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Tackle Plastics for World Oceans Day

Posted on April 20th, 2018 by Mary Lord

fish made from ocean plastic Clean a beach, create art, or help monitor marine debris as a citizen scientist. Check out these lesson plans and other resources for celebrating World Oceans Day June 8.

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Tags: Citizen Science, Competitions for Students, Environmental Engineering, Internet Resources, marine debris, marine debris monitoring and assessment project, Marine Debris Program art contest, NOAA, ocean plastic, Teacher Resources, University of Georgia college of engineering, washedaway.org, Web Resources, world oceans day

Meet the Ocean Cleanup Crew

Posted on April 6th, 2018 by Mary Lord

A diving trip in Greece drove a Dutch teen named Boyan Slat to spend the next 10 years devising a way to clean up ocean plastic. His giant boom is set to launch in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch this year. Other eco-activists have developed trash-intercepting water wheels and campaigns to reduce the use of plastic drinking straws.

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Tags: Boyan Slat, clean up, Environmental Engineering, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, marine debris, Mr. Trash Wheel, Ocean Cleanup, ocean plastic, One Less Straw, Technology, US Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS Pacific

Plastic Hits the Road

Posted on April 6th, 2018 by Mary Lord

MacRebur founder Toby McCartney The road to a greener future may start in northwest England’s Cumbria county, where plastic litter is turning up in an unusual new place: street pavements.

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Tags: environmental protection, MacRebur, materials, ocean plastic, plastic roads, Recycling, VolkerWessels