UN Trash Free Waters
https://www.unep.org/cep/trash-free-waters-initiative-caribbean
https://www.unep.org/cep/trash-free-waters-initiative-caribbean
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
On the 21st February 2015, after a persistent campaign by the Boomerang Alliance, the NSW government committed to introducing a container deposit scheme (CDS) by mid-2017. The Premier Mike Baird announced he wanted the best practise CDS in the world. For the thousands of people and passionate communities which had lobbied their members of parliament,…
Plastic Ocean is a pivotal work co-authored by Captain Charles Moore and Cassandra Phillips, first published in 2011. It chronicles Moore’s groundbreaking discovery in 1997 of the vast plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre, an area now commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The book delves into Moore’s subsequent expeditions aboard his…
Revisiting SEAPLEX, 4/15/15 Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition: Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, A thousand miles off California, the North Pacific Ocean Gyre contains one of the largest ecosystems on Earth – but it may be in danger from a deluge of accumulated plastic trash. Dubbed the “Great Pacific Ocean…
Video Synopsis This video features insights from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on the critical connection between scientific research and environmental responsibility. Through their comprehensive study of ocean, land, and atmospheric systems, Scripps researchers have gained profound understanding of humanity’s significant environmental impact on Earth. Key Messages Scientific Understanding Drives ActionScripps’ oceanographic research has revealed…
Eliminating Land-based Discharges Of Marine Debris In California: A Plan of Action from The Plastic Debris Project The Plastic Debris, Rivers to Sea Project seeks to minimize the land-based discharges of marine debris. Just like ocean-based marine debris, land-based discharges of human-made debris are comprised mostly of plastics. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/42231824/eliminating-land-based-discharges-of-marine-debris-in-california- The threat and impacts of marine…