Reposted from @cleancult An arresting image of a seahorse carrying a mask, captured by Nicholas Samaras, one of the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2021 winners. A visual reminder the impact of human life has on our planet. (Source: @nicholas_samaras via @guardian) #oceanphotographyawards #oceanphotography #oceanphotos #nicholassamaras #seahorse #seahorses #oceanlife #protectoceanlife #protecttheocean #oceanwaste #oceanpollution #oceanpollutionawareness #doyourpart https://www.instagram.com/p/CULPFp0pxte/?utm_medium=tumblr

#plastic #plasticpollution #pollution #environment #ocean #plasticwaste #oceanwaste #ecosystem #gogreen #biodegradable #compostable #green #eco #waste #garbage #litter #sea #savetheplanet #plasticpackaging #plasticbags #trash #rubbish #cleanup https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ve7boHt6U/?igshid=tvuvnfiwdp1i

Week 4 - E&T - Aperture assignment

No ocean dumping...

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‪Here’s a bit of plastic that isn’t floating around in the Mediterranean #hubcapcreatures #stingray #oceanwaste #recycle ‬ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_r5A9ODBLs/?igshid=40n4ji49s8ow

Un-Shore Piece from the Animal and Creative Rights show organised by @its.artista Thanks to @magnadonuts for the donuts and booze @bornfreefoundation and everyone who came out to see the work featuring myself @roo_art @annatomix @its.artista and @falko1graffiti #londonshow #streetart #londonstreetart #southafrica #puffin #atlanticpuffin #windfarm #oceanwaste #botanic #birdart #donuts #painting #bird

Coming soon to prideswim.com.au, a #boyleg #swimsuit with a subtle v-neck that I will be calling Dorothy in honour of my grandmother who left us 2 years ago. Ma would have loved this, and would have loved to see it being modelled here at the 🛶 pool at #newcastlebeach. Pa was one of the work crew who built it during the depression and my mothers childhood memories are of riding on his shoulders from nation to nation. My thanks to @maddylocantro_ for travelling up from Penrith to model with us today, and for so looking so utterly perfect in my newest design. Twin layers of #vita #recycled #lycra provide unrived figure control and that perfect #minimalist look while side darts allow for a woman's shape. Adjustable rubberised straps and of course the boy leg cut make it a practical choice, while still being sexy as hell in that grandma-ish old timey way. #sustainablefashion #madeinaustralia #handmadenewcastle @carvicofabrics #recycledplastic #oceanwaste #bathingcap #bathingbeauty #newcastle #newcastleaustralia #model #swimwearmodel #swimmer #sunsout #beach #beachlife #vintage #retroswimwear #1940sfashion #newcastlesmallbusiness (at Newcastle Swimming Baths) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC0uZhHDW8T/?igshid=1r9ddc7dwr9yh

Above is a short video about our organization.  In addition, click the link at the bottom of this post to watch a TedTalk by David Katz, the founder of Plasticbank!  Plasticbank is the only plastic waste collection organization with the purpose to monetize plastic waste.  Visit our website https://www.plasticbank.com/ to find out how YOU can make a difference.  

TedTalk link: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_katz_the_surprising_solution_to_ocean_plastic?language=en

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7aRQN9zQV0

WWF sounds alarm after 48 lbs of plastic found in dead whale

WWF sounds alarm after 48 lbs of plastic found in dead whale MILAN — An 8-meter (26-foot) sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of plastic in its belly, prompting the World Wildlife Foundation to sound an alarm Monday over the dangers of plastic waste in the Mediterranean Sea. The environmental group said the garbage recovered from the sperm whale’s stomach included a corrugated tube for electrical works, plastic plates, shopping bags, tangled fishing lines and a washing detergent package with its bar code still legible. The female whale beached off the northern coast of Sardinia last week, within the vast Pelagos marine sanctuary that was created as a haven for dolphins, whales and other sea life. “It is the first time we have been confronted with an animal with such a huge quantity of garbage,” Cinzia Centelegghe, a biologist with the University of Padova, told the Turin daily La Stampa. The exam also determined that the whale was carrying a fetus that had died and was in an advance state of decomposition. Experts said the mother whale had been unable to digest calamari due to the huge amount of plastic it had ingested, filling two-thirds of its stomach. WWF said plastic is one of the greatest threats to marine life and has killed at least five other whales that had ingested large amounts of it over the last two years from Europe to Asia.

WWF's goal is to ensure that healthy populations of all cetacean species (whales, porpoises and dolphins) occupy their historical range, and remain part of a healthy ocean ecosystem. ... In doing so, WWF acknowledges the widely varied cultural attitudes toward the conservation and management of whales. Another sperm whale died off the Italian island of Ischia, near Naples, last December with plastic bags and a thick nylon thread in its stomach, but plastic was not the cause of death. The World Wildlife Foundation said between 150,000 and 500,000 tons of plastic objects and 70,000 to 130,000 tons of micro-plastics wind up in Europe’s seas each year. To combat the phenomenon, the European Parliament last week approved a new law banning a wide range of single-use plastic products, including plates and straws, starting in 2021. Italy’s environment minister, Sergio Costa, lamented the whale’s death and said he planned to propose a new law this week to limit the use of plastics. The law will permit fishermen to bring plastics recovered at sea to land for proper disposal, which they currently are barred from doing. Costa also pledged Italy would be one of the first countries to enact the European single-use plastics ban and appealed to the mayors of Italian cities and coastal towns to adopt the ordinances in advance of the 2021 law.

WWF sounds alarm after 48 lbs of plastic found in dead whale “We have been using disposable plastics in a carefree way in these years, and now we are paying the price,” he said. “The war on disposable plastics has started. And we won’t stop here.” Published at Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:16:20 +0000 Read the full article

Image by Caroline Power

Ocean waste is one of the biggest problems that hits home to me. Class discussions have made me more aware to this growing problem; it was mentioned that all waste will somehow end up in the ocean. Cleaning the oceans is something I am passionate about and hope to change one day.

Plastic Waste - Our Throwaway Society

We live in a crazy, throwaway world.  It has become customary to replace anything that is damaged with a brand new item or throw away something after using it just once.  It is estimated that fifty per cent of plastic is made to be used only once in its life cycle.  Plastic waste is the cancer of the environment.

How have we got to this situation?  What has happened to repairing things, or using something more than once?  Who can we blame?  We have to blame someone because, after all, it's not our fault. Is it?

Well, sorry, but it is our fault.  You see the businesses that have been selling to us have worked out that the one thing we will pay for is convenience.  We want a fresh cup of coffee now, and we want it to take away.  Then after we have drunk our coffee, we want to dispose of the cup without having to return it or use it again.  

The result is that we throw away millions of coffee cups every day.  But, because we throw the cup into a bin, we then forget about it.  We have had our coffee, we feel great, and now we get on with the rest of the day.  The cup, however, still has a long journey ahead of it;  a journey that will take around 450 years.  Yes, you read that right, 450 years!  Unless we do something about it, your convenient cup of coffee will take 450 years to biodegrade.

Where do you think your coffee cup ends up?  One of the issues with coffee cups is that it is a mixture of plastic and paper. Mixing plastic with paper makes it very difficult to recycle.  In fact, it makes recycling very expensive.  The result is that your coffee cup is either burned, buried or finds a way into the environment.  If the coffee cup is buried, it will take hundreds of years to decompose; if it ends in the ocean it will start to decompose quicker, but as it does breakdown it will be reduced to smaller and smaller pieces of plastic.  As the pieces get smaller, they will be eaten by all marine life.  Guess what happens when you eat the fish?  You start to eat plastic.

Nature recycles things all the time.  Why does nature not recycle plastic?  The reason is that plastic is human-made; it does not occur naturally.  Because this is the first time plastic has been encountered, there are no mechanisms to return the waste to its natural state.

Therefore, we humans have a duty to return the plastic waste to its natural components; after all, we were the ones that created plastic.  Just because it is challenging to process plastic waste does not mean that we should not do it.  The technology exists that returns plastic to its original state.  Recent research has indicated that such technology is both profitable and sustainable.  We just need the political will to build a network of industrial plants to take the waste.

For more information on the topic visit our website www.peoplesplasticrevolution.com

#plastic #plasticpollution #pollution #environment #ocean #plasticwaste #oceanwaste #ecosystem #gogreen #biodegradable #compostable #green #eco #waste #sea #humans https://www.instagram.com/p/B1j648VniNY/?igshid=1wtpz9vnzgxgc

Plastik

Ketika membahas permasalahan lingkungan, “sampah plastik” menjadi bahasan wajib yang tidak habis hingga saat ini. Bagaimana tidak, berbagai permasalahan lingkungan terjadi akibat penumpukan sampah plastik. Kematian biota laut, rusaknya terumbu karang, penyumbatan saluran air, hilangnya keindahan ekosistem pantai akibat penumpukan sampah plastik, merupakan contoh permasalahan lingkungan yang…

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Reasons to end plastic production and pollution in one picture #Repost @bluethefilm2017 • • • Great infographic! Check out March for the Ocean too if you’re in London on June 9 👇👇 _______________ #Repost @marchfortheoceanlondon ・・・ March with us on June 9th - March to end offshore drilling and plastic pollution and to support coastal resiliency. #MarchForTheOcean #Wearbluefortheocean #plasticpollution #environment #oceanwaste #renewables #savetheplanet #recycling #blueplanet #oceanplastics #greenpeace #waterpollution #marineconversation #awareness #sustainability #savetheoceanwildlife #plasticfree #loveourocean #loveourplanet #conservation #ecofriendly #greenworld #gogreen #recycle #reuse #cause #marchfortheoceanlondon #M40London

Hawksbill Turtle, Ocean Waste and Cracked Bricks. Piece for @thisisclapham @iartistglobal and photographed by @spike_ml #plasticpollution #aspire #aspireartwork #turtle #hawksbill #ocean #oceanwaste #clapham #blueplanet #streetart #londonstreetart https://www.instagram.com/p/BouEZislS8Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n3cknstijj6e

McDonald’s U.K. Says Bye Bye to Plastic Straws

McDonald’s has begun to phase out plastic straws from its 1,300 restaurants in the U.K. The fast food giant told Sky News it is “really close” to having all of its packaging be recyclable. The company will begin a trial run of paper straws in May, and will start keeping straws behind the counter where they will be given to customers only when asked.

“Customers have told us that they don't want to be given a straw and that they want to have to ask for one, so we're acting on that,” said Paul Pomroy, McDonald’s chief executive told Sky News. “Straws are one of those things that people feel passionately about, and rightly so, and we're moving those straws behind the front counter.”

Pomroy added that the “other thing we're looking to do is to move to recycled paper on the straws and biodegradable paper straws and that test, I'm really proud to say, will start next month.”

Plastic straws are among the 10 types of marine debris most commonly found in oceans and on beaches. Plastic debris kills marine life who mistake it for food. Plastic straws are rarely recycled as most are just too small to go through a mechanical recycling sorter, according to For a Strawless Ocean. Billions of pounds of plastic are floating around in the world’s oceans where they make up about 40 percent of ocean surfaces.

Say No to Plastic Straws

Imagine if McDonald’s began to phase out plastic straws in the U.S. Americans use 500 million straws daily. That staggering amount is enough to fill up over 127 school buses a day, or more than 46,400 school buses a year. It averages out to 1.6 straws per person a day. 

We do not have to wait for McDonald’s and other businesses to ditch plastic straws. We can stop using them whenever we go to restaurants, Starbucks and wherever else they are offered. Take the first step by signing the No Straws Please pledge.

Photo: Flickr/Daniel Oines

Really 😳 Government calls it quit after 109 weeks of cleaning the beach off 9million kg of ocean trash??? ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️😡😡😡 Not funny at all 🤢 . . #oceanwaste #oceandebris #trash #waste #cleanseas #ocean #government #india #sorry (at Lagos, Nigeria)